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What drug treats pneumococcal
Penicillin G
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What drug treats streptococcus pneumonia?
Zithromax (azithromycin); amoxicillin
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What drug treats H influenza?
Doxycycline
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What drug treats Pseudomonas aeruginosa?
Ciprofloxin
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What drug treats Mycoplasma pneumonia?
Erythromycin
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What drug treats Legionella pneumonia?
Erythromycin with rifampicin often added
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What is a suitable alternative for a patient allergic to Penicillin?
Erythromycin
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The S/Sx of pulmonary edema are:
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- wet audible rales on inspiration,
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- cough up pink
- frothy sputum
Pleural effusion
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Chest X-ray showing a pocket of consolidation is normally what?
Lung abcess
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a drug used to break down clots & increase arterial
blood flow is
t-PA
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Profuse, purulent (thick, yellow, green, or rust-colored) or change in color
Bacterial infection
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Thin, mucoid sputum
Viral bronchitis
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Gradual increase in sputum
Chronic bronchitis or bronchiectasis
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Pink-tinged, mucoid sputum
Lung tumor
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Profuse, pink, frothy sputum welling up from throat-also audible rales
Pulmonary edema
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Foul smelling sputum + halitosis
- Lung abscess, bronchiectasis, or anerobic infection
- (e.g. fusospirochetal or fungal)
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Bloody sputum
Pneumonia; TB
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Thick morning sputum, black specks –
smoker sputum
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Thick yellow to tan sputum with rusty streaks is characteristic
Pneumococcal pneumonia
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Interventions for epistaxis
qMonitor airway and breathing
qVital signs
qReduce anxiety
qPatient teaching
- qAvoid nasal trauma, nose picking, and
- forceful nose blowing
qAir humidification
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Common signs of influenza in children:
- •Not drinking
- enough fluids
- •Severe or
- persistent vomiting
difficulty waking
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Influenza signs in adults
- •Difficulty breathing or
- shortness of breath
- •Pain or pressure in the
- chest or abdomen
•Sudden dizziness
•Confusion
- •Severe or
- persistent vomiting
- •Flu-like symptoms improve
- but then return with fever and worse cough
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Manifestations of viral pneumonia in younger adults:
qHeadache
qHighly contagious
qFever
qMyalgias
qArthralgias
qDry, hacking, nonproductive cough
qPleurisy
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Signs of viral pneumonia in older adults
•Flu-like symptoms
qHeadache
qFever
qFatigue
qMalaise
qMuscle aches
qPleurisy
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S/Sx of hypertensive crisis:
- •HA, N&V, blurred vision, seizures,
- confusion, renal insufficiency, stupor, & coma
- •Severe, abrupt increase in SBP & DBP
- •SBP >140 - 240 mm Hg & DBP >
- 100-120 mm Hg
•AKA Malignant HTN – Life threatening
- •Rate of increase in BP is more important than
- the absolute value
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ST elevation = acute myocardial injury
ST depression = myocardial ischemia
Q wave - forms several days after MI = death &
scarring of affected area.
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