Pneumo What?
Prevention
Treatment
Snot-Box
COPD
100
What is the most common bacterial cause of pneumonia
What is S. Pneumoniae
100
What is the number one rule in prevention of ANY infection?
What is hand washing!!!
100
What is a major fear with overuse of antibiotics for the treatment on pneumonia?
What is Drug-resistance
100
In COPD what are damaged in the respiratory tract inhibiting mucus removal.
What is Cilia
100
Immunizations needed for COPD patients
What is Influenza & Pneumococcal
200
What is the most common pathogen in adults < 50yrs. old and commonly presents with URI symptoms and wheezing?
What is Mycoplasma
200
What are some teaching techniques that could be given to patients to decrease the chances of pneumonia reoccurring after treatment.
What is deep-breathing exercises, IS, proper nutrition and hydration, and smoking cessation tools.
200
Besides antibiotics what are other pharmacological considerations should be considered?
What are expectorants, pain medications, and antipyretics.
200
S. pneumoniae is classically associated with sputum of this color?
What is rust-colored sputum.
200
Why do patients with emphysema use pursed lip breathing?
It increases expiratory airway pressure, inhibits expiratory airway collapse, allows diaphragm to rest, reduces dyspnea.
300
What are 2 common causes of CAP
What is Streptococcus pneumoniae, H. influenzae,
300
What is the number one way to prevent a pneumococcal infection.
What is the Flu and Pneumococcal vaccines
300
What aspects of viral and bacterial causes of pneumonia make them difficult to distinguish?
What is overlap in common presenting clinical symptoms.
300
Clear to Grey colored sputum can be a symptom of what disease process?
What is COPD
300
Intervention that has been shown to reduce COPD exacerbation's, hospitalizations, increase exercise tolerance.
What is pulmonary rehabilitation
400
What are the 3 most common Atypical Respiratory Pathogens in CAP?
What is Legionella, Mycoplasma species, Chlamydial pneumoniae
400
What vitamin has shown to reduce the susceptibility of acute lower respiratory tract infections in children up to 25%
What is Zinc
400
What are 2 risk stratification tools to use in determining if a patient with pneumonia should be treated ether inpatient or outpatient?
What is CURB-65 and Pneumonia Severity Index.
400
What organism produces "currant jelly" sputum?
What is Klebsiella pneumonia.
400
The two types of COPD, although they are De-emphasided in the GOLD guidelines
What are Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis.
500
I am a pneumonia that is community-acquired, transmitted through a water source, and can cause GI symptoms.
What is Legionella Pneumonphilia
500
What are three major risk factors associated with the development of pneumonia?
What is Cigarette Smoking, Immunocompromised Chronic Respiratory diseases (COPD, Asthma)Ventilation
500
What are the two organisms that can be detected in a urine antigen test?
What is Legionella, and S. pneumoniae.
500
In chronic bronchitis what are the cells responsible for increased mucus production?
What is goblet cells.
500
This type of drug helps reduce exacerbation's and improves lung function in combination, but should not be used as mono-therapy for long.
What is Corticosteroids.
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