It's moving to my chest
The most common type of lung cancer
What is adenocarcinoma?
This type of pneumothorax occurs in the setting of structural disease and is more common in patients with COPD.
What is a secondary pneumothorax?
No signs or symptoms of disease but positive TB screening by TST or IGRA
What is tuberculosis infection?
This is the CAT score that equals poor symptom control
What is > 10?
These two oral medications can be used as monotherapy to treat community acquired pneumonia caused by both typical and atypical pathogens.
What are levofloxacin and doxycycline?
This type of cancer is typically metastatic at diagnosis and is not cured with surgery.
What is small cell lung cancer?
Tension pneumothorax can cause this life-threatening sequelae.
What is hypotension caused by decreased venous return, and/or decreased cardiac output?
This is produced when a tubercle enlarges and bacilli enter local lymph nodes, causing lymphadenopathy.
What is a Ghon focus?
This is the recommended treatment for moderate asthma per GINA guidelines.
What is ICS-LABA/SMART therapy?
Atypical pneumonia causes this type of lung pattern on chest x-ray.
What are interstitial infiltrates?
This is the most common presenting symptom of lung cancer.
What is cough?
This is the most common etiology of a transudative pleural effusion.
What is heart failure?
These types of cells are involved in the initial infectious and replication process of tuberculosis infection and are closest to the center of a caseating granuloma.
What are macrophages?
What is a neuraminidase inhibitor?
These are the upper and lower age limits for patients considered high risk for influenza complications.
What are < 5yo and > 65yo?
Pancoast tumor and hypercalcemia are more frequently found in this type of lung cancer.
What is non-small cell lung cancer?
This is the treatment for an empyema in the fibrinopurulent phase.
What is video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery?
This is the term for a calcified and fibrosed "healed" Ghon complex.
What is a Ranke complex?
This is the time-frame after which Paxlovid should NOT be prescribed for most high-risk patients with COVID-19.
What is 5 days?
Two non-infectious etiologies that can lead to acute bronchitis.
What are smoke inhalation, occupational exposures, vaping, etc?
These are the three components of Horner syndrome.
What are ipsilateral ptosis, anhidrosis, and miosis?
These are the three Light's criteria for an exudative effusion.
What are:
Pleural fluid/serum protein ration > 0.5
Pleural fluid LDH/serum LDH > 0.6
Pleural fluid LDH > two-thirds upper normal limit serum LDH
This is the measurement for a positive PPD result in an HIV negative patient who uses injection drugs.
What is > or = to 10mm?
This is the term for the presence of numerous small, discrete nodules (typically 1-3 mm in diameter) scattered throughout both lungs on chest x-ray.
What is a miliary pattern?