No Restrictions
Don’t be naughty or Santa will give you this pneumoconiosis for Christmas
What is coal-miner’s pneumoconiosis?
You see a caseating granuloma and get goosebumps on your arm, probably because you need to get tested for this organism
What is Mycobacterium Tuberculosis?
This TB drug makes urine the color of cheetos
What is rifampin?
See some big-honkin cells in this smoking associated peripheral lung carcinoma
What is large cell carcinoma?
Don’t be too sour or else your Hb-O2 affinity curve will shift this way
What is a rightward-Bohr shift?
While performing an autopsy, there are black spots on the parenchyma of the lung, but the patient was never a coal miner. It is most likely due to this exposure
What is air pollution?
Pneumonia caused by this tiny bug is a walk in the park
What is Mycoplasma Pneumoniae?
Your community service project is treating community acquired pneumonia using this drug combination
What is a B Lactam and Macrolide (Ceftriaxone and Azithromycin)?
These are the two most common central lung tumors
What are small cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma?
Run up the stairs and your increased RR and blood flow will bring your V/Q close to this value
What is 1?
A young woman with a history of difficult pregnancy has a loud P2 sound and this condition
What is idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension?
After Jr. spent 36 weeks in a smaller than normal placenta, he is missing some organ(s) and is having trouble breathing because of this complication of Potter sequence
What is pulmonary hypoplasia?
The leukotriene D4 receptor is totally blocked by this drug
What is montelukast? (used in asthma)
A peripheral tumor in a non-smoking female is likely this
What is an adenocarcinoma?
This kind of V/Q mismatch is seen in pulmonary embolism
What is alveolar dead space? (V/Q is very high - no perfusion)
This macrophage-produced substance can be measured to diagnose sarcoidosis
What is Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE)?
If you see well-differentiated neuroendocrine cells in a tumor, think of this syndrome
What is Carcinoid Syndrome?
If you’re climbing Mt. Everest, don’t forget to bring this drug along
What is acetazolamide? (Carbonic anhydrase inhibitor - remember cerebral edema!)
Mutations in this gene are commonly associated with small cell carcinoma
What is MYC?
This is the relationship of PA, Pv, and Pa in the middle zone of the lung
What is Pa > PA > Pv?
The guy on the street can say restrictive lung disease with lymphangitic blockage and smooth muscle hypertrophy, but you know it as this disease
What is lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)?
After the loss of cilia, this histologic change takes place in a smoker’s conductive airways
What is columnar to squamous metaplasia?
This videogame sounding drug blocks tyrosine kinase to treat fibrosis
What is Nintedanib?
This smoking-associated restrictive disease presents with lots of macrophages in the bronchioles
What is Respiratory Bronchiolitis - Interstitial Lung Disease?
This nerve relays signals from chemoreceptors in the carotid body to the medulla to increase respiratory rate
What is the glossopharyngeal nerve?