Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Faisal with Fever and
Respiratory Distress
- Anatomy of lung
- Microbiology
- URTI's
- The Common Cold
- Rhinorrhea and nasal obstruction
- Rhinovirus
- Pharyngitis
- Sore throat, fever and acute
pharyngeal inflammation
- Adenovirus
- Croup
- acute viral infection of the URT
presenting as stridor and a brassy cough
- Parainfluenza,
RSV
- LRTI's causes
- Pneumonia
- inflammation of the lungs with
consolidation due to an infectious agent.
- Signs and Symptoms
- Fever, rigors, Cough dry or
productive, Chest pain,
Dyspnea, Respiratory distress,
tachypnea, hypoxemia, Bluish
color to lips and fingernails,
Crackles +/- evidence of
consolidation, Abnormal X-ray,
Heavy perspiring Confused
mental state or delirium.
- Epidemiology
- Number 1 killer among
infectious diseases
- Types
- Hospital-acquired
- Ventilator-associated
- of Immunocompromised
- Community-acquired
- Aspiration pneumonia
- Risk factors
- Pathogenesis
- Congestion >> Red hepatization >>
Gray hepatizaiton >> Resolution
- Lobar pneumonia
- Pleural involvements
are common.
- Bronchopneumonia
- Pleural involvements
are less common
- Viruses
- Bacteria
- S. pneumoniae
M. pneumonia
K. pneumoniae
C. pneumonia
L. pneumophilla
- Fungi
- PCP - PjP
- Physical examination
- Palpitation
(↑vibrations),
Percussion
(Dullness),
Auscultations
(bronchial sounds)
- Investigations
- Blood tests. Chest X-ray, Pulse oximetry, Sputum test, CT scan or
Pleural fluid culture (for adults).
- Management
- Quinolones
B-lactams
Macrolides
- Vaccination
- Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
(PCV13 or Prevnar 13)
- All babies and children younger than
2 years old. All adults 65 years or
older. People 2 through 64 years old
who are at increased risk for disease
due to certain medical conditions.
- Pneumococcal polysaccharide
vaccine (PPSV23 or
Pneumovax23®)
- All adults 65 years or older. People 2 through 64
years old who are at increased risk for disease
due to certain medical conditions. Adults 19
through 64 years old who smoke cigarettes