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Pathoma: Fundamentals of Pathology (2018) | Medicine (MD/DO) School Study Aid
Pneumonia Assessment
- Risk Factors
- Older Adult
- Immunocompromised
- Long Term Care
- Assessment
- Shortness of Breath (SOB)
- Hypoxemia
- Cough and Sputum Production
- Wheezing or Crackles
- Fever
- Pleuritic Pain
- Diagnosis
- Chest X-ray
2 mins
Pneumonia Intervention
- Interventions
- Humidified Oxygen
- Deep Breathing Exercises
- Position of Comfort
- Increase Fluid Intake
- Manage Fever
- Medications
- Antibiotics
- Mucolytics
- Expectorants
- Considerations
- Pneumococcal Vaccine
- Sepsis
- Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF)
- Prevention Education
2 mins
Streptococcus Pneumoniae Disease
- Signs and Symptoms
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Sepsis in Patients with Splenectomy
- Rusty Sputum
- MOPS
- Meningitis
- Otitis Media
- Pneumonia
- Sinusitis
2 mins
Streptococcus Pneumoniae Characteristics
- Characteristics
- Gram-Positive
- Diplococci
- Lancet-Shaped
- Catalase-Negative
- Optochin-Sensitive
- Bile Soluble
- Alpha-Hemolytic
- Polysaccharide Capsule
- Positive Quellung Reaction
- IgA Protease
1 min
Mycoplasma Pneumoniae
- Characteristics
- No Cell Wall and No Gram Stain
- Cholesterol Membrane
- Eaton's Agar
- Mulberry Colonies
- Disease
- Atypical pneumonia
- Military Recruits
- Cold IgM Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
- Erythema Multiforme
- Treatment
- Tetracycline
- Erythromycin
2 mins
Atypical Pneumonia
- CHARACTERISTICS
- Diffuse Patchy Inflammation
- Interstitial Pattern
- "Walking Pneumonia"
- Etiologies
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Chlamydia pneumoniae
- Legionella pneumophila
- Adenovirus
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Influenza
- Presentation
- Dry Cough
- Treatment
- Macrolides
2 mins
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Disease
- CONSTITUTIONAL SYMPTOMS/PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
- Fever
- Night Sweats
- Weight Loss
- Hemoptysis
- EXTRA-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
- Extrapulmonary Disease
- Addison's Disease
- CNS
- Liver
- Kidneys
- GI
- Bones
- Pott's Disease
3 mins
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Characteristics
- Characteristics
- Mycolic Acid Cell Wall
- Acid-fast
- Carbolfuchsin Stain Red
- Lowenstein-Jensen Agar
- Serpentine Cord Factor
- Primary TB
- Primary TB
- Caseating Granuloma
- Ghon Focus
- Hilar Lymph Nodes
- Ghon Complex
- Reactivation TB
- Reactivation TB
- Reactivation in Apex
3 mins
Tuberculosis Assessment
- Etiology
- Airborne Droplet
- Assessment
- 3 Week Productive Cough
- Night Sweats
- Chest Pain
- Fever
- Weight Loss
- Fatigue
- Diagnosis
- Chest X-Ray
- Blood Tests
- Mantoux Skin Test
- 3 Positive Sputum Tests
1 min
Tuberculosis Intervention
- Hospital Care
- Airborne Isolation
- Drug Therapy
- Combination Drug Therapy (RIPE)
- 6-12 Months
- Considerations
- DOT
- BCG Vaccination
- Medication Education
- 3 Negative Sputum Specimens
- Infection Control
2 mins
Tuberculosis Skin Mantoux Test (PPD)
- Delayed Hypersensitivity (Cell Mediated Response)
- Intradermal Injection
- Read 48-72 hours
- Positive Results
- ≥ 5 mm Induration
- Immunosuppressed
- ≥ 10 mm Induration
- High Risk Patients
- ≥ 15 mm Induration
- Considerations
- Chest X-Ray
3 mins
Ghon Complex
- Calcified Focus of Infection
- Hilar Lymph Nodes
- Primary Tuberculosis
- Typically in Children
1 min
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