LRTI

Question 1

What is tracheaitis?

Answer 1

• Prolonged croup with a fever

- Biphasic stridor

Question 2

What organisms cause tracheaitis?

Answer 2

• Staph

- Strep

Question 3

What is used to treat tracheaitis?

Answer 3

• Co amoxiclav

Question 4

What typically causes bronchitis?

Answer 4

• Viruses

Question 5

What are common symptoms of bronchitis?

Answer 5

• Loose rattly cough
• NO WHEEZE
• Crepitations

Question 6

When would bacterial bronchitis occur?

Answer 6

• Following a viral infection

- Viral infection disrupts mucociliary escalator resulting in secondary infection

Question 7

What common infectious agents cause bacterial bronchitis?

Answer 7

• Pneumococcus

- H. Influenzae

Question 8

What key symptoms allow you to differentiate between asthma and bronchitis

Answer 8

• Wet cough

- Lack of wheeze

Question 9

What usually causes broncholitis?

Answer 9

• Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Question 10

What other pathogens can cause broncholitis?

Answer 10

• Parainfluenzae 3

Question 11

What are the common symptoms of broncholitis?

Answer 11

• Nasal stuffiness
• Tachypnoea
• Malaise
• Crepitations
• Wheeze

Question 12

What is pertussis?

Answer 12

• Whooping cough
• Vaccination available to reduce severity
• Coughing fits and vomiting

Question 13

Besides disruption of the mucociliary escalator and the cough reflex, what other effect can increase risk of bacterial infection?

Answer 13

• General immune system strength

- Resp tract secretion failure

Question 14

What investigation should be done for LRTI’s?

Answer 14

• Nothing much

- O2 Sats

Question 15

What are the common viral infective agents in LRTI’s?

Answer 15

• RSV
• Influenza A/B
• Parainfluenza 3
• Adenovirus