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Test II Pneumonia

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What kind of precautions do you take with AIDS?   Standard Precautions  
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What Causes the AIDS Virus?   HIV. You can have HIV but not have AIDS  
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What part of the immune system does the AIDS virus attack?   The T4 lymphocytes which are critical in the immune process because they trigger other immune cells to Act?  
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What are 4 ways that the AIDS virus can be transmitted?   1) Sexual Contact 2) Exchange of body fluids 3) IV drug use 4) May be passed in breast milk  
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Name the 6 opportunistic infections that can occur as an result of AIDS?   - Pneumocystis Carinii - Tuberculosis - Viral Pneumonia - Bacterial infections - Fungal Infections - Neoplastic Diseases (Tumors)  
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This type of infection which is typical in AIDS is a protozoan infection and it treated with Pentamidine?   Pneumocystis Carinii  
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This type of infection is caused by Mycobacterium, can be tested by using Acid fast bacilli and is treated with Isoniazid (INH) and Rifampin   Tuberculosis  
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This type of infection is caused by Cytomegalovirus and Often coexists with pneumocystis carinii   Viral Pneumonia  
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In AIDS patients, this type of infection is caused by Streptococcus or Haemophilus influenzae and is treated with with penicillins (unless they become resistant or allergic)   Bacterial infections  
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This type of infection is caused by either Histoplasmosis, Coccidiodomycosis, Candida albicans,Aspergillus and is treated by using either Amphotericn B, or Nystatin?   Fungal Infections  
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This type of disease is typical in AIDS patients and is caused mainly by Kaposi Sarcoma – (a type of Skin Cancer)   Neoplastic Diseases (Tumors)  
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What are the common diagnostic Tests to determine AIDS?   - ELISA stands for: Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay - Western blot test - A CBC test to determine leukopenia (aka: decreased WBC) with an infection  
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Treatment will consist of these two parts?   1) Supportive therapy (counseling, education, oxygen therapy,) 2) Medications  
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Name the 4 drugs that can be administered for HIV drug therapy?   1) AZT (azidothymidine) 2) Retrovir 3) Zidovudine 4) Dedeoxyinosine (DDI) or Videx  
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This type of Pneumonia is frequently undiagnosed?   Nonbacterial Pneumonia  
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What are the 3 Key signs of bacterial pneumonia?   1. Expectoration of yellow sputum 2. Increased White Blood Cell count 3. Presence of Fever  
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Aspiration pneumonia results in what type of anatomic alterations?   - alveolar consolidation - atelectasis - inflammation of the alveoli  
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What term applies to the filling of alveolar spaces as a result of pneumonia?   Effusion  
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The expression "walking pneumonia" is generally applied to patient with what typed of pneumonia?   Mycoplasma pneumoniae  
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The most commonly found bacterial cause for pneumonia is:   Streptococcus pneumoniae  
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Your patient has been hospitalized for 2 weeks and has a tracheostomy tube. Her secretions have a sweet smell and are green in color. What is the most likely organism causing her infection?   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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A 75-year-old patient has had a stroke leaving him with dysphagia. What type of pneumonia is he at risk of developing?   aspiration  
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A patient with the common cold and associated chest infection would be treated with all of the following EXCEPT: A. antibiotic B. bed rest C. ample fluids D. over-the-counter cold and cough medicine   A. antibiotic  
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As the respiratory therapist, you have given supplemental oxygen to a patient with pneumonia. What would cause the patient to be hypoxemic? 1. Diffusion defect 2. Capillary shunting 3. Alveolar consolidation 4. Hypoventilation   B. 2, 3 Pneumonia causes hypoxemia because of alveolar consolidation and related capillary shunting. A diffusion defect is found in patients with pulmonary fibrosis. Because of hypoxemia, patients with pneumonia will hyperventilate, not hypoventilate.  
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A patient with severe pneumonia can be expected to have the following: 1. chest pain 2. tachycardia 3. hemoptysis 4. cyanosis A. 4 B. 2, 3 C. 1, 2, 4 D. 1, 2, 3, 4   D. 1, 2, 3, 4  
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When auscultating over an area of pneumonia, what breath sound can be expected? A. Hyperresonance B. Wheezing C. Bronchial D. Vesicular   C. Bronchial -Bronchial bs are heard in pneumonia pt with consolidation. Hyperresonance is a percussion note heard over an area of pneumothorax. Wheezing is heard when asthma pt is having bronchospasm. Vesicular bs are only heard over normal lung areas.  
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usually happens to pregnant women, Associated with asperiation pneumonia, can have tachycardia, cynaosis, dyspnea   Mendelsohn's Syndrome  
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The expression "walking pneumonia" is generally applied to a patient with what type of pneumonia?   Mycoplasma  
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In the absence of a secondary bacterial infection, lung inflammation caused by the aspiration of gastric fluids usually becomes insignificant in approximately how many days?   3 days or 72 hours  
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What is the most common viral pulmonary complication of AIDS?   cytomeglovirus  
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Because of hypoxemia associated with pneumonia, what respiratory care treatment may be needed?   oxygen  
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Atelectasis is particularly common in this type of pneumonia?   Aspiration  
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Almost always the cause of acute epiglottitis?   Hemaphillus influenza  
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What term applies to the filling of alveolar spaces as a result of pneumonia?   effusion  
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This type of infection is found in Human GI tract & likes wet environment?   Pseudomonas Aeruginosa  
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Name the 3 kinds of Atypical infections?   a. Legionella pneumophila b. Rickettsiae c. Mycoplasma  
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