Glory Shared "Respiratory Playlist" - 46 Picmonics
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Respiratory Playlist
Beta-2 Agonists
- Short-Term Treatment
- Terbutaline
- Asthma
- Tocolysis
- Albuterol
- Asthma
- Long-Term Treatment
- Salmeterol
- Asthma
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
3 mins
Anticholinergics
- B.O.AT.S Acronym
- Benztropine
- Parkinson's Disease
- Oxybutynin
- Decrease bladder spasms
- Atropine
- Mydriasis and Cycloplegia
- Scopolamine
- Motion Sickness
1 min
Anticholinergics Continued
- Drugs
- Glycopyrrolate
- Reduces Airway Secretions
- Ulcer Treatment
- Ipratropium
- Asthma and C.O.P.D
- Dicyclomine
- Hyoscyamine
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
1 min
Prednisone (Glucocorticoids)
- Mechanism
- Glucocorticoid
- Indications
- Inflammatory Conditions
- Organ Transplant Rejection
- Side Effects
- Cataracts and Glaucoma
- Cushing's Syndrome
- Osteoporosis
- Immunosuppression
- Hyperglycemia
- Ulcers
- Considerations
- Adrenal Insufficiency
- Taper Gradually
2 mins
Common Causes of Pneumonia: Neonates (< 4 Weeks Old)
- Group B Streptococci
- E. coli
44 secs
Common Causes of Pneumonia: Children (4 Weeks - 18 Years)
- Runts May Cough Chunky Sputum
- RSV (Viruses)
- Mycoplasma
- Chlamydia pneumoniae
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
1 min
Common Causes of Pneumonia: Adults (18 - 40 Years Old)
- Mycoplasma
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Chlamydia pneumoniae
41 secs
Common Causes of Pneumonia: Middle-Aged Adults (40 - 65 Years Old)
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Mycoplasma
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Anaerobes
- Viruses
1 min
Common Causes of Pneumonia: Elderly (65+ Years Old)
- Influenza Virus
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Anaerobes
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Gram-Negative Rods
59 secs
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
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
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
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
Streptococcus Pneumoniae Disease
- Signs and Symptoms
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Sepsis in Patients with Splenectomy
- Rusty Sputum
- MOPS
- Meningitis
- Otitis Media
- Pneumonia
- Sinusitis
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
Pneumonia
- Community Acquired Pneumonia
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- COPD
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Aspiration Pneumonia
- Klebsiella
- Anaerobes
- Post- Viral
- Staph aureus
- Immunocompromised
- Legionella Symptoms
- Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
- Pseudomonas
- MRSA
- TB
- Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Empiric Treatment
- Option One
- Third-Gen Cephalosporin + Doxycycline or Second-Gen Macrolide
- Option Two
- Respiratory Fluoroquinolone
- Option Three (ICU)
- 3rd Generation Cephalosporin + Respiratory Fuoroquinolone
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
- Signs To Establish Diagnosis
- New Fever
- Rising WBC Count
- New Infiltrate on Chest X-Ray
- Purulent Secretions From ET Tube
- Diagnostic Tests
- Tracheal Aspirate
- Bronchioloalveolar Lavage
- Protected Brush Specimen
- Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy (VAT)
- Open Lung Biopsy
- Treatment
- Antipseudomonal Penicillins
- Second Antipseudomonal Agent
- Methicillin-Resistant Antistaphylococcal Agent
Community acquired pneumonia
- 1st line treatment
- Amoxicillin
- Penicillin
- macrolides
- Doxycycline
- 2nd line treatment
- fluoroqunilones
- treatment with comorbidities
- Beta lactam drug with macrolide
- Other organisms
- H. influenzae
- Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Disease
- Chlamydia pneumoniae
50 secs
Ipatropium, tiotropium, atropine, and aclidinum bromide for asthma
- Drugs
- Ipratropium
- Tiotropium
- Atropine
- Aclidinum Bromide
- Functionally similar to tiotropium
- Less SE due to short half-life
- Mechanism of Action
- Blocks vagus nerve to decrease tone in bronchial smooth muscle
- Blocks reflex bronchoconstriction caused by inhaled irritants
- Indication
- COPD (1st line treatment)
- Status asthmaticus (with b2-agonist nebulizer)
- No role in chronic stable asthma
- Side Effects
- Antimuscarinics (SLUDGE)
- Acute-angle Glaucoma
- Bronchospasm
- Considerations
- Tiotropium has antiinflammatory properities and decreases mucus secretion
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