Organ systems OS set 06 respiratory b question

High Yield Warm-up Questions: Respiratory Medicine, Part B

ORGAN SYSTEMS SET 6: RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, PART B
1.

List the differential for a patient with “walking pneumonia”.

2.

Discuss the clinical presentation, mode of transmission and treatment for Legionella pneumophila.

3.

A 3-year-old female presents with otitis media. List the 3 most common causes (MCC) from top to bottom,
differentiate between them based on Gram reaction, lab tests and virulence factors. Include if there are vaccines
for protection.

4.

What organism most commonly causes lobar pneumonia?

5.

What types of diseases can Chlamydia trachomatis cause?

6.

What are important causes of bronchopneumonia?

7.

List the dimorphic fungi.


 


 


 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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High Yield Warm-up Questions: Respiratory Medicine, Part B
8.

Briefly discuss the 3 disease presentations caused by Aspergillus.

9.

A 35-year-old male is in the advanced stages of AIDS due to non-compliance with his HAART therapy. His
CD4 T cell count is 25/mm3. Recommended prophylaxis for fungal pathogens is initiated. Which fungal
pathogens are included and when is prophylaxis started based on T cell counts?

10. List the viral families that can undergo reassortment. What types of genomes do they have?

11. What is the only type of virus that can be transmitted via the fecal oral route?

12. Compare and contrast antigenic shift and antigenic drift. Give examples of each.

13. Why can carcinoid tumors of the lung produce carcinoid syndrome without having metastasized?

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High Yield Warm-up Questions: Respiratory Medicine, Part B
14. What tumor is most strongly associated with asbestos exposure?

15. How are the causes of central sleep apnea and obstructive sleep apnea different?

16. In what setting might a fat embolism arise? What symptoms are likely?

17. Why is hepatocellular carcinoma particularly likely to cause tumor embolism?

These question sets are intended to be completed before viewing the High Yield course lectures.
Video explanations can be found on the Warm-up Questions page within the online High Yield course.
For further review of the topics covered in this set, refer to the following lectures:
Respiratory Medicine:
• Pneumonia and Associated Pathogens
• Fungal Respiratory Infections
• Viral Respiratory Infections
• Lung Cancer and Pleural Effusions
• Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Embolism


 


 


 


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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