CRACKCast E076 - Pneumonia

This episode covers Chapter 76 of Rosen’s Emergency Medicine. Have you ever seen pneumonia? Yeah.... we thought so. Now here are all the nitty-gritty details.

1. What are the typical associative pathogens?

2. Describe the typical clinical presentation/RFs/Management for each of the following

   -S. pneumonia -H. influenzae -Staph aureus -Klebsiella -Mycoplasma pneumoniae & Chlamydia pneumoniae -Legionella -Anaerobes -Pseudomonas -PJP & Other Fungal Pneumsonia -Tuberculosis -Tularemia -Hantavirus

3. List the typical etiologies of viral pneumonia.

4. Which patient groups should receive pneumovax?

5. Which pneumonias can present with cavitating lesions (abscesses) on x-ray

6. What is the differential for possible pneumonia visible on CXR?

7. Describe the analysis of pleural fluid. -Which effusions should be sampled? -What are Light's criteria?

8. What is the CURB65 score?