https://www.myemnotes.com/ 2026-04-11T00:15:59+00:00 https://www.myemnotes.com/ https://www.myemnotes.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=logo.png text/html 2023-04-25T12:16:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.myemnotes.com/doku.php?id=wiki:respiratory:asthma&rev=1682424970&do=diff Asthma Setting & notes: * Viral illness most common precipitant * Allergy, drugs (esp aspirin), stress, exercise or other precipitating illness * Beware “brittle” asthmatic who may appear “well”. May deteriorate very rapidly * more rapid the onset the more likely to respond and less likely to admit. text/html 2023-04-25T12:16:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.myemnotes.com/doku.php?id=wiki:respiratory:infections&rev=1682424970&do=diff Respiratory Infections Upper respiratory infection (URTI) * self-limited irritation and swelling of the upper airways with associated cough with no proof of pneumonia & lacking a separate condition to account for the symptoms, or with no history of COPD/emphysema/chronic bronchitis. text/html 2023-05-18T05:44:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.myemnotes.com/doku.php?id=wiki:respiratory:pneumothorax&rev=1684388696&do=diff Pneumothorax ie air in the pleural cavity with consequences and management dependent on the degree of lung collapse * spontaneous * associated with smoking (in some studies >100x more likely), chronic lung disease eg COPD * often taller patients text/html 2023-04-25T12:16:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.myemnotes.com/doku.php?id=wiki:respiratory:pulmonaryembolism&rev=1682424970&do=diff Pulmonary Embolism Clinical * may be asymptomatic * SOB, cough +/- haemotypsis * pleuritic chest pain * associated leg pain/swelling, signs of DVT * massive PE - central cyanosis, altered/LOC, collapse or shock * tachypnoea, tachycardia, hypotension