AANP board certification exam 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2023

how long will a cough last for acute bronchitis? up to three weeks is completely normal how do you treat acute bronchitis? 95% cases are viral-- tessalon pearls to help with cough. * prednisone is never the answer ** explain the following views of chest xrays: AP, PA, PA and lateral which one do you want for pneumonia patient? AP- shows the heart predominantly because its from front to back PA- shows the lungs predominantly because its back to front lateral shows fluid line what is the gold standard for diagnosing community acquired pneumonia chest xray- PA/lateral, repeat post treatment in 6 weeks (repeat not really done anymore) treatment guidelines for CAP- healthy adult no comorbidities MAD LUNG amoxicillin 1 gram TID (best choice) doxycycline 100 mg twice daily macrolide (mycin) in areas with low macrolide resistance so not the best choice treatment guidelines for CAP- adult with comorbidities monotherapy: respiratory quinolone (levofloxacin 750 mg daily) combination therapy: augmentin or cephalosporin PLUS macrolide or doxy what are common respiratory fluroquinolones? Think FLOXACIN-- moxifloxacin, gemifloxacin, levofloxacin what are common macrolides for CAP think "MYCIN" -- azithromycin,