PHYL 3520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Bronchoalveolar Lavage, Cystic Fibrosis, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
3 Apr 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Phyl 3520 lecture 24 march 18, 2020 minicase on cystic fibrosis. Woe to that child: a case of cystic fibrosis. Dr. jeremy aldritch examined the four months old infant that had been admitted to barnes-jewish. The baby"s parents, jayne and david horowitz, had brought young alvin to the emergency room because he had been suffering from a chronic cough and diarrhea for almost a week. In addition, they said that alvin sometimes would "wheeze" a lot more than they thought was normal for a child with a cold. Their pediatrician had told them that alvin had a cold and would be better in a few days. Upon arriving at the emergency room, the attending pediatrician detected a possible ear infection and noted that salt crystals were present on alvin"s skin. Chest auscultation revealed the presence of rhonchi in the right upper lobe (rul) of the lung. The attending pediatrician had alvin admitted immediately and called dr. aldritch, a pediatric pulmonologist.
