Buzz Words Flashcards
Bat wings on X-rays
Pulmonary oedema
Respiratory problems - antigen testing confirms diagnosis
Legionella
Crushing central chest pain radiating to arm and jaw, nausea, sweating, ST elevation on ECG, raised troponin levels
MI
Fever, pleuritic chest pain, pain relieved by sitting up and forward, saddle shaped mild ST elevation
Pericarditis
Irregularly irregular pulse, absent P waves
Atrial Fibrillation
Saw tooth ECG baseline pattern, tachycardia
Atrial flutter
Broad QRS, upstroke of R wave
Wolff-Parkinson White Disease
Raised JVP, Orthopnoea, PND, ankle oedema
Right sided heart failure
Pericarditis 4-6 weeks after MI
Dressler’s syndrome
Blurred yellow vision and headache
Digoxin toxicity
Tapping apex beat
Mitral stenosis
Pale stools, jaundice, abdomen pain
Biliary obstruction
Tinkling bowel sounds
Bowel obstruction
Vesicular rash, weight loss
Coeliac disease
Urea breath test
H-pylori