Buzz words: Respiratory Flashcards
1
Q
SOB on exertion “Winter bronchitis” Wheeze Chronic productive cough Inv: post-bronchodilator Spirometry
A
COPD
2
Q
Inv: post-bronchodilator Spirometry
A
COPD
3
Q
Fever Chronic Cough Weight loss Asian Lowenstein Jensen Medium Red Ziehl-Nelson Stain “Acid fast bacilli” RIPE treatment
A
TB
4
Q
Lowenstein Jensen Medium
A
TB
5
Q
Red Ziehl-Nelson Stain
A
TB
6
Q
“Acid fast bacilli”
A
TB
7
Q
TB drug SE: orange tears
A
Rifampicin
8
Q
TB drug SE: peripheral neuropathy
A
Isoniazid
9
Q
Red-green colour blindness
A
Ethambutol
10
Q
Steatorrhoea, diabetes Clubbing, Signet rings Recurrent Infections Bronchiectasis Sodium >60mmol
A
Cystic Fibrosis
11
Q
Shipyard/power station worker
End-inspiratory crackles
Non-productive cough
Pleural effusion
A
Mesothelioma
12
Q
Mouldy hay
A
Farmer’s lung (EAA)
13
Q
Parakeets/Pigeons
A
Bird fancier’s lung (EAA)
14
Q
Lung Ca:
Horner’s syndrome
Arm pain
A
Pancoast’s tumour
15
Q
Lung Ca:
Hypercalcaemia (constipation, polyuria)
Ectopic PTHrP
Epithelial cells
A
Squamous cells carcinoma
