Buzzwords Flashcards
Assman focus?
Secondary apical TB
Caseous necrosis?
TB
What is military TB?
Dissemination into blood
Positive anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies?
Goodpasture’s syndrome
Dry cough and diarrhoea after being abroad?
Legionella
Tall, thin, young man who occasionally uses marijuana?
Marfan’s syndrome
Bronchioles wider than neighbouring artery?
Bronchiectasis
D sign on CXR
Empyema
Steeple sign on CXR
Laryngotracheobronchitis/Croup
Red jelly sputum?
Klebsiella
Mucoid sputum?
Chlamydia psittaci
Rusty sputum?
Pneumococcal pneumonia
Cannonball metastases (+ weight loss/haematuria)
Primary renal cell carcinoma
Morning headache?
Hypercapnia or Organic nitrate side effects
Increased serum ACE and Calcium?
Sarcoidosis
Eggshell calcification at hilar region?
Silicosis
Heart failure cells in alveolar spaces?
Macrophages absorb haemosiderin
- Chronic Po oedema + severe LVF
Coin lesion on CXR
Primary lung carcinoma Renal mets Bronchial hamartoma Carcinoid tumour Granulomatous inflammation Pulmonary abscess
Thumbprint sign on head X-Ray
Epiglottitis
Snowstorm CXR
Baritosis/Silicosis
Management of infective exacerbations of COPD
iSOAP
- Ipratropium
- Salbutamol
- Oxygen
- Amoxicillin
- Prenisolone
Non-smoker with lung cancer
Peripheral Adenocarcinoma
What types of drugs are used for a large PE?
Thrombolytics
What drug is used for small PEs?
Low Molecular Weight Heparin