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1
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irregularly irregular heart rate, absent P waves

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atrial fibrillation

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2
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saw tooth ECG

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atrial flutter

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early diastolic

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aortic regurgitation

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pansystolic murmur, radiates to the axilla

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mitral regurgitation

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5
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mid diastolic murmur, opening click/snap

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mitral stenosis

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ejection systolic murmur, radiates to the carotids

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aortic stenosis

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machinery murmur (throughout diastole and systole)

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patent ductus arteriosus

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radio-femoral delay (delay of feeling the pulse from the radial pulse and the femoral pulse)

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coarctation of the aorta

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9
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overriding aorta, ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, right ventricular hypertrophy

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tetralogy of fallot

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10
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smoker, central crushing pain, radiates to arms and jaw, sweating profusely

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acute coronary thrombosis (MI)

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chest/abdominal pain, radiating to the back, history of hypertension, pulsatile and expansible mass felt in the mid line

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aortic aneursym/ aortic aneurysm dissection

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12
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fever and NEW murmur

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infective endocarditis until proven otherwise (question may or may not say ‘after a dental procedure/tooth infection’ - Strep. Viridians)

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severe, tearing pain from the centre of chest that radiates to back between shoulder blades. Sometimes over a few days (MI is acute)

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aortic dissection

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14
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adverse reaction of dry cough

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Ace inhibitors - ramipril, lisinopril

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15
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adverse reaction of yellow tinged vision

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Digoxin toxicity

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16
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SOB, night sweats, haemoptysis, travel (india), immunocompromised

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TB

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SOB, polyphonic wheeze, haeoptysis, typically wake up at 4am breathless, worse when exercising or when it’s cold

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asthma

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child/adolescent, SOB, cough, hyperinflation of chest on CXR, foul smelling stools

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cystic fibrosis

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19
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bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, afro-Caribbean

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sarcoidosis

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20
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pregnant woman/ old person post surgery/ woman on the pill/ after flying- SOB and swollen calf

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DVT causing pulmonary embolus

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21
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oat cell on histology

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small cell carcinoma of the lung

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22
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weight loss, SOB, worked with asbestos

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malignant mesothelioma

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23
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elderly patient, SOB, cough, fever

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pneumonia

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young tall male (basketball player), sharp chest pain, sudden SOB, unilateral decreased chest expansion and breath sounds

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spontaneous pneumothorax

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25
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stab wound, tracheal deviation

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tension pneumothorax

26
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older woman, SOB, long flight, raised D-dimer

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pulmonary embolism

27
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voice hoarseness, horner’s syndrome (sunken eye) ptosis (drooping eye), anhydrosis (no sweat)

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pancoast’s tumour

28
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dyspnoea, fatigue/syncope

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cor pulmonale

29
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epigastric pain, radiating to the back, better when leaning forward (usually have history of excessive alcohol consumption)

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pancreatitis

30
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double swallow

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pharyngeal pouch

31
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bird beak oesophageal sphincter

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achalasia

32
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baby projectile vomiting, olive sized mass felt over epigastric area

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pyloric stenosis

33
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offensive smelling stools, hard to flush, buttock wasting

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coeliac’s disease

34
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epigastric pain, worse when eating, been taking NSAIDs

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gastric ulcer

35
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epigastric pain, made better when eating

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duodenal ulcer

36
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abdominal pain, started by umbilicus and moved to right iliac fossa

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appendicitis

37
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weight loss, blood in stool

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adenocarcinoma of colon until proven otherwise

38
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teenage girl, part-time model, complaining of diarrhoea, admits to self-induced vomiting

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laxative abuse

39
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overweight, epigastric/chest pain that gets worse when bending over or lying down (at night when get into bed)

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GORD

40
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diarrhoea, with mouth ulcers

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crohn’s

41
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diarrhoea after antibiotics for a different problem

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pseudomembranous colitis- C.difficile

42
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right upper quadrant colicky pain, may or may not be worse after eating fatty foods

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gall stones (cholecystitis)

43
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traveller’s diarrhoea

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giardiasis

44
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bloody diarrhoea and fever

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E.coli gastroenteritis

If after this infection they develop haematuria and haemolytic anaemia = haemolytic uraemic syndroma

45
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kayser fleisher rings - brown ring in eye

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Wilson’s disease

46
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alcoholic retching then haemochromatosis

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mallory weiss tear

47
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rice water stool

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cholera

48
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double bubble xray, downs syndrome, infant

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duodenal atresia

49
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haemoptysis and haematuria

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goodpasture’s syndrome

50
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males, bleeding problems, factor VIII deficient

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haemophilia A

51
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plumber (or water systems- hotels, conferences) flu like symptoms

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leigionella

52
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pins and needles (peripheral neuropathy) due to vit B6 deficiency

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isoniazid adverse reaction

53
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chest pain that is worse when doing particular movements

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musculoskeletal/ costrochondritis

54
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women, lower abdo pain, missed a period

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ectopic pregnancy

55
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tiredness, fatigue, menorrhagia (heavy periods)

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iron deficiency anaemia

56
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haematuria, weight loss, palpable lymph nodes, lives or has been travelling to egypt, or been swimming in fresh water lakes while on holiday in africa

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schistosomiasis

57
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flu-like symptoms, jaundice and renal failure, been swimming in lakes where rats wee

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leptospirosis

58
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palmer crease

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downs syndrome

59
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central chest pain, radiating to back, better when leaning forward

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pericarditis - basically same presentation as pancreatitis, except this is chest pain, not abdo

60
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redcurrent jelly stool, sausage shaped mass

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intussusception

61
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short stature, webbed neck, murmur heard at upper left sternal edge and radiating to the back

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turners syndrome with coarctation of the aorta

62
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male, tall stature, weak muscles,infertile

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kleinfelter’s syndrome (XXY)

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