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stony dull to percus

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pleural effusion

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ride sided pleuritic chest pain

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most likely pneumoina

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alveolar bta einds, kerely b lines, cardiomegaly, dilated prominent upper lobe vessels pleural effusion

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pulmonary oedema

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ground glass appearnace on xray

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pulmonary fibrosis and resp distress syndrom of the new born

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ziehl neilson stani posiitve for acid fast bacilli

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TB

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caseous necrosis

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TB

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apical disease

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mosy likely (secondary) TB, apical lesion is called assmann focus

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miliary tuberculous

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spread of an organism into the blood stream, if organism is spread via pulmonary artery there is miliary dissemination into the lung, if organism spreads via pulmonary vein there is a systmic disseminaiton to the liver, spleen and kidneyes

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positive anti-gloerular basement membrane antibodies

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goodpastures syndrome

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chest infection with parrot / pigeon as pet

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caused by chlamydophila psittaci

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dry cough and diarhoea after holiday abroad, some indication of water spread

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legionella pneumophila (test urine for antigens)

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tall thin young man who indulges in marijuana

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probably pneumothroax (marfans)

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bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, erythema nodusum, granulomas, fatigue, uveitis and weight loss

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sarcoidosis

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bronchiole larger than neighbouring arteriole on CT

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bronchictasis

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d sign on x ray

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empyema

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steeple sign on x ray

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laryngotracheobronchitis/croup

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child with barking cough

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croup

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pneumocystis pneumoina

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HIV (treat with co-trmoxazole +- prednisolone is severe

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asthma + nasal poyps + salicylate sensitivity

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samters triad

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alcholic (danger of asiration pneummoina)

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klebisella pneumoinae

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red jelly sputum

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klebiella pneumoinae

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mucoid sputum

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chalmydia psittaci

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rusty sputum

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pneumococcal pneumoina

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cannonball metastases (also weight loss and haematuria)

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classically from primary renal cell carcinoma

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morning headache
hypercapnia or side effects or organic nitrates
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ACTH secreting lung tumour
small cell carcinoma of the lnug. small cell carcimoas are euroendocrine, highly malignant, and may be associated with ectopic endocrine syndromes
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PTH seceting lung tumour
squamous cell cancer of lung
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increased serum ACE and CA2+
sarcoid
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eggshell calcification at hilar regions
silicosis
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heart failure cells seen in alvoelar spaces
macrophages that have absorbed haemosiderin - found in chornic pulmonary oedema, and associated severe left ventricualar hearr failure - also seen in long standing pulmonary hypertension
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ghon focus
an area of infection and acseous necrosis at the periphery of the lung. beneath the pleura - found in tuberculosis infection - ghon focus rupture (rare) through the visceral pleura nito the pleural cavity will produce tubercuous pleurisy
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assmann focus
apical lesion of secondary tubercuous infection
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coin lesoin found on chest radiography
a rounded solidary lesion the common lesion are primary bronchial or lung carcinoma. mestastatic tumous, bronchial hamartoma, carcinoid tumour, granulomatous infalmamtion, lung abcess
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honers sydrome
can occur when ther eis a local spread of cancer to the intrathoracic nodes of a pancoast tumour signs inclyde ptosis (drooping of the eyelid), enopthalomus (sunken eye), miosis (small pupil), and lack of sweatng no the isilaeral (same side as invasion) side of the face this is due to invasion of the cervical sympathetic chain
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acute management of asthma
``` OSHITMAN 0xygen 100% through a non-rebreather mask salbutamol nebulised back to back hydrocortisone IV or prednisolone PO ipratropium bromide nebulised hourly theophyline IV or aminophylline IV magneusium anaestetist ```
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thumb print sign onxray
epiglottitis
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inspiraotry whoop/barking cough
pertussis
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snow storm appearnac eon xray
bartosis, silicosis
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management of infective exacerbation of COPD
- iSOPD - ipratopium - salbutamo - oxygen - amoxicillin - prednisolone
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non smoker + lung cancer
peripheral carcinoma
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squamous + small cell lung cancer
central
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high d dimers
pulmonary embolism
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low d dimers
exclude pulmonery embolisms
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large PE
thrombolysis
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small PE
low molecular weight herapin
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resp alkolosis
panic attack
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frank pus on aspiration
empyema
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obstructive lung disease - raised eosinophils
- asthma
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obstructive lung disease - raised neutrophils
COPD
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pickwickian disease eg obesity hypotentiltoin syndrome
obese people whose body fat is preventing air getting in causes sleep apnoea and hypercapnia (high . levels of carbon dioxide in the blood - oernight nasal ventilation
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gullian barre disease
disease which causes paralysis normally preceded by a strep thoat / infection or resp or GI tract AKA polyneuritis (meaning rpaidy progressive, ascending motor euron parlysis, begunnin in the feet and ascending to other muslces)
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coal workers pneumoconiosis
two types - simple coal workers pnemoconiosis (early form) and progressive fibrosis (later stages) problems fund at the apex of lung
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adult resp distress syndrome
occurs when non-cardiogeic pulmonary oedema leads to acute respiratory failure. CXR shows bilateral alveolar shadowing
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pulmonary oedema
CXR shows bats wings (peripheral shadowing), uppper lobe venous diversion, fluid in horizontal fissure, kerely B lines, (small horizontal lines in the periphery due to fluid in the interlobular septae and pleural effusions)
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treatment of a pneumothroax
options are observation, needle, chest tube , inseriton and surgery
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TLCO
how well oxygen can diffuse into the blood
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treamtent of PE
if not immediately life threatening then anticoagulation therpay
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type 1 diabetic presents with vomiting and not taking her insulin, dehydrated and deep laboured breathing
metabolic acidosis (diabetic ketoacidosis
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AP x ray
anterior posteroi usually A porterabl
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22 year old womna, weight loss, sputum night sweats, ender well defined nodules onshins bilaterally
erythema nodusum

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