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causes of sudden reduction in lung function
asthma, pneumothorax, PE, pulmonary haemorrhage, collapse of lung (lobe)
mnemonic for causes of pulmonary fibrosis
Bleomycin Radiation Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis A/// (don't need to know) Sarcoidosis Tuberculosis
Crytogenic (idiopathic) pulmonary fibrosis
Asbestosis
mnemonic for causes of pulmonary fibrosis
Bleomycin Radiation Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis A/// (don't need to know) Sarcoidosis Tuberculosis
Crytogenic (idiopathic) pulmonary fibrosis
Asbestosis
progressive massive fibrosis
affects top of lungs
associated with emphysema
progressive massive fibrosis
affects top of lungs
associated with emphysema
complications of CF
Rectal prolapse Cirrhosis Heartburn Portal hypertension coagulopathy
complications of CF
Rectal prolapse Cirrhosis Heartburn Portal hypertension Coagulopathy
what should be used to treat a tension pneumothorax
needle thoracocentesis
what should be done in a pneumothorax due to trauma
chest drain in 5th intercostal space mid-axillary line
what is cANCA associated with
Wegener’s granulomatosis
what is anti-glomerular basement membrane (GMB) antibodies associated with
Goodpasture Disease
causes of small calcified nodules
varicella pneumonitis.
TB
causes of small calcified nodules
varicella pneumonitis.
TB
what does LBF cause in the lungs
pulmonary oedema
what does LBF cause in the lungs
pulmonary oedema