Practice questions CLIX

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* 60 yo male * Px: - Chest pain radiating to jaw, - SOB - Nil prior infectious sx * PMX: - hyper- cholesterolaemia * Ix: - ECG in GP – ST elevation - ED – raised troponin

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65 year old male PMX: Poorly controlled HTX Overweight PX: Unable to walk 100 metres without resting Shortness of breath, worse in the last 3 days No infectious symptoms Sleeping with 3 pillows at night Ex: Afebrile, BP 160/95 Irregularly irregular heart beat

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75 yo Female PX - increasing SOB - poor exercise tolerance PMX: - Rheumatic Fever as a child - Mitral valve disease – with replacement 10 years ago

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* 45 yo Male * Px: - Chest pain - Fever, chills * Ex: - Febrile - Pain worse leaning forward * ECG: - Widespread ST * Elevation * Blood test: - CRP 145

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* 39 y.o. female * Px: - 6/12 increasing SOB, - Lower limb swelling - Fatigue - Palpitations - Intermittent substernal CP * PMX: * None, had been well * prior to 6/12 ago * Ex: * O2 sats 94% RA, RR 20, * Systolic murmur, pedal * Oedema, JVP distended * ECG: RBBB. * Lab work: normal apart from ↑BNP

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70 year old female. - 4 month history of cough, SOB - Increasingly fatigued - Has lost 4kgs in the last month - 30 pack year smoking history

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55 yo female * Productive Cough * Worse in the morning * Decreasing Exercise tolerance * PMX: Smoker

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25 year old male Px: - sharp right sided chest pain - onset 4 hours ago - mild SOB - playing basketball

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20 year old male Px: * Penetrating left Chest trauma * (stab wound)

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80 year old male Px: - Cough for 5 days - febrile 38.4 - short of breath - a bit confused - No history of travel

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50 year old Male PX: * Shortness of breath, * Haemoptysis * weight loss * PMX: Diabetic * Social Hx: * Lived in PNG as a child

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* 70 year old male Px: - SOB - retired carpenter - past Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

Question 63

Which of the following is a cause of microcytosis? B12 deficiency Folate deficiency Liver disease Thalassaemia Haemophilia

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Thalassaemia

Question 64

A deficiency in which of the following has the highest specificity for iron deficiency? Iron Transferrin Transferrin iron binding capacity Transferrin saturation Ferritin

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Ferritin