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1
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Signet rings on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT)

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Bronchiectasis

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2
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Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy

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Sarcoidosis

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3
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Sandblaster

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Silicosis

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4
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Pipe lagger, construction worker

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Asbestosis

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5
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Tram-tracking

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Bronchiectasis

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6
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Gold standard for DDx of OSA (obstructive sleep apnea)

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Polysomnography

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7
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Ground glass appearance/honeycombing

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Pulmonary fibrosis

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8
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High pleural lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and protein

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Exudative pleural effusion (Light’s criteria) - malignancy, infection

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9
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Loud P2, RV heave, elevated JVP

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Pulmonary hypertension

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10
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Most diagnostic test for influenza

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PCR

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11
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Monophonic wheeze

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Tumour / foreign body / vocal cord paralysis

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12
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DRUG: COPD drug causing cardiac arrhythmia

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Theophylline

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13
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DRUG: anti-pseudomonas activity (3)

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Aminoglycosides
3rd gen cephalosporins
Ticarcillin
Meropenem
Ciprofloxacin
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14
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DRUG: reduces efficacy of oral contraceptive (OC)

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Rifampicin

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15
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Caseating granuloma

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Tuberculosis

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16
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Centrilobular emphysema

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Smoking

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17
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Panacinar emphysema

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Alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency

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18
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Acid-fast bacilli

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Pulmonary tuberculosis

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19
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Hypercalcaemia from paraneoplastic syndrome

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SCC of the lung

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20
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Gohn focus on CXR

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Pulmonary tuberculosis

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21
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Causative organism of pneumonia in an HIV patient

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Pneumocystis jirovecii

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22
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SIADH/ectopic ACTH/LEMS

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SCLC

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23
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Atypical pneumonia with cold agglutinins

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Mycoplasma pneumonia

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24
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Office worker with pneumonia

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Legionella

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25
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Tall basketball player with SOB

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Pneumothorax

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26
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Oat cells

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SCLC

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27
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Rash post amoxycillin for suspected strep throat

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EBV

28
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Positive sweat test

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CF

29
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Atypical mononuclear cells

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EBV

30
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Cysts on toluidine blue stain

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PJP

31
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Rusty coloured sputum

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Strep pneumoniae pneumonia

32
Q

Pneumonia with cows

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Coxiella burnetti (Q-fever)

33
Q

Positive PCR on nasopharyngeal swab

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Influenza

34
Q

Air conditioning

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Legionella pneumonia

35
Q

Voluminous watery sputum

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Adenocarcinoma

36
Q

Urinary antigen positive

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Legionella pneumonia

37
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Asthmatic SOB despite oxygen

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VQ mismatch

38
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Pneumonia and parrots

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Chlamydia psittaci

39
Q

Atypical pneumonia with AHA, erythema multiforme, myopericarditis and meningoencephalitis

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

40
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Atypical pneumonia with hyponatremia and lymphopenia

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Legionella pneumonia

41
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Bilateral lung nodules in a miner with RA

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Caplan’s syndrome

42
Q

Calcified nodules in lower zones

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Previous varicella pneumonitis

43
Q

Antibiotics for PJP

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Co-trimoxazole (TMP-SMX)

44
Q

Antibiotic for chlamydial pneumonia

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Tetracycline

45
Q

Crackles do not clear after coughing

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Pulmonary oedema

Pleural effusion

46
Q

Widespread, firm, fibrotic nodules

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Silicosis

47
Q

Wedge-shaped opacity

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Pulmonary infarction

48
Q

Swollen leg + sudden urge to defecate

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Saddle embolus

49
Q

Sputum - pus cells, culture mixed oral flora

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Aspiration pneumonia

50
Q

Potting mix + diarrhoea + pneumonia

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Legionella

51
Q

Bilateral cavitating bronchopneumonia after influenza infection

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Staph aureus pneumonia

52
Q

Polyuria

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Hypercalcaemia due to active sarcoid or SCC

53
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WCC elevated with 90% lymphocytes

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Pertussis

54
Q

Lowenstein-Jensen medium

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TB

55
Q

Gram negative motile bacilli on MacConkey agar

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Pseudomonas

56
Q

Slender Gram negative rods, milky white colonies on charcoal yeast extract agar

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Legionella

57
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Fried egg colonies, lack of cell wall

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

58
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Lung cancer type most closely associated with smoking

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SCC

59
Q

Indrawn tympanic membrane

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Otitis media

Except acute suppurative otitis media - children

60
Q

Sighing breaths

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Metabolic acidosis

61
Q

Most diagnostic test for influenza

A

PCR

62
Q

Monophonic wheeze

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Tumour / foreign body / vocal cord paralysis

63
Q

DRUG: COPD drug causing cardiac arrhythmia

A

Theophylline

64
Q

DRUG: anti-pseudomonas activity (3)

A

Aminoglycosides

3rd gen cephalosporins

Ticarcillin

Meropenem

Ciprofloxacin

65
Q

DRUG: reduces efficacy of OCP (oral contraceptive pill)

A

Rifampicin

66
Q

Batwing opacities on CXR

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Pattern of bilateral perihilar shadowing.

Pulmonary oedema (especially cardiogenic)