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Resp Buzzwords Flashcards

1
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stony dull

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pleural effusion

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2
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d sign on x ray

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empyema

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3
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steeple sign on x ray

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larygotrachaebronchitis … or croup

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4
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barking cough in child

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croup

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5
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ground glass appearance on x ray

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pulmonary fibrosis

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6
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ZN that stains + for acid fast bacilli

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TB

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7
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apical disease… and what is an apical lesion of secondary .. infection called?

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TB - assmann focus!

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8
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+ anti-glomerular basement membranne antibodies

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goodpasture’s syndrome … a rare autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack basement membrane of lung, and kidneys.

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9
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tall thin man + marijuana

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pneumothorax

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10
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bilareral hilar lymphadenopathy

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sarcoidosis

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11
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erythema nodosum on legs

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sarcoidosis

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12
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signet ring sign

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bronchiectasis

when the bronchiole is WIDER than the neighbouring arteriole

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13
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PCP

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pneumocystis pneumonia. strange and unusual. immunocompromised. check for HIV!!

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14
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alcoholic with pneumonia

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“aspiration” - klebsiella.

look our for red jelly haemopytsis

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15
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rusty sputum

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pneumococcal pneumonia

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16
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cannonball mets with weightloss and haematuria (blood in urine)

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PRimary renal cell carcinoma

17
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morning headache

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hypercapnia

18
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tumour that secretes ACTH or PTH

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small cell lung cancer

19
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what are the buzzwords of sarcoidosis ?? outta 6

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increased ACE
high Ca2+
bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy 
erythema nodosum
granumolas 
fatigue and weight loss
20
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thumbprint on x ray

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epiglottitis

21
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term for drooping eyelid

A

ptosis

22
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term for sunken eye

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enophthalmos

23
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drooping eyelid, sunken eye, small pupil, ipsiplateral lack of sweating.

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horners syndrome

24
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small pupil

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miosis

25
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eggshell calcification

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SIILI cosis

26
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what causes horners syndrome?

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invasion of the cervical spine. can happen if cancer spreads into the intrathoracic nodes.

27
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inspiratory whoop wth barking cough

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pertussis. 100 day cough

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