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stony, dull to percuss

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Pleural Effusion

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2
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right sided pleuritic chest pain

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Pneumonia

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3
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Alveolar bat wings
Kerley B lines
Cardiomegaly
Dilated prominent upper lobe vessels
Pleural Effusion
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Pulmonary Oedema

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4
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ground glass appearance on CXR

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Pulmonary Fibrosis and RDS on children

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5
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ziehl-neelsen stain positive for acid fast bacilli

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TB

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6
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Caseous necrosis

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TB

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7
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Apical disease

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secondary TB

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8
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Apical lesion

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assman focus

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9
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Miliary TB

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organisms spread in blood stream

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10
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organism spread by pulmonary artery

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miliary TB dissemination into lungs

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organism spread by pulmonary vein

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miliar TB dissemination to liver, spleen and kidney

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12
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child with barking cough and inspiratory wheeze

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croup

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13
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pneumocystis pneumonia/pneumocystis jiroveci

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HIV

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14
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treat HIV

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co-trimoxale and prednisolone

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15
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positive antiglomelular basement membrane antibodies

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goodpastures syndrome

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16
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chest infection with pet parrot/pigeon

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chylamdophilia psittaci

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17
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dry cough and diahorrea after trip abroad

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legionella pneumophilia

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18
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tall thin young man who smokes marjuana

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marfans (possible pneumothorax)

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19
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bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, erythema nodosum, granulomas, weight loss and uvetis

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sarcoidosis

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20
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signet ring sign on CXR

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bronchiectasis

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21
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bronchioles appear wider than neighbouring arterioles

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bronchiectasis

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22
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D sign on CXR

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empyema

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steeple sign on CXR

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croup/ larngyotracheobronchitis

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child with barking cough and inspiratory wheeze

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croup

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25
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adult with barking cough and inspiratory whoop

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pertussis

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26
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heart failure cells in alveolar spaces

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macrophages that have absorbed haemosiderin

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27
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what do heart failure cells suggest

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pulmonary oedema and left ventricular heart failure (also present in long standing pulmonary hypertension)

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28
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ghon focus

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area of infarction and caseous necrosis at periphery of lung

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29
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ghon focus suggests

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TB

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30
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Rupture of ghon focus

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TB pleurisy

31
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coin lesion on CXR

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primary bronchial or lung carcinoma, metastatic tumour, bronchial hamartoma, carcinoid tumour, granulatomous inflammation or lung abscess

32
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horners syndrome

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local spread of cancer to intrathoracic nodes or a pancoasts tumour

33
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signs of horners syndrome

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ptosis 
enopthalamus
mitosis
lack of sweating on affected side of effect
(ALL EYE RELATED)
34
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Explain signs of Horners syndrome

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invasion of cervical sympathetic chain

35
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acute management of asthma

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O SHIT MAN

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O SHIT MAN

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Oxygen (15 l/min, high flow, non rebreather)
Salbutamol (nebuliser)
Hydrocortisone (IV)
Ipratropium (nebuliser)
Theophylline (IV)
Magnesium Sulfate (IV)
ANaesthetist
37
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thumbprint sign on head X-ray

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epiglottis

38
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small cell carcinoma

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neuroendocrine, highly malignant, may be associated with endocrine systems

39
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increased serum ACE and Ca2+

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sarcoidosis

40
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eggshell calcification at hilar region

41
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asthma, nasal polyps and salicylate

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samters triad

42
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alcoholics are at danger of

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aspiration pneumonia

43
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red jelly sputum

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klebsiella pneumonia (common in alcoholics)

44
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mucoid sputum and a pet bird

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chlaydia psittaci

45
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rusty sputum

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pneumococcal pneumonia

46
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cannonball metastases

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primary renal cell carcinoma

47
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cannonball metastases, weight loss, haematuria, ill defined opacities

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primary renal cell carcinoma

48
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morning headache

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hypercapnia , or side effects of organic nitrates

49
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ACTH secreting lung tumour

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small cell carcinoma of lungs

50
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PTH secreting lung tumour

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squamous cell carcinoma of lungs

51
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high D-dimers

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suggest PE

need more tests (CTPA or V/Q)

52
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low D-dimers

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rule out PE

53
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mismatched V/Q scan

54
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matched and abnormal V/Q scan

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pneumonia/infection

55
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management of an infective exacerbation of COPD

56
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iSOAP

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ipratropium
Salbutamol
Oxygen
Amoxicillin 
Prednisolone
57
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small PE treatment

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low molecular weight heparin

58
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non smoker, lung cancer

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adenocarcinoma

59
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squamous and small cell lung cancers

60
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large PE

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thrombolysis

61
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large PE treatment

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streptokinase

62
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Respiratory alkalosis

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Panic attack

63
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Frank pus on aspiration

64
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Obstructive lung disease with raised eosinophils

65
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Obstructive lung disease with raised neutrophils

66
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Pickwickian disease

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Obesity hypoventilation syndrome

Body fat prevents air entering, causes sleep apnoea and hypercapnia

67
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Overnight nasal ventilation

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Pickwickian disease

68
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Guillian-Barre disease

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Causes paralysis

Preceded by strep throat/infection of GI tract

69
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Polyneuritis

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Rapidly progressive, ascending motor neurone paralysis, beginning in feet and ascending to muscles

70
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Coal workers pneumoconiosis

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Problems found at apex of lung

71
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ARDS

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Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema leads to acute resp failure

CXR = bilateral shadowing

72
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TLCO

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How well oxygen can diffuse into blood

73
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Type 1 diabetic, vomiting, not taking insulin. Deep breathing and dehydrated

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Metabolic acidosis (diabetic ketoacidosis)

74
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pANCA postive

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