Respiratory🫁

Question 1

Best test to distinguish between cardiac and respiratory cause of breathlessness?

Answer 1

CPET - cardiopulmonary exercise test

Question 2

Diagnostic test for bronchiectasis

Answer 2

CT

Question 3

First line asthma management children >12

Answer 3

Low dose ICS and formoterol combo inhaler

Question 4

Medication which can cause pulmonary fibrosis

Answer 4

Nitrofurantoin

Question 5

What does silver stain best detect

Answer 5

Pneumocystis jirovecii

Question 6

What does Ziegler-Neelsen stain detect best

Answer 6

Mycobacteria

Question 7

What does Congo red stain detect best

Answer 7

Amyloidosis

Question 8

Where to do a needle decompression for a pneumothorax

Answer 8

5th intercostal space
Midaxillary line

Question 9

Management of asthma-COPD overlap

Answer 9

Combo ICS, LABA and LAMA

Question 10

SIADH electrolyte abnormalities (3)
Sodium, Serum Osmolality, Urine Osmolality

Answer 10

Hyponatraemia
Low serum osmolality
High urine osmolality & sodium

Question 11

Preferred antibiotics to treat Legionella

Answer 11

Azithromycin - macrolides

Question 12

Definitive diagnostic criterion for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Answer 12

UIP - usual interstitial pneumonia

Question 13

HRCT finding in pneumocystis

Answer 13

Ground-glass opacities

Question 14

Management of COPD exacerbation

Answer 14

Oxygen
Salbutamol neb
Hydrocortisone
Antibiotics

Question 15

What type of bacteria is staph aureus

Answer 15

Gram positive cocci

Question 16

Hospital COVID treatment after supplemental oxygen

Answer 16

Dexamethasone and remdesivir

Question 17

What bacteria is a gram negative rod

Answer 17

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 18

Antibiotic for mycoplasma

Answer 18

Clarithromycin

Question 19

Secondary pneumothorax treatment

Answer 19

If >2 cm insert chest drain