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Respiratory Flashcards

1
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Cause of cavitating lung disease in cystic fibrosis

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Staph. aureus

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2
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Interstitial widening by broad bands of fibrous tissue on lung biopsy

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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3
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Lobular pleural thickening on CT

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Mesothelioma

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4
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Headache + fever + dry cough

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Mycoplasma/Chlamydophila pneumoniae pneumonia

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5
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Diarrhoea + fever + dry cough

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Legionella pneumophila pneumonia

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6
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Pneumonia associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

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7
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Apical bronchogenic carcinoma

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Pancoast tumour

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Cancer associated with Horner’s syndrome and wasting/weakness of hand muscles

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Pancoast tumour

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9
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Pneumonia associated with unprotected sex

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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

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10
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Cysts on toludine blue stain

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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

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11
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Several episodes of niggling pleuritic chest pain

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Pulmonary embolism

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12
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Vague central chest pain + palpitations + weight loss + malaise + dyspnoea + cough + bruise-like rash on shins

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Sarcoidosis

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13
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Uveitis

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Sarcoidosis

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14
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Non-caseating granulomas

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Sarcoidosis

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15
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Hypervolaemic hyponatraemia + myalgia + hyporeflexia + ataxia + lethargy/confusion/coma

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SIADH

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16
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Cancer associated with hypercalcaemia

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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17
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Early morning headaches + facial congestion + distended veins + blackouts

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SVC syndrome

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18
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Post-MVA ventilation leading to dyspnoea + distended neck veins + tachycardia + hypotension

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Tension pneumothorax

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19
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Pleuritic chest pain + tender lump on chest

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Tiezte’s syndrome

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20
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Weight loss + malaise + fever + night sweats + cough after immunosuppression

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Tuberculosis

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21
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Peripheral calcified nodule on CXR

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Tuberculosis

22
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Colonies on Löwenstein-Jensen medium

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Tuberculosis

23
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Atypical pneumonia with cold agglutinin

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

24
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Oat cells

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Small cell lung cancer

25
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Rash after amoxicillin for suspected strep throat

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EBV

26
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Atypical mononuclear cells

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EBV

27
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Rust-coloured sputum

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Strep. pneumoniae pneumonia

28
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Voluminous watery sputum

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Adenocarcinoma

29
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Fever + red tonsils with white exudate

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Strep throat

30
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Boat-shaped cysts

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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

31
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Fluffy eosinophilic exudate on lung biopsy

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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

32
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Four-fold rising titre between acute and convalescent serology

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Legionella pneumophila pneumonia

33
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High fever + malaise + mylagia + non-productive cough treated with erythromycin

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Legionella pneumophila pneumonia

34
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Pus cells on sputum microscopy + mixed oral flora on culture

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Aspiration pneumonia

35
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Urinary antigen

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Legionella pneumophila pneumonia

36
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Fever + dull percussion/vocal resonance after treatment of pneumothorax

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Empyema

37
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Diarrhoea + confusion + normal WCC with relative lymphopenia

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Legionella pneumophila pneumonia

38
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Dyspnoea + tingling of fingers and around mouth

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Anxiety-related hyperventilation

39
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Cough + weight loss + arm pain

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Pancoast tumour

40
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Eggshell calcification of hilar nodes on CXR

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Silicosis

41
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Post-influenza pneumonia

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Staph. aureus

42
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Chest infection after infliximab

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TB reactivation

43
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Golden S sign

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Right upper lobe collapse (due to obstructing lung mass)

44
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Tracheal deviation after choking

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Foreign body aspiration

45
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Pneumonia + red papules on dorsum of hands

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (erythema multiforme)

46
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Pneumonia in IVDU

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Staph. aureus

47
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Farmer working with mouldy hay

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Extrinsic allergic alveolitis

48
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Pneumonia in COPD patient

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Haemophilus influenzae

49
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Salt-and-pepper chromatin

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Small cell lung cancer

50
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Dyspnoea + bounding pulse

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Acute CO2 retention

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