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Respiratory Flashcards

1
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Signet rings on 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

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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 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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Caseating granuloma

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Tuberculosis

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11
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Centrilobar emphysema

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Smoking

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12
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Panacinar emphysema

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Alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency

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13
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Acid-fast bacilli

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Pulmonary tuberculosis

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14
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Hypercalcaemia from paraneoplastic syndrome

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SCC of the lung

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15
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Gohn focus on CXR

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Pulmonary tuberculosis

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16
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Causative organism of pneumonia in an HIV patient

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Pneumocystis jirovecii

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17
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SIADH/ectopic ACTH/LEMS

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SCLC

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18
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Atypical pneumonia with cold agglutinins

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Mycoplasma pneumonia

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19
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Office worker with pneumonia

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Legionella

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20
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Tall basketball player with SOB

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Pneumothorax

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21
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Oat cells

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SCLC

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22
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Rash post amoxycillin for suspected strep throat

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EBV

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23
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Positive sweat test

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CF

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24
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Atypical mononuclear cells

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EBV

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25
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Cysts on toluidine blue stain

26
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Rusty coloured sputum

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Strep pneumoniae pneumonia

27
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Pneumonia with cows

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Coxiella burnetti (Q-fever)

28
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Positive PCR on nasopharyngeal swab

29
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Air conditioning

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Legionella pneumonia

30
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Voluminous watery sputum

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Adenocarcinoma

31
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Urinary antigen positive

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Legionella pneumonia

32
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Asthmatic SOB despite oxygen

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VQ mismatch

33
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Pneumonia and parrots

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Chlamydia psittaci

34
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Atypical pneumonia with AHA, erythema multiforme, myopericarditis and meningoencephalitis

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

35
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Atypical pneumonia with hyponatraemia and lymphopenia

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Legionella pneumonia

36
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Bilateral lung nodules in a miner with RA

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Caplan’s syndrome

37
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Calcified nodules in lower zones

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Previous varicella pneumonitis

38
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Antibiotics for PJP

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Co-trimoxazole (TMP-SMX)

39
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Antibiotic for chlamydial pneumonia

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Tetracycline

40
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Crackles do not clear after coughing

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Pulmonary oedema, pleural effusion

41
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Widespread, firm, fibrotic nodules

42
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Wedge-shaped opacity

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Pulmonary infarction

43
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Swollen leg + sudden uge to defecate

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Saddle embolus

44
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Sputum - pus cells, culture mixed oral flora

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Aspiration pneumonia

45
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Potting mix + diarrhoea + pneumonia

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Legionella

46
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Bilateral cavitating bronchopneumonia after influenza infection

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Staph aureus pneumonia

47
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Polyuria

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Hypercalcaemia due to active sarcoid or SCC

48
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WCC elevated with 90% lymphocytes

49
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Lowenstein-Jensen medium

50
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Gram negative motile bacilli on MacConkey agar

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Pseudomonas

51
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Slender Gram negative rods, milky white colonies on charcoal yeast extract agar

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Legionella

52
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Fried egg colonies, lack of cell wall

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

53
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Lung cancer type most closely associated with smoking

54
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Indrawn tympanic membrane

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Otitis media

Except acute suppurative otitis media - children

55
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Sighing breaths

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Metabolic acidosis

56
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Most diagnostic test for influenza

57
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Monophonic wheeze

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Tumour / foreign body / vocal cord paralysis

58
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DRUG: COPD drug causing cardiac arrhythmia

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Theophylline

59
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DRUG: anti-pseudomonas activity (3)

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  1. Aminoglycosides
  2. 3rd gen cephalosporins
  3. Ticarcillin
  4. Meropenem
  5. Ciprofloxacin
60
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DRUG: reduces efficacy of OCP

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Rifampicin

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