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Signet rings on HRCT

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Bronchiectasis

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Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy

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Sarcoidosis

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Sandblaster

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Silicosis

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Pipe lagger, construction worker

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Asbestosis

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Tram-tracking

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Bronchiectasis

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Gold standard for DDx of OSA

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Polysomnography

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Ground glass appearance/honeycombing

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Pulmonary fibrosis

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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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Loud P2, RV heave, elevated JVP

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Pulmonary hypertension

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Caseating granuloma

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Tuberculosis

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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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Acid-fast bacilli

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Pulmonary tuberculosis

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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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Causative organism of pneumonia in an HIV patient

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Pneumocystis jirovecii

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SIADH/ectopic ACTH/LEMS

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SCLC

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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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Atypical mononuclear cells

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EBV

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Cysts on toluidine blue stain
PJP
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Rusty coloured sputum
Strep pneumoniae pneumonia
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Pneumonia with cows
Coxiella burnetti (Q-fever)
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Positive PCR on nasopharyngeal swab
Influenza
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Air conditioning
Legionella pneumonia
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Voluminous watery sputum
Adenocarcinoma
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Urinary antigen positive
Legionella pneumonia
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Asthmatic SOB despite oxygen
VQ mismatch
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Pneumonia and parrots
Chlamydia psittaci
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Atypical pneumonia with AHA, erythema multiforme, myopericarditis and meningoencephalitis
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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Atypical pneumonia with hyponatraemia and lymphopenia
Legionella pneumonia
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Bilateral lung nodules in a miner with RA
Caplan's syndrome
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Calcified nodules in lower zones
Previous varicella pneumonitis
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Antibiotics for PJP
Co-trimoxazole (TMP-SMX)
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Antibiotic for chlamydial pneumonia
Tetracycline
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Crackles do not clear after coughing
Pulmonary oedema, pleural effusion
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Widespread, firm, fibrotic nodules
Silicosis
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Wedge-shaped opacity
Pulmonary infarction
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Swollen leg + sudden uge to defecate
Saddle embolus
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Sputum - pus cells, culture mixed oral flora
Aspiration pneumonia
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Potting mix + diarrhoea + pneumonia
Legionella
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Bilateral cavitating bronchopneumonia after influenza infection
Staph aureus pneumonia
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Polyuria
Hypercalcaemia due to active sarcoid or SCC
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WCC elevated with 90% lymphocytes
Pertussis
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Lowenstein-Jensen medium
TB
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Gram negative motile bacilli on MacConkey agar
Pseudomonas
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Slender Gram negative rods, milky white colonies on charcoal yeast extract agar
Legionella
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Fried egg colonies, lack of cell wall
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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Lung cancer type most closely associated with smoking
SCC
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Indrawn tympanic membrane
Otitis media ## Footnote *Except acute suppurative otitis media - children*
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Sighing breaths
Metabolic acidosis
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Most diagnostic test for influenza
PCR
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Monophonic wheeze
Tumour / foreign body / vocal cord paralysis
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DRUG: COPD drug causing cardiac arrhythmia
Theophylline
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DRUG: anti-pseudomonas activity (3)
1. Aminoglycosides 2. 3rd gen cephalosporins 3. Ticarcillin 4. Meropenem 5. Ciprofloxacin
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DRUG: reduces efficacy of OCP
Rifampicin

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