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1
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Stony dull to percussion

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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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Ground glass appearance on CXR

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Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome or pulmonary fibrosis

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4
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Ziehl Neelson stain

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TB

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5
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Caseous necrosis

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TB

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6
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Apical disease

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Secondary disease

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7
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Assmann Focus

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Apical lesion- TB

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8
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How is military TB spread?

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Bloodstream

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9
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+ anti-GBM antibodies

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Goodpasture’s syndrome

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10
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Chest infection with birds

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Chlamydia psittaci

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11
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Dry cough and diarrhoea after holiday abroad with indication of water spread

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Legionella

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12
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Tall thin man who indulges in marijuana

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Pneumothorax

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13
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Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, erythema nodosum, granulomas, weight loss, fatigue, uveitis

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Sarcoidosis

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14
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Bronchiole wider than neighbouring arteriole- signet ring sign

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Bronchiectasis

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15
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D sign on Xray

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Empyema

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16
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Steeple sign on CXR

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Croup

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17
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Child with barking cough

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Croup

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18
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Pneumocyctis pneumonia

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HIV

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19
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How do you treat pneumocyctis?

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Co-trimoxazole

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20
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Alcoholic with pneumonia

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Klebsiella

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21
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Red jelly sputum

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Klebsiella

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22
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Mucoid sputum

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Chlamydia psittaci

23
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Rusty sputum

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Pneumococcal

24
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Cannonball metastases, weight loss, haematuria

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Renal cell carcinoma

25
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Morning headache

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Hypercapnia or effect of organic nitrates

26
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ACTH secreting tumour

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Small cell carcinoma

27
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PTH secreting tumour

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Squamous cell carcinoma

28
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Increased serum ACE and Ca++

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Sarcoidosis

29
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Egg shell calcification at hilar region

30
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Area of infection and caseous necrosis at the periphery of the lung found in TB

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Ghon focus

31
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Horner’s syndrome

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Pancoast tumour

32
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Thumbprint sign on head x-ray

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Epiglottitis

33
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Inspiratory whoop/barking cough

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Whooping cough

34
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Snow storm appearance on x-ray

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Baritosis or silicosis

35
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Non-smoker with lung cancer

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Adenocarcinoma

36
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Central lung cancer

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Squamous or small cell

37
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High d dimers

38
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Low d dimers

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Exclude PE

39
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Alveolar bats wings, Kerley b lines, cardiomegaly, dilated prominent upper lobe vessels

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Pulmonary oedema

40
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Hyperexpanded chest

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COPD (or alpha 1 anti-trypsin)

41
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Stridor

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Upper airway obstruction

42
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Early onset emphysema

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Alpha1 antitrypsin

43
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Positive sweat test >60mmol/L NaCl

44
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Fever, night sweats, anorexia, haemoptysis

45
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Orange coloured secretions

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Rifampicin

46
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Peripheral neuropathy

47
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Colour blindness

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Ethambutol

48
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Gout

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Pyrazinimide

49
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PEFR in restrictive disease is?

50
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sudden onset chest pain with history of marfan’s syndrome

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pneumothorax

51
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protein > 35g/L

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Exudate effusion

52
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protein < 35g/L

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Transudate effusion

53
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CD4 mediated with eosinophil infiltrate

54
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CD8 mediated with neutrophil infiltrate

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