Respiratory Buzzwords

Question 0

Right sided pleuritic chest pain

Answer 0

Pneumonia

Question 1

Stony dull to percussion

Answer 1

Pleural effusion

Question 2

Alveolar bats wings
Kerley B lines
Cardiomegaly
Dilated prominent upper lobe vessels

Answer 2

Pulmonary oedema

Question 3

Ground glass appearance on CXR

Answer 3

Pulmonary fibrosis

Respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn

Question 4

ZN positive for acid fast bacilli

Answer 4

TB

Question 5

Caseous necrosis

Answer 5

TB

Question 6

Apical lesions

Answer 6

TB

Question 7

Positive anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies

Answer 7

Goodpasture’s syndrome

Question 8

Bird owner

Answer 8

Chlamydophila psittaci

Question 9

Dry cough/diarrhoea after a trip abroad with water exposure

Answer 9

Legionella pneumophilia

Question 10

‘Tall thin young man who smokes marajuana’

Answer 10

Pneumothorax (Marfan’s)

Question 11

Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy
Erythema nodosum
Granulomas
Fatigue
Uveitis
Weight loss

Answer 11

Sarcoidosis

Question 12

Signet ring sign on CT

Answer 12

Bronchiectasis

Question 13

D sign on CXR

Answer 13

Empyema

Question 14

Steeple sign on CXR

Answer 14

Laryngotracheobronchitis

Croup

Question 15

Child iwth barking cough

Answer 15

Croup

Question 16

Pneumocystis pneumonia infection

What’s the underlying condition and the treatment?

Answer 16

HIV

Co-trimoxazole (and prednisolone)

Question 17

Alcoholic with pneumonia - what’s the organism

Answer 17

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Question 18

Mucoid sputum - organism

Answer 18

Chlamidya psittaci

Question 19

Rusty sputum - organism

Answer 19

Pneumococcal pneumonia

Question 20

Morning headache - causes

Answer 20

Hypercapnia

Side effect of organic nitrates

Question 21

ACTH secreting lung tumour - type of cancer

Answer 21

Small cell carcinoma of the lung

Question 22

PTH secreting lung tumour

Answer 22

Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung

Question 23

Increased serum ACE and calcium - condition

Answer 23

Sarcoid

Question 24

Eggshell calcification at hilar region

Answer 24

Silicosis

Question 25

Ghon focus

Answer 25

TB

Question 26

Assman focus

Answer 26

Apical TB lesion

Question 27

Coin lesion on CXR

Answer 27

Carcinoma
Metastatic tumour
Granulomatous inflammation
Lung abscess

Question 28

Drooping eyelid

Answer 28

Horner’s Syndrome

Question 29

Lack of sweating on one side of face

Answer 29

Horner’s syndrome

Question 30

Inspiratory whoop/barking cough

Answer 30

Pertussis

Question 31

Snow storm appearance on CXR

Answer 31

Baritosis

Silicosis

Question 32

Non-smoker with lung cancer

Answer 32

Peripheral adenocarcinoma

Question 33

High D dimers

Answer 33

Pulmonary embolism

Question 34

Low D dimers

Answer 34

Excludes pulmonary embolism