respiratory history taking tips Flashcards
pulmonary oedema is symptom of what?
heart failure - specifically left sided heart failure
what is the most sinister reason for voice horseless?
pharyngeal cancer
peripheral oedema is a symptom of what?
right sided heart failure
drenching night sweats (like change bedsheets etc) are indicative of what?
malignancy
what is it called when you have pain upon respiration?
pleuritic pain
what questions should you ask about a cough?
painful? productive? (color, type, duration, amount, difference from normal, worse at time of day?) blood? when did it start? Did anything precipitate it?
what might be reasons for coughing blood?
TB
malignancy
what questions should you ask about dyspnoea?
is it associated with exertion?
What is your baseline exercise tolerance and how has that changed?
what is nocturnal dyspnoea?
wake up in the middle of the night short of breath and gasping
what is wheezing associated with?
COPD and asthma - more obstructive respiratory disease
What sort of respiratory causes of chest pain?
fractures,
PE,
pneumonia
any sort of reason for inflammation of the pleuritic surfaces
what is it called when you cough up blood?
Haemoptysis
what are the three atopic conditions?
Excema, Hay fever and asthma,
what does alpha 1 antitrypsin cause?
non-smoking linked emphysema
when is someone likely to get a DVT from being on oral contraceptives?
within the first few months after starting the pill
