Respiratory Medicine — Flashcards

What is the investigation for tension pneumothorax? _____

Asthma typically develops in _____

Patients with bronchiectasis secondary to allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) may be treated with _____

Hint: Medication

Blood gas for pneumothorax may show hypoxaemia or/and _____

Tension pneumothoraces are typically caused by _____ or mechanical ventilation

Diagnosis in a COPD patient presenting with sudden onset dyspnea and a collapsed lung: _____

What is the likely diagnosis in a young adult male with one month of shortness of breath, nonproductive cough, and fatigue? The patient is hypercalcaemic and has bilateral hilar fullness on CXR: _____

Patients with pneumothorax typically present with sudden-onset _____ and pleuritic chest pain that develop at rest

Asthma is often triggered by _____; pollen, house dust mite, pollution, pet dander, smoke

Sarcoidosis CXR in the worse stages (3&4) may show _____