Respiratory Medicine — Flashcards

Flashcard 351: Sarcoidosis is most common in _____ descent then Scandinavian descent

Answer: African

Flashcard 352: A major lifestyle risk factor for primary pneumothorax is _____

Answer: smoking

Flashcard 353: What is the investigation for pneumothorax? _____

Answer: CXR

Flashcard 354: What is the management of recurrent pneumothorax?\n_____

Answer: consider video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) to allow mechanical/chemical pleurodesis +/- bullectomy

Flashcard 355: Asymptomatic primary pneumothorax = _____

Answer: Conservative (observation)

Extra: According to BTS guidelines, a small (<2 cm) primary spontaneous pneumothorax in an asymptomatic patient can be managed conservatively with observation. Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) almost always requires admission and intervention (aspiration or chest tube) due to poor underlying lung reserve.

Flashcard 356: _____ is a common cause of iatrogenic pneumothorax.

Answer: Mechanical ventilation

Flashcard 357: Bronchiectasis usually presents with a _____ which produces a large volume of purulent sputum and occasionally haemoptysis

Answer: productive cough

Flashcard 358: A _____ is a one-way valve that causes increased pressure in the affected lung, it is a medical emergency

Answer: tension pneumothorax

Flashcard 359: _____ is a chronic, inflammatory, & obstructive respiratory disorder that can cause a cough with wheezing that affects millions of people in the UK

Answer: Asthma

Flashcard 360: _____ is a multisystem non-caseating granulomatous disorder of unknown aetiology that commonly affects the lungs & lymphatic system, but can affect any organ

Answer: Sarcoidosis