Lung Cancer Approach — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: _____ pleural effusion is characterized by low protein content

Answer: Transudative

Flashcard 2: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis presents clinically with progressive _____, cough, and digital clubbing

Answer: dyspnea

Flashcard 3: _____ eventually results in diffuse fibrosis with end-stage 'honeycomb' lung on CT

Answer: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Flashcard 4: Lymphatic pleural effusion is characterized by a _____-appearing fluid with increased triglycerides

Answer: milky

Flashcard 5: _____-capillary pulmonary hypertension involves WHO Group 2.

Answer: Post

Extra: WHO Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension: - Group 1: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) [Pre-capillary] - Group 2: PH due to Left Heart Disease [Post-capillary] - Group 3: PH due to Lung Disease/Hypoxia [Pre-capillary] - Group 4: Chronic Thromboembolic PH (CTEPH) [Pre-capillary] - Group 5: PH with unclear multifactorial mechanisms (Variable)

Flashcard 6: In acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), tissue injury is caused mainly by _____.

Answer: neutrophils::Immune cell

Flashcard 7: _____ syndrome is a subtype of interstitial lung disease associated with the histological pattern of acute interstitial pneumonia

Answer: Hamman-Rich

Flashcard 8: What type of upper airway obstruction is depicted by the following flow-volume loop? _____

Answer: Variable extrathoracic obstruction

Flashcard 9: What type of upper airway obstruction is depicted by the following flow-volume loop? _____

Answer: Fixed upper airway obstruction

Flashcard 10: Day symptoms lasting _____/week and night symptoms lasting ≤ 2 nights/month with an FEV1 of > 80% is classified as intermittent asthma.

Answer: ≤ 2 days