Respiratory Medicine — Flashcards

Uncontrolled obstructive sleep apnoea can lead to _____ and eventually cor pulmonale

The _____ can be used to assess obstructive sleep apnoea

Hint: criteria

What PEFR is classed as life-threatening Asthma?

The strongest risk factors for obstructive sleep apnoea are _____ followed by (truncal) obesity

What is the investigation for obstructive sleep apnoea? First-line: Home _____ Gold-standard: polysomnography

Obstructive sleep apnoea can be triggered/worsened by _____, particularly when consumed before bedtime

Obstructive sleep apnoea is associated with systemic hypertension that is often resistant to treatment due to chronic _____

_____ respiratory acidosis is compensated by increased HCO3- reabsorption and increased H+ excretion in the kidneys

Hint: Acute/Chronic

_____ cancer is the most common primary tumour that metastasises to the brain

_____ is caused by alveolar hyperventilation