Respiratory Medicine — Flashcards

Pneumothorax presents with _____-lateral chest pain

Sarcoidosis CXR classically shows _____

What is the management of a _____ pneumothorax without high risk characteristics ≥2cm in a patient that would like rapid symptom relief AND to go home? → Ambulatory device (review as outpatient)

Hint: Asymptomatic/Symptomatic

_____ is a common cause of iatrogenic pneumothorax.

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

The hands of patients with bronchiectasis often have _____

Hint: Clinical sign

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: _____

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

_____ pneumothorax with high risk characteristics = Chest drain (if safe e.g. ≥2cm)

Hint: Asymptomatic/Symptomatic

Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is the classical presentation of _____