NB: signs are on side of lesion unless otherwise stated.
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Please list some causes of upper and lower zone pulmonary fibrosis
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How would you clinically differentiate bronchiectasis and pulmonary fibrosis?
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What is the difference between a pneumonectomy and a lobectomy? List some possible indications.
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How would you differentiate between a transudative and exudative pleural effusion? List some causes of each.
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If a patient presented with kyphoscoliosis, what would you expect their transfer capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (TLCO) and transfer co-efficient (KCO) to be?
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A patient presents to ED with chest pain and this trace. What would you do?
Interpretation management
Picture references
Peripheral cyanosis: 2011 James Heilman, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). Sourced from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cynosis.JPG
Clubbing: 2009 Desherinka, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), 3.0 Unported (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en), 2.5 Generic (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/deed.en), 2.0 Generic (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en) and 1.0 Generic license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/deed.en) and GNU Free Documentation licence 1.2 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GNU_Free_Documentation_License,_version_1.2). Sourced from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_clubbing#/media/File:Dedos_con_acropaquia.jpg
Tar staining: 2010 James Heilman, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). Sourced from: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nicotine_stains10.JPG
Cushing’s facial appearance: 2012. Ozlem Celik, Mutlu Niyazoglu, Hikmet Soylu and Pinar Kadioglu. Iatrogenic Cushingβs syndrome with inhaled steroid plus antidepressant drugs. Multidiscip Respir Med. 2012; 7(1): 26. Licenced under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0). Sourced from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3436715/
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