Respiratory
12 free practice questions at the clinical rotations stage shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
A 24-year-old woman with asthma remains breathless after repeated nebulised salbutamol and ipratropium, intravenous hydrocortisone and oxygen. She can speak onl…
Clinical rotations · common
A 54-year-old man presents with five days of fever, dry cough, headache and diarrhoea after returning from a Mediterranean cruise. He is confused, respiratory r…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 59-year-old man develops rapidly worsening breathlessness five days after an influenza-like illness. He has a temperature of 39.8°C, respiratory rate of 38/mi…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 74-year-old woman with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presents with increasing dyspnoea and drowsiness during a respiratory infection. On room a…
Clinical rotations · common
A 29-year-old man with asthma is treated for an acute exacerbation with repeated nebulised salbutamol, ipratropium and corticosteroids. Initially he was agitate…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 68-year-old man with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presents with increasing breathlessness and purulent sputum. He has received controlled oxyg…
Clinical rotations · common
A 34-year-old woman with asthma remains breathless in the emergency department after three nebulised doses of salbutamol and ipratropium and intravenous hydroco…
Clinical rotations · common
A 68-year-old man presents with a two-day history of fever, productive cough and pleuritic chest pain. He is alert, has a respiratory rate of 32/min, blood pres…
Clinical rotations · common
A 71-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presents with two days of worsening breathlessness and purulent sputum. She is treated with 28% o…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 24-year-old woman with asthma since childhood attends for review. Her only treatment is a salbutamol inhaler, which she now uses three to four times a week fo…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 61-year-old man presents with four days of fever, a dry cough and increasing breathlessness. His wife reports he has been muddled since yesterday and has pass…
Clinical rotations · common
A 58-year-old man presents with three weeks of progressive breathlessness and a dull right-sided chest ache. He has smoked 30 cigarettes daily for 35 years and…
Clinical rotations · common