Pulmonology
13 free questions tagged Pulmonology, each with a full explanation of every option.
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A 71-year-old man with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presents with three days of increasing breathlessness and green sputum. On arrival he is dro…
Respiratory · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 58-year-old man was started on oral amoxicillin five days ago for right lower lobe pneumonia. He returns because his fevers have continued and he is more brea…
Respiratory · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 54-year-old woman has progressive exertional dyspnoea. Spirometry shows a forced expiratory volume in one second of 2.4 L (reference greater than 2.0 L) and a…
Biomedical Science · Mechanisms of disease · middle twist
A laboratory technician is found unconscious in a poorly ventilated garage. Arterial blood shows pH 7.39, PaO2 13.0 kPa (reference 10.7–13.3 kPa), and PaCO2 5.1…
Biomedical Science · Mechanisms of disease · common
A 68-year-old man develops sudden pleuritic chest pain and tachypnoea after prolonged immobility. Arterial blood gas analysis on room air shows pH 7.48, PaCO2 3…
Biomedical Science · Mechanisms of disease · common
A 34-year-old schoolteacher presents with three weeks of cough. Her illness began with a runny nose and mild sore throat, after which she developed bouts of sev…
Infectious Diseases · Clinical rotations · common
An 18-month-old boy wakes at 2 am with a harsh, barking cough and noisy breathing and is brought to the emergency department. He has had a runny nose for two da…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 9-month-old girl is brought to the emergency department with three days of runny nose and moist cough, and one day of fast, noisy breathing. She is taking abo…
Paediatrics · 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…
Respiratory · 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…
Respiratory · 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…
Respiratory · 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…
Respiratory · Clinical rotations · common
A 28-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with two days of right-sided chest pain that is worse on deep inspiration. She takes a combined oral co…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
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