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| usually viral in origin or may be in response to irritants; presents with a productive cough with white to greenish sputum; there may be a low grade fever. |
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| chronic or episodic reversible airway disease; mostly allergic in nature; causing bronchospasm and inflammation of the bronchial mucosa; |
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| presents with sudden onset of dyspnea and wheezing |
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| Charcot Leyden crystals and Curschmann’s spirals may be found in the sputum, FEV is decreased <80% |
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| chronic dilation of bronchi caused by a long standing infection resulting chronic cough, shortness of breath and excessive production of mucopurulent sputum especially in the mornings, halitosis and clubbing of the fingers; |
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| bronchogram will show saccular dilations of the bronchi. |
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| irreversible airway disease with chronic cough lasting >3 months for at least 2 consecutive years; chronic inflammation of the bronchi caused by smoking or irritants; |
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| presenting with dyspnea, cough, cyanosis and bilateral ankle swelling [blue bloater]. |
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| tear in the tunica intima, associated with Marfan’s, hypertension, coarctation of the aorta or chest trauma; |
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| Dissecting thoracic aorta: |
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| presents with severe tearing chest pain with diminished upper limb pulses and hypotension; chest x-ray will show the widening of the superior mediastinum |
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| Dissecting thoracic aorta: |
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| irreversible airway disease caused by smoking and industrial pollutants and resulting in destruction of the walls of the alveoli causing overinflation of the lungs; presents with dyspnea, barrel-shaped chest and pursed-lip breathing [pink puffer]; |
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| chest x-ray shows overinflated lungs, flattened diaphragm, large retrosternal and retrocardiac windows. |
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| pus-filled cavity in the chest; often associated with Staph. aureus infections; |
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| presents with chills, fever, halitosis and foul-smelling sputum; chest x-ray may show a single cavity with an air-fluid level. |
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| associated with smoking; males are more affected; |
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| presents with weight loss, chronic cough, hemoptysis and clubbing of the fingers; |
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| chest x-ray may show a solitary mass with irregular borders. |
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| may be viral, bacterial or chemical; |
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| presents with retrosternal chest pain which is relieved by sitting up and leaning forward; |
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| ECG may show ST elevation no pathological Q waves. |
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| may be caused by congestive heart failure, pneumonia, tuberculosis or pleural metastases; |
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| presents with dyspnea, decreased tactile fremitus, stony dull percussion note and absent breath sounds; |
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| chest x-ray will show obliteration of a costophrenic angle |
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| inflammation of the lung parenchyma due to viral, bacterial or fungal infection or to inhaled chemicals; |
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| presents with chills, fever, dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, productive cough, increased tactile fremitus and crackles; |
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| chest x-ray will show local or patchy consolidation of a lobe in one lung or both lungs. |
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| air in the pleural cavity; may be spontaneous or traumatic; |
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| presents with chest pain, sudden onset of dyspnea, hyper-resonant percussion note and absent breast sounds; |
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| chest x-ray will show the collapse lung. |
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| chronic skin condition due to rapid turnover of skin cells; presents with silvery scaly plaques on the extensor aspects of the neck, elbow, sacrum and knees, pitting of the nails and joint pains; HLA B27+ |
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| vasospastic disorder of small arteries associated with connective tissue disorders like SLE and Scleroderma; |
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| presents with intermittent vasospasm [white], cyanosis [blue] and red [reactive hyperemia] in response to cold and stress. |
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| metabolic bone disorder due to Vitamin D deficiency; |
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| presents with lethargy, muscle weakness, frontal bossing, bow legs and kyphoscoliosis; Vitamin D levels are decreased. |
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| chronic multisystem disease of unknown origin, characterized by non-caseous granulomas; |
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| presents with fatigue, dyspnea; hypercalcemia, chest x-ray will show bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy. |
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| air in the pleural cavity caused by trauma to the chest; presents sudden onset of shortness of breath following chest injury, increasing cyanosis with tracheal deviation to the opposite side; 911 call. |
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| inflammation of the 2nd or 3rd or 4th costochondral joint; seen more commonly with repetitive microtrauma; |
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| presents with localized chest pain with a swollen tender costochondral joint; |
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| 2nd or 3rd or 4th costochondral joint is tender but not swollen |
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| a chronic infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, characterized by Ghon focus and complex with caseous necrosis and granulomas; |
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| presents with cough, night sweats, fever, hemoptysis and weight loss; |
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| chest x-ray may show apical consolidation and cavitation; sputum with show Ziehl Neelsen staining bacilli which grow best in the Lowenstein Jensen medium. |
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