Respiratory Anatomy Clinical Qs
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| List 4 differentials for cough | LRTI, URTI, COPD, asthma, lung cancer
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| Which virus causes shingles? | Human herpesvirus - 3 (HHV-3)
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| Where does the chickenpox virus lie dormant in the body after primary infection? | In the dorsal root ganglia of the sensory nervous system
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| What are the 2 types of diaphragmatic hernias? | Congenital and hiatus (acquired)
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| Where do hiatus hernias occur? | Adjacent to the oesophageal opening
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| What symptom are hiatus hernias associated with? | Acid reflux
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| What procedures can be done to remove the fluid of a pleural effusion? | Chest drain, thoracocentesis
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| What procedures can be done to try to prevent pleural effusions recurring? | Pleurodesis, permanent drain, pleurectomy, pleuroperitoneal shunt
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| Describe the pleurodesis procedure | Aims to treat recurrent pleural effusions in mesothelioma patients by adhering the surface of the lung to the interior surface of the chest wall
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| Name the different regions of the parietal pleura | Costal, mediastinal and diaphragmatic
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| Which region(s) of the parietal pleura are supplied by the intercostal nerves? | Costal
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| Which region(s) of the parietal pleura are supplied by the phrenic nerves? | Mediastinal and diaphragmatic
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| Which nerves supply the visceral pleura? | Nerves from the autonomic pulmonary plexus
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| What is epistaxis? | A nosebleed
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| Damage to which blood vessels most commonly causes epistaxis? | Blood vessels on the anterior-inferior part of the nasal septum
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| A partial airway obstruction at the larynx causes stertor or stridor? | Stridor
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| A partial airway obstruction above the larynx causes stertor or stridor? | Stertor
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| What could hoarseness be a symptom of? | Unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve damage
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| What could breathing difficulties and aphonia be a symptom of? | Bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve damage
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| What is removal of the larynx called? | Laryngectomy
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| During which surgical procedure may the recurrent laryngeal nerve be damaged and why? | Thyroid/parathyroid surgery because of the proximity of the recurrent laryngeal nerve to the thyroid gland
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| Why are inhaled foreign bodies more likely to lodge in the right main bronchus than the left? | Because the right main bronchus descends almost straight down from the trachea and is wider and steeper than the LMB
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