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Gold standard diagnostic test for Obstructive sleep apnea is:

Polysomnography

Combination of Bronchiectasis, Pleural effusion, Yellow discoloration of nails & Lymphoedema suggest what?

Yellow Nail Syndrome

Young patient with DM, recurrent chest infections, chronic diarrhea, gallstones, steatorrhea is having what?

Cystic Fibrosis

Investigation of choice to diagnose Sarcoidosis is:

Trans-bronchial lung biopsy
(Non-caseating granulomas)

History of tuberculosis, cough/hemoptysis, chest radiograph showing round opacity surrounded by rim of air suggest what?

Aspergilloma

Bilteral ground-glass infiltrates on Chest X-ray, pO2/FiO2 <200 & Low PCWP (< 18) in a critically ill patient suggest?

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Progressive breathlessness, copious sputum (bronchorrhea), Alveolar walls filled with mucin is suggestive of:

Bronchoalveolar cell carcinoma

Dyspnea, Fatigue, Syncope, Left parasternal heave, Loud P2, Tricuspid regurgitation & early diastolic murmur suggests:

Pulmonary Hypertension

Dyspnea, Dry cough, Fever, Upper lobe fibrosis, IgG precipitins, improvement during holidays is:

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
(previously known as Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis)

Dyspnea, chest pain, tachypnea, sinus tachycardia, low oxygen sats and normal chest x-ray shall make you think about?

Pulmonary embolism

What is the most common infecting organism in cystic fibrosis?

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Finger clubbing, hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy and dematomyositis in patient with cough, weight loss. You need to exclude what?

Bronchogenic carcinoma

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