pt. With dyspnea, orthopnea, PND and lower limb edema. Pleurocentesis was done what results are compatible with the diagnosis.
سؤال مجاني 9 من 10 اليوم · اشترك وكمّل بدون حد
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الإجابة: E. Transudate
Dyspnoea, orthopnoea, PND and leg oedema mean congestive heart failure, which causes a transudate (usually right-sided or bilateral). Low glucose, high ADA, chylous and haemorrhagic fluids are all exudates (empyema/RA/TB/cancer, TB, chylothorax, malignancy/trauma).
ليش كل خيار صح أو غلط
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A
ليش غلط
Very low glucose is a feature of exudates such as rheumatoid pleural fluid; cardiac failure gives a transudate.
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B
ليش غلط
Raised ADA belongs to a tuberculous effusion (an exudate), not to cardiac failure.
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C
ليش غلط
A milky, chylomicron-containing fluid comes from thoracic duct obstruction, not from heart failure.
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D
ليش غلط
A blood-stained exudate is described with malignant disease (and pulmonary infarction), while cardiac failure gives a straw-coloured transudate.
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E
ليش صح
Orthopnea, PND and leg edema mean heart failure, which gives a straw-coloured transudate with few cells that responds to diuretics.
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- المصدر
- Pleural effusion.pdf · p. 9
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- Pleural Effusion & Pneumothorax · Pulmonology · Module B
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