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COPD findings

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Reduced breath sounds
Expanded lung fields

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At what height do the lungs finish posteriorly?

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T10

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Description of crackles?

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Fine or coarse
Crackles timing - pan, mid or end inspiratory
Crackle distribution

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What causes coarse crackles

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CCF (can also be fine)
Mucus

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What is the ddx for lower lobe fibrosis?

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What is the ddx for upper lobe fibrosis?

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What is the normal liver span?

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Normal liver span is 11-13 cm

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Where is liver span measured?

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At the mid clavicular line

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What examination finding is expected in the presence of synovitis?

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Boggy joint + tender

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How do you differentiate Parkinson from Parkison-like gait?

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Parkinsonism - festonant gait, loss of arm swing, tremor

Parkinsonian-like - posture will be more upright compared with the “hunched over” posture seen in Parkinson’s Disease

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If the patient is unable to stand on heels, where is the defecit?

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Foot drop (L5)

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If the patient is unable to stand on toes, where is the defecit?

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Weakness of calf muscles (S1)

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Describe the Romberg test

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Romberg +ve = steady with eyes open, unsteady with eyes closed

+ve Romberg (unsteady with eyes closed): Peripheral neuropathy (Usually with loss of proprioception)

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What is the ddx for parkinsonian like gait?

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“March a petit pas” (march of the little steps)

NPH
Multiple lacunar infarcts
PSP

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Describe a Parkinsonian like gait

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Small, shuffling steps
Several steps on turning

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What are the causes of Romberg +ve gait?

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Vestibular gait (pt falls to one side)
Peripheral neuropathy, with predominantly posterior column involvement
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Gait assessment - toes pointing toward each other. What is this typical of?

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Toes pointing toward each other is typical of paraparetic gait

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What gait is seen in cerebral palsy?

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Bilateral spastic gait

(Knees together, small steps, abnormal posturing of hands)

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What does pronator drift indicate?

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Presence of an UMN lesion

(Pronators are stronger than supinators in UMN lesion)

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Upper limb reflexes?

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Biceps - C5
Brachioradialis - C6
Triceps - C7
Finger jerk - C8

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Diabetic retinopathy findings on fundoscopy?

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  1. Non-proliferative
    - Cotton-wool spots or soft exudates: are nerve fibre layer infarcts.
    - Hard exudates are caused by lipid accumulation in or under the retina secondary to vascular leakage.
    - Intra-retinal haemorrhages and microaneurysms may also be seen.
  2. Proliferative
    - Neovascularisation may progress to fibrosis and retinal detachment
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Hypertensive retinopathy findings on fundoscopy? (Mild, moderate and severe).

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Mild: narrowing of retinal arterioles also referred to as copper/silver wiring. Arteriovenous nicking or “nipping”.

Moderate: Haemorrhages, either flame or dot-shaped, cotton-wool spots, hard exudates, and microaneurysms.

Severe: Some or all of the above, plus papilloedema

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Which muscles does CN III innervate?

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MR, SR, IR, IO
2/3rd levator palpebrae superiorsis
Pupillary meiosis

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Which muscles does CN IV innervate?

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Which muscles does CN VI innervate?
LR
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Findings in CN III palsy?
- Ptosis, inferolateral displacement of the ipsilateral eye. - Reduced adduction, elevation and depression of the affected eye. - A dilated non-reactive pupil (to direct or contralateral light reflex & accommodation). In diabetic mononeuritis pupillary sparing is often seen.
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Common causes of CN III palsy?
- **Tumours** can compress the nerve anywhere along its path. - **Cavernous sinus lesions.** - **Trauma.** - Haemorrhagic or ischaemic **stroke** and **demyelinating** disorders that affect the nerve nucleus in the midbrain. - **Mononeuritis multiplex** e.g. diabetes (often with pupillary sparing). - Intracranial aneurysms, in particular **posterior communicating artery aneurysms.**
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Which nerves are involved in the pupillary light reflex?
Afferent limb is via the optic nerve (CN II) Efferent limb is via the oculomotor nerve (CN III).
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What is the function of CN IV?
CN IV (trochlear nerve) is responsible for: * Depression of the eyeball, especially when the eye is adducted * Intorsion of the eyeball, especially when the eye is abducted.
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Findings in CN IV palsy?
* Weakness of downward eye movement → vertical diplopia that is worse in the adducted eye position, but improved diplopia with head tilted to contralateral side (look to the nose then down). * Weakness of intorsion, in particular with eye abducted.
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Findings in CN VI palsy?
* Medial deviation of ipsilateral eye. * Inability to look laterally (abduct).
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Common causes of CN VI palsy?
* **Tumours** can compress the sixth nerve anywhere along its path. **Acoustic neuromas** can affect the 6th nerve. * **Elevated intracranial pressure**, a false localising sign. * **Trauma.** * Haemorrhagic or ischaemic **stroke and demyelinating disorders** that a**ffect the nerve nucleus in the pons.** * **Mononeuritis multiplex e.g. diabetes**
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Signs of severe AS?
* Aortic thrill * Soft S2 * Carotid pulse: small volume, plateau, slow up-rise * Apex beat: pressure loaded * Loud murmur (Grade 4) is very specific for severe AS * LV failure
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Signs of severe MR?
* LV dilatation * Soft S1 * Split S2 * S3 * Pulmonary hypertension * LVF * Small pulse volume (very severe) * Early diastolic rumble
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DDx: UMN findings - unilateral +/- sensory findings
* Stroke/other central lesions, cortical, subcortical, brainstem * Spinal cord (Brown Sequard)
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DDx: Bilateral UMN with sensory findings
* Spinal cord compression (look for sensory level) * If affecting arms and legs = cervical levels + look for bowel/bladder problems * MS (sensory findings variable and may have cerebellar findings) * B12 deficiency (UMN + Peripheral neuropathy) * Multiple CVAs * Arnold Chiari malformation (cerebellar signs also)
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DDx: Bilateral UMN findings with NO sensory findings
* Cerebral palsy * MND (should see a mix of UMN and LMN) * Multiple CVAs, often lacunar
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DDx: UMN findings in lower limbs with normal upper limbs
* Cerebral palsy (may selectively affect the lower limb fibers) * Spinal stenosis below cervical spine (cervical spine stenosis may present with selective lower limb signs and sparing of the upper limbs) * Parasagittal tumours, meningiomas * Hydrocephalus * Hereditary spastic paraparesis (sensory findings often mild)
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DDx: UMN findings in lower limbs and LMN findings in upper limbs
* Cervical syringomyelia - with sensory findings * Cervical lesions with nerve roots affected in upper limbs and cervical spine stenosis causing UMN findings in lower limbs - with sensory findings
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DDx UMN signs + Ataxia (+/- sensory findings)
* Spinocerebellar degeneration * MS * Ataxic hemiparesis (lacune in upper pons/internal capsule) * Arnold Chiari malformation
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DDx LMN findings
* LMN lesions: anywhere from Anterior Horn cells + distally (ie. nerve root, plexus or peripheral nerves). * LMN findings with no sensory loss: * Polio (often with underdeveloped limb, if occurring in childhood) * LMN findings plus sensory loss: * Peripheral nerve * Nerve root compression * Cauda Equina syndrome * Plexopathies * Peripheral neuropathies (sensorimotor)
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DDx: Absent ankle jerk + up-going plantar
* MND (UMN + LMN findings) * Dual pathology – peripheral neuropathy + UMN lesion (sensory findings) * Friedreich's Ataxia * Subacute combined degeneration (B12 deficiency)
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DDx: Sensorimotor neuropathies
* Possible findings: areflexia with distal weakness + some sensory loss: * Acute Guillan Barre * CIDP * Bilateral familial neuropathy (CMT) * Possible findings: areflexia with sensory involvement and little motor loss: * Diabetes * EtOH * Drugs eg. vincristine * CKD * Paraneoplastic * Vitamin B12 (may have UMN findings also, eg. up-going plantar)
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UMN findings
* Spasticitiy, rigidity * Hyperreflexia * Loss of cortical sensations * Normal nerve conduction. * EMG: Decreased interference pattern and firing rate * NO fasiculations
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LMN findings
* Proximal (myopathy) or distal (neuropathy) weakness * Hypotonia * Fasiculations * Hypo/areflexia * Abnormal NCS * EMG: large motor units, fasciculations and fibrillations
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Causes of tracheal deviation to side of lesion?
Pneumonectomy Lobar collapse Pulmonary fibrosis
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Causes of tracheal deviation away from the lesion?
Large pleural effusion Tension pneumothorax
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UIP CT Chest findings?
**Usual interstitial pneumonia** (**UIP**) is a histopathologic and radiologic pattern of [interstitial lung disease](https://radiopaedia.org/articles/interstitial-lung-disease?lang=us), which is the hallmark pattern for [idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)](https://radiopaedia.org/articles/idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis?lang=us). Findings of UIP on CT Imaging: * Lung volume loss * Peripheral septal thickening with a craniocaudal gradient (worse at bases) * Bronchiectasis * Honeycombing

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