Results for “pulmonary fibrosis”

A 6-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis is admitted for his third pulmonary exacerbation this year. His mother tells the team she resigned from her job to manage…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · common

A 63-year-old man collapses in an emergency department waiting room. He is shocked once for ventricular fibrillation and a palpable pulse returns after four min…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 24-year-old man reports 12 months of increasing breathlessness on exertion. He climbs stairs slowly and pushes on his thighs to stand from a low chair. His co…

Physiology · Foundations · niche

A 54-year-old woman has progressive exertional dyspnoea. Spirometry shows a forced expiratory volume in one second of 2.4 L (reference greater than 2.0 L) and a…

Biomedical Science · Mechanisms of disease · middle twist