A 58 year old smoker man presents to outpatient clinic with progressive dyspnea and productive cough for five months. Chest examination shows barrel shape deformity. Spirometry confirms diagnosis of COPD. Chest X ray is done.What is the single most likely finding seen on chest X ray of this patient?
A 30 year old woman is admitted to emergency department with an acute onset of dyspnea. She is hypoxemic with So2 of 85%, CT pulmonary angiography shows a filling defect in the right main pulmonary artery.What is the most likely diagnosis?
A 40 year old woman is brought to the emergency Department with severe diarrhea over the past two days. Her blood pressure is 80/60 mmHg.What are the most likely compensatory effects of her medullary cardiac center on her heart?
A 70 year old man presents to his physician with dyspnea and expiratory wheezes. He is a smoker for 30 years; he smokes 30 cigarettes per day. His pulmonary function tests report shows FEV1/FVC 0.47 with FEV1 of 40% that increased by 1% only after bronchodilator intake.What is the single most likely ventilatory impairment of this diagnosis?
A student is studying the changes in the ventricular pressure during the rapid and reduced filling phases of the cardiac cycle.What are the most likely pressure changes observed ?
An athlete has just finished a marathon run.What is the single most likely expected effect on his cerebral and skeletal muscle arterioles?
A 70 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department with repeated attacks of dizziness . The physician asks for ECG. What is the single most likely diagnosis?
A 50 year old woman is brought to the Emergency Department with severe bleeding. Her blood pressure is 70/45 mmHg. The physician orders immediate blood transfusion and explains to the resident doctor that her stroke volume is probably markedly decreased.What is the single most likely explanation of this decrease in stroke volume?
An 18-months infant is diagnosed with a clinically significant atrial septal defect (ASD). Which structure’s incomplete closure leads to ASD?
A 28-year-old woman, presents to the emergency department with a productive cough, fever, and dyspnea. Upon examination, her doctor suspects she may have pneumonia, her chest X-ray reveals an area of consolidation located below the horizontal fissure. Which lobe of the lung is most likely inflamed ?