Respiratory system
● Breathlessness
● Concepts
● Respiratory system examination, age related changes, chest
x-ray
● Pneumonia including CURB 65
● Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute respiratory
distress syndrome
● Respiratory failure
● Pulmonary embolism
● Pneumothorax
● Pleural effusion
● Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
● Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis
● Pulmonary fibrosis
● Industrial dust diseases
● Obstructive sleep apnoea
● Cor pulmonale
● Chest pain
● Pleuritis
● Mesothelioma
● Pneumothorax
● Cough and hemoptysis
● Bronchiectasis
● Cystic fibrosis
● Fungi
● Lung cancer
● Other causes
● Pulmonary embolism
● Tumours
● Upper respiratory tract infections
● Sarcoidosis
● Prenatal diagnosis
● Normal labour and puerperium
● Role of folic acid
● Risks to fetus including smoking, alcohol, food issues
● Wheeze/Stridor
● Asthma – acute and chronic
● Bronchodilators and steroids