Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Lauren Waterman

Theme: Respiratory Disease

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	COPD	I	Asthma
B	Cystic Fibrosis	J	Glandular Fever
C	Lung Cancer	K	Pulmonary Embolism
D	Viral laryngitis	L
E	Bronchiectasis	M
F	Bacterial laryngitis	N
G	Pneumonia	O
H	Sarcoidosis	P

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1. A 24 year old female presents to the Respiratory clinic with a severe productive cough and malaise. She has been to the clinic with the same symptoms several times a year since she was 14, when she had caught pneumonia.

 

 

2. A 14 year old Jewish boy, who looks very young for his age, presents to A&E with shortness of breath and a cough. He also has diarrhoea.

 

 

3. A 20 year old student presents to A&E with a 3 day history of sore throat but no cough. She has a mild fever and the doctor notes white spots at the back of her throat. Her cervical lymph nodes are tender on palpation.

 

 

4. A 12 year old boy has been waking up coughing for the past 30 nights, ever since his family moved to a new house.

 

 

5. A 40 year old pregnant woman has come into A&E with sudden onset shortness of breath. She appears very scared and is coughing up small amounts of blood.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. E

2.  B

3. F

4. I

5. K