A 59 year-old woman presents to your Pre-anaesthetic Assessment Clinic prior to an elective hemicolectomy for bowel cancer. She has a chronic lung condition.
Her long-term medications are:
Atorvastatin 20 mg once daily
Azithromycin 250 mg once daily
Darbepoetin 80 mg weekly
Escitalopram 10 mg daily
Lercanidipine 10 mg daily
Prednisolone 5 mg daily
Sulfamethoxazole 800 mg/trimethoprim 160 mg 3 times weekly
Investigations included:
ABG
PFTs
Biochemistry
FBC
Fe studies
Sections covered in this viva
Identification and Assessment of BronchiectasisDifferential DiagnosesCardiac vs Respiratory Differentiation