Medical Viva

Chronic Lung Disease for Hemicolectomy

Reading Time

2:00

Clinical Stem

2022.2
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

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