Lung function testing
in progress
CT Thorax:
Tumor in the right upper lobe
- CT thorax: Large bilateral pleural effusions with pericardial effusion in a patient with metastatic nasopharyngeal cancer.
- Pleural ultrasound: left pleural effusion with rim of pericardial effusion seen as hypoechoic spaces.
- Pleural fluid drained from the same patient in collection bottle.
“To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always.”
Edward Livingston Trudeau
Assessment & management
General conditions
- Cough • Haemoptysis (coughing of blood)
- Breathlessness • Chest pain
- Wheeze • Intensive care related conditions
- Snoring • Abnormal chest x-ray or CT scan of lung
Specific conditions
- Airways: allergic rhinitis, asthma, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Abnormal lung CXR or CT thorax, abnormal lung function test, lung cancer screening
- Conditions requiring intensive care
- Lung parenchyma: non-infectious pneumonia, acute lung injury of any cause, interstitial lung disease including pulmonary fibrosis. drug-induced lung injury, pulmonary embolism
- Lung nodules: lung cancer, lung nodules
- Pleural: pleural effusion, pneumothorax, mesothelioma
- Respiratory infections: Upper respiratory tract infection,
pneumonia, lung abscess, tuberculosis (TB), COVID-19 - Restrictive lung disease
- Snoring, Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)
- Smoking cessation