Soalan 3
a 63 year old lady presented with shortness of breath and cough with frothy sputum.
On examination she has displaced heart beat and bibasal crepitations. She was diagnosed as a hypertensive since 15 years ago but defaulted treatment.
You are shown her chest radiograph
sate 2 abnormalities seen in the radiograph
Loss of costophrenic angle
Increase cardio-thoracic ratio (cardiomegaly)
Increase pulmonary vascular markings
State the most likely diagnosis
Pulmonary oedema
Briefly explain how hypertension lead to this patient’s condition
Hypertension → increase systemic pressure → heart need to pump harder to overcome the resistance → left heart failure → congested flow → extravasation of pulmonary vessels → pulmonary oedema
State 2 complication to diagnosis above
End organ failure (sbb heart cannot pump out blood, tak cukup blood supply keorgan2, organ failure)
Cardiogenic shock
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p/s: gmbar xray ni bukan 100% sama tp lebih kurang sama dgn id trial hr tu.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
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salam kak maaf nak tanya kita bleh letak pulmonary edema sbg diagnosis??
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