Acute & emergency · UKMLA & AKT
Pneumonia
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test. Below are the key points to recognise pneumonia — the full SA Note notes add investigations, management, complications and 10 practice questions.
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae exam clues: young adult, insidious dry cough >1 week, erythema multiforme (target lesions), hyponatraemia, abdominal pain, bilateral interstitial infiltrates - beta-lactams are ineffective. Cold agglutinins cause autoimmune haemolytic anaemia.
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