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Welcome to the 241st LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs

A 71 yo man with known previous COPD presents with 3 days of worsening cough, fevers and dyspnoea. Intercurrent infection

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A 63 year old man presents with productive cough, fever and breathlessness. He presents with two episodes of haemoptysis. lobar pneumonia

A 79 year old man is sent in by his GP following a 48 hour history of cough with right sided pleuritic chest pain. Describe/interpret CXR

Welcome to the 239th LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs

A 19 year old lady P1,G1 presents with increasingly severe left lower quadrant abdominal pain. Pregnancy test is negative

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A 23 year old man is referred to ICU with worsening fever, confusion and hypotension. He has a well healed mid-line sternotomy scar.

Welcome to the 237th LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs

Density – Archimedes and the Gold Crown;

A 77 yo old lady with a history of ischaemic heart disease is admitted to the ER with symptoms of increasing breathlessness and cough.