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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2015

A 40-year-old patient suffers from influenza. On the 5th day of illness there are pain behind sternum, cough with sputum, inertness. Temperature is 39,5°C. Face is pale. Mucosa of conjunctivas and pharynx is hyperemic. Heart rate is 120/min, breathing rate is 38/min. In the lower lung segments shortening of percussion sound and moist rales (crackles) can be detected. What additional investigation should be performed first of all to specify the diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. ECG
  2. Mantoux test
  3. Lung X-ray
  4. Spirography
  5. Heart US
Correct answer

Lung X-ray

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