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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.88 cm} x{7.12 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Introduction:}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{W}} & Wash \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{I}} & Introduce Yourself + Patient's Identity \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{P}} & Permission to Proceed \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{P}} & Patient Position + Pain \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{E}} & Explain \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Patient Details:}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Name:} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Age:} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Date of Birth:} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Gender:} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.48 cm} x{5.52 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Presenting Complaint:}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Cough:}} & Timing, Exacerbation, Type \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Sputum:}} & Onset, Amount, Colour, Smell + Taste \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Dyspnoea:}} & Onset, Severity, Progression, Associated Symptoms \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Breath Sounds:}} & • Stridor - 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{\emph{Talcosis}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Allergic Alveolitis:}} & • Bird Fancier's Lung \{\{nl\}\}• Farmer's Lung (Aspergillus fumigatus) \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Alcohol Consumption:}} & Aspiration Pneumonia \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{IV Drug Use:}} & Lung Abscess/Drug related Pulmonary Oedema \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Sexual History:}} & HIV \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Family History:}} & α1-antitrypsin deficiency \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{2.32 cm} x{5.68 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{Red Flag Symptoms:}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{F}} & Fever \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{L}} & Lethargy \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{A}} & Anorexia \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{W}} & Weight Loss \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{S}} & Night Sweats \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Think of the following depending on red flag symptoms: \newline • Tumour \newline • Tuberculosis \newline • Infection} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{‎}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.28 cm} x{4.72 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Differentials:}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Cough:}} & {\bf{Acute:}} (\textless{}3 weeks)\{\{nl\}\}• URTI \{\{nl\}\}• LRTI (Pneumonia, Exacerbation of COPD)\{\{nl\}\}• Inhaled Irritation (Smoke Fumes)\{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\}{\bf{Chronic:}}\{\{nl\}\}• COPD - Smoking\{\{nl\}\}• Asthma\{\{nl\}\}• GORD\{\{nl\}\}• Bronchiectasis - Very Productive\{\{nl\}\}• Carcinoma\{\{nl\}\}• Cardiac Failure \{\{nl\}\}‎ \{\{nobreak\}\} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 14) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Haemoptysis:}} \{\{nobreak\}\} & • Bronchitis - {\emph{Small Amounts}}\{\{nl\}\}• Carcinoma - {\emph{Frank Blood }}\{\{nl\}\}• Bronchiectasis - {\emph{Large amounts of sputum + blood }}\{\{nl\}\}• Pneumonia - {\emph{Fever, Recent Onset }}\{\{nl\}\} • Pulmonary Infarct - {\emph{Dyspnoea, pleuritic pain }}\{\{nl\}\} • TB\{\{nl\}\}• Foreign Body \{\{nobreak\}\} \{\{nl\}\} ‎‎ ‎ \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 13) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Dyspnoea Onset:}} & {\bf{Seconds to Minutes:}}\{\{nl\}\}‎• Asthma Attack \{\{nl\}\}• PE\{\{nl\}\}• Pneumothorax\{\{nl\}\}• Anaphylaxis\{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\}{\bf{Hours to Days:}}\{\{nl\}\}• COPD Exacerbation\{\{nl\}\}• Cardiac Failure\{\{nl\}\}• Infection\{\{nl\}\}• Pleural Effusion\{\{nl\}\}• Metabolic Acidosis\{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\}{\bf{Weeks:}}\{\{nl\}\}• Pulmonary Fibrosis\{\{nl\}\}• COPD\{\{nl\}\}• Anaemia \tn % Row Count 42 (+ 15) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Always investigate other causes for {\bf{Haemoptysis: Haematemesis and Nasopharyngeal Bleeding}} \{\{ac\}\}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Further Investigations:}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Chest X-Ray}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Pulse Oximetry}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Lung Function Assessment:}}\{\{nobreak\}\} & • Peak Flow Meter\{\{nl\}\}• Spirometry\{\{nl\}\} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{6-Minute Walking Test:}} \{\{nobreak\}\} & Reduction in SpO2 \textgreater{}5\% is abnormal \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Chest CT:}} & Greater radiation dose \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}