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19/4/22 Flashcards

1
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What is the system used to measure neck of femur fractures?

A

Garden

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2
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What helps you to identify mechanical back pain over other causes/

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Recurrrent and relapsing with NO neurological symptoms

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3
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What back apin is sudden and severe onset which is WORSE on COUGHING?

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Acute disc tear

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4
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What is the mainstay of back pain treatment?

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Phsyio and NSAIDS

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5
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If there is a nerve root compression between L4-5 what nerve is compressed?

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L5 - always the latter of the roots

Lateral compression may compress the former root

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6
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What spinal levels does sciatic nerve correspond to?

What is the examination finding in sciatica?

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L4-S3

Straight leg raise - streching opposite side causes pain in affected side

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7
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What blood results does sickle cell anaemia cause?

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Normocytic anaemia w/ raised reticulocyte count

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8
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What medication is used for CML and CLL?

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CML = iMatinib

CLL - iBrutinib (CLL is disorder mainly with B-cells)

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9
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What nerves are found at the cerbellopontine junction?

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V
VII
VIII

commonly affected in acoustic neuromas

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10
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What drugs can be used to improve fertility in PCOS?

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  1. weight loss
  2. clomifene - anti-oestrogen
  3. metoformin
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11
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How do you monitor LWMH?

What is its indication?

A

Anti-Xa
- doesn’t normally need monitoring but if it does anti-Xa

VTE prophylaxis in pregnancy

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12
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For how long post TOP can pregnancy test still be positive?

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4 weeks

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13
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How can you tell the difference between conductive and sensironeural hearing loss on pure tone audiometry?

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BC and AC match = sensironeural

Significant difference between AC and BC = conductive

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14
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How is vancomycin taken in C.diff infection?

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ORAL - important

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15
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How does NEC present in babies?

After what condition is it most commonly seen?

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Necrotising enteric colitis

Vomitting
Lethargy
Abdo distension

Resp distress syndrome

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16
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Most common bug in leg cellulitis?

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Strep pyogenes

17
Q

When a diabetic patient not on insulin goes into surgery. What are the only drugs that should be stopped?

A

SU (-ide) - stop morning dose
SGLT2 i - omit

All rest take as normal - do NOT stop and start patient on insulin

18
Q

How do you diagnose osteomalacia?

A

Serum 25-OH cholacalciferol (vit D)

19
Q

What hormone is a melanocyte stimulating hormone and causes hyperpigementation in Addison’s disease?

A

ACTH - low cortisol causes a drive in ACTH

20
Q

2nd line for sinustits?

A

Doxycycline

21
Q

How can you differ between PE and fat embolus?

A

Fat embolus

  • rash will appear late
  • neurological symptoms unlike in PE
22
Q

What is delirium tremens?

A

Visual and auditory hallucinations with alcohol withdrawl

23
Q

What is the spermatic cord made up of?

A

Vas/ductus deferens
Testicular artery
Pampinform venous plexus

24
Q

Describe the relationship between the ureters and the vas deferens?

A

Ureters run behind the vas deferens

“water under the bridge”

25
Q

What part of the penis does the urethra run through?
Where is it found?

What part of the penis engorges in blood during erection?

A

Corpus spongiosum - anterior surface (when erect)

Corpus cavernosum - 2 channels of that

26
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What encapsulates the testis?

A

Tunica vaginalis

27
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What is responsible for storage of mature sperm?

What is responsible for production of testoterone?

Where are sperm produced?

A

Storage of mature sperm = epidimyus

Production of testoterone = Leydig cells

Produced sperm = seminiferous tubules

28
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Difference between vestibular migraine and neuritis?

A

Neuritis - singular episode

Migraine - multiple episodes are neeeded to be diagnosed

29
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What kind of pressure is associated with CSF on lumbar puncture of paitent with bacterial meningitis?

A

High pressure with neutrophils

30
Q

Explain the pharma management of dementia

A

Alzheimer’s/Lewy Body
ACh I (donepzil, galantamine, rivastigmine)
->
memantine

DO NOT use these drugs in frontotemporal

31
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What is meant by ‘ideas of reference’?

A

Physotic symptom

Idea that ordinary occurrences that happen in day to day relate directly to the patient e.g. coded messages in the paper/news

32
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If an SSRI is not working in a patient with depression - what can be done next?

A

Another type of SSRI can be trialed

33
Q

How does UTI treatment change throughout pregnancy?

A

1st and 2nd trimester = nitrofuratonin

3rd trimeseter = trimethoprin

34
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What is the parasite that causes malaria?

A

Plasmodium falciparum

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