2 Flashcards
What type of condition is essential tremor
Autosomal dominant
Unwanted side-effects of gliclazide
Weight gain
Age at which a child says ‘mama’ and ‘dada’
9-10 months
Treatment of Aortic Stenosis
- Asymptomatic- observe
- Symptomatic- valve replacement
- asymptomatic but Gradient >40 + LVSD- surgery
- if surgery not suitable- balloon valvuloplasty
- angiography before surgery, so both can be combined later
Section 135
- Police applies for it
- To remove a person from the property if they suspect they need a mental health assessment or treatment
Which antibiotic lowers seizure threshold
Ciprofloxacin
First-line treatment in mild – moderate distal ulcerative colitis
Rectal Aminosalicylate
Antibiotic in otitis externa in diabetics
Ciprofloxacin – to cover pseudomonas
Side-effect of clozapine (antipsychotic)
Agranulocytosis
Diagnostic criteria of diabetes
Symptomatic patient-
Fasting glucose 7
random glucose 11.1
If asymptomatic – the above criteria on two separate occasions
Treatment of primary hyperaldosteronism (Example bilateral adrenal hyperplasia)
4 weeks of spironolactone
Treatment of salmonella or infective diarrhoea causing bleeding
Ciprofloxacin
What is more common side effect of atypical antipsychotics
Weight gain
Common side effect of clozapine
Agranulocytosis
Child is able to combine two words by - age?
2 years
Treatment of infective exacerbation of COPD
Amoxicillin or Tetracycline (Doxy) or Clarithromycin
Treatment of acute pyelonephritis
Cephalosporin or Quinolone (cipro)
CABERGOLINE- anti Parkinsonism drug
Side effect:
Pulmonary fibrosis
Treatment of Haemophilus meningitis in 3 month old baby
Cefotaxime IV and IV dexamethasone
Treatment of meningitis in < 3 months baby
IV amoxicillin + IV Cefotaxime
Acute dystonic reaction- example, cause
E.g – oculogyric crisis
Cause – antipsychotics e.g, olanzapine
Treatment of acute dystonic reaction
IV Procyclidine
Treatment of vasomotor symptoms of menopause
SSRIs
Or venlafaxine
Treatment of spasticity in multiple sclerosis
Baclofen
Gabapentin
Two week old infant with a small chin, posterior displacement of the tongue and cleft palate
Pierre-Robin syndrome
Supravalvular aortic stenosis in a 3 year-old boy
Learning difficulties
Williams syndrome
9 week old baby
Small chin
Rocker bottom feet
Edward Syndrome
Microcephaly Small eyes Polydactyly Cleft lip, palette Scalp lesions
Patau syndrome
Macrocephaly
Long face and large ears
Macro orchidism
Fragile X
Webbed neck
Pectus excavatum
Short stature
Pulmonary stenosis
Noonan syndrome
Which antimalarial is used weekly
Chloroquine
Treatment of Gonorrhoea
IM Ceftriaxone - 1g (one dose only)
Commonest type of ovarian cyst
Follicular cyst
Most common benign ovarian tumour in less than 30 years
Dermoid cyst
Most common benign epithelial tumour of the ovary
Serous cystadenoma
Deranged LFTs
Secondary amenorrhoea in a young female
Autoimmune hepatitis
Treatment of whooping cough
Oral macrolide
Race beta HCG with raised AFP
Non-seminomatous testicle cancer
Side-effect of clindamycin
Diarrhoea- clostridium difficile