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Name the most common parasitic infection in the duodenum causing malabsorption
Giardiasis
Name the most common cause of cancer death in males and females
lung and breast
During pregnancy, pregnant women are offered vaccines. One of these is Covid vaccine. State one of the other 2.
Influenza nad 4 in 1
If O- blood not available
O+ blood is given
tMost of common cause of constrictive t with associated calcifications
constrictive pericarditis with associated calcifications is tuberculosis (TB).
Lady with mucormycosis, drainage of abscess happening soon, what antifungal do you give?
liposomal amphotericin B.
. Child with no B cell, no ig, but t cells
severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
Smear / smudge cells
CLL
Name the type of physiological cell death that occurs in embryogenesis
apotosis
What are the macroscopic findings 3 hours after a transmural myocardial infarction
Macroscopic findings three hours after a transmural myocardial infarction typically include pale discoloration of the affected area, loss of contractility, and possible rupture leading to hemorrhage in severe cases.
LMWH monitoring
anti-Xa assay
Most common non smoking cancer
adenocarcinoma
A 50 yo guy has sxs. Did blood film, bloods and BM aspirate. Flower nuclei white cells with Pelger Huet cells. What’s the diagnosis?
myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). MDS is a group of disorders characterized by abnormal development and maturation of blood cells in the bone marrow.
Which hepatitis virus normally doesn’t become chronic, but dangerous for pregnant women?
Hepatitis E virus (
Which fungus that can cause respiratory disease in immunocompromised cannot be treated using a certain type of antifungal (cos it doesn’t have ergosterol in its cell wall), it’s normally treated with co-trimoxazole?
Pneumocystsis jirovecii
A poorly controlled T2DM pt has oozing infection of eyes and sinuses, ENT surgeons taking for debridement surgery, what’s the immediate pharm Tx?
intravenous ceftriaxone or piperacillin/tazobactam
What’s seen on histology in Hirschsprung’s biopsy?
absence of ganglion cells
Kid gets a purpuric rash and fever too. Blood investigations show low (<10%) 50% haemolytic complement (CH50) and low (<10%) 50% alternative complement pathway (AP50). What is the likely causative organism?
Neisseria meningitidis. Meningococcal infection can lead to complement consumption and subsequent low complement levels.
man with respiratory symptoms coughing blood and renal sxs. Has renal biopsy which shows linear deposition on basement membrane immunofluorescence on immunohistochem. What Gel-Coombs reaction?
type 2
- Pregnant women are offered the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Name one of the other two vaccines offered.
Inactivated influenza vaccine (flu shot) or the Tdap vaccine (tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis)
- Person with aortic stenosis develops sudden SOB, 85% O2 sats, and elevated JVP. What could be the cause?
Acute heart failure due to volume overload from blood transfusions
- What peripheral blood test would reveal a diagnosis in line with multiple myeloma?
Serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP)
- Which bone cancer is most likely to develop in someone with Paget’s disease?
Osteosarcoma
- Diagnosis with increased IgG lambda, normal kappa lambda ratio, and IgG levels below 30g/L?
Primary amyloidosis (AL amyloidosis)
