24/5 Flashcards
Draw out the stomach and name the abdo scars
Do it
UMN or LMN with postive Bakinskis reflex
UMN
What anti-psychotics must be avoided in PD
Typical e.g. olanzapine etc.
What genetic bowel condition causes 100-1000s of polyps to form in the bowel?
FAP - huge huge risk of cancer and often need colectomy
Bipolar I vs Bipolar II
I = manic episodes
II = hypomanic episodes
Mania = SEVERE impariment on daily life OR lasting at least 7 days
Hypomania = not as severe impairment on life OR lasting 4ish days
(definitions are a bit wishy-washy when it comes to mania vs hypomania)
Sigmoid vs caceal volvus
Sigmoid = coffee-bean sign
Caceal = foetal sign
On AXR
How to remember the translocation assoc. with CML
Philadephila soft cheese 922g
Philadephlia chromosome
9;22 translocation
What is retrograde ejaculation?
What BPH medication is it assoc with?
What other meds are used?
Reduced/no cum
Alpha blockers - tamulosin (relaxes smooth muscle of bladder)
(other used) 5-alpha reducatase inhibitors - finasteride (reduces prostatic volume)
Where is the hyperplasia in BPH vs prostate ca?
Ca - peripheral zones
BPH - transitional zone
What are LUTS to ask a pt about?
Trouble initating wee
Intermittent stream
Incomplete emptying
Terminal dribbling
FUN
Explain management of prostate cancer?
Use gleason score to assess
If low grade (T1) - use active surveliance
T2 - radical protectomy
T3/4/malignant - hormonal therapy - reduce the growth - GnRH analogues
Life threatening C.diff infection treatment?
ORAL vanc and IV met
What is all atypical bacteria pneumonia treated with?
Clarithromycin/doxy
Basically anything not strep, staph etc.
Most common bug in bronchiestasis and COPD?
Haem influenza
What most commonly causes peritoneal dialysis peritonitis?
Staph epidermidis
