Acute Care/Infectious/MFE/Cancer Flashcards
Jacksonian movement = pathology where?
Frontal lobe
Treatment of symptomatic chronic subdural bleeds?
Burr hole evacuation
Treatment of acute subdural haemorrhage?
Decompressive craniectomy
Which airway is unsafe to use in a patient who has eaten recently?
Laryngeal mask
Why is U&Es important to so in a post-SAH patient?
Hyponatraemia is very common
Fluctuating cognition indicates which type of dementia?
Lewy body
Could be easily mistaken for parkinson’s as it has similar features but if cognition failure comes before movement that makes it more likely lewy body
FEV1 for LTOT therapy in COPD patients?
<30%
Criteria for COPD LTOT?
-Cyanosis
-Polycythaemia
-Peripheral oedema
-Raised JVP
-O2 sats less than or equal to 92%
What do you give if bisphosphonates CIed in patient with T>-3.5? And tell me the reasons why they could be CIed (think obvious)
Denosumab
CIed due to adverse effects or to eGFR >35mL/min
Immunocompromised patient with Campylobacter. Do you want to treat?
Yea dummy
Clarithromycin
Salicylates cause what ABG?
Primary respiratory alkalosis + metabolic acidosis
Penicllin allergic patient with cellulitis in pregnancy?
Erythromycin
Contralateral hemiparesis + sensory loss with lower extremity being more predominant than upper? WHat is affected?
Anterior cerebral artery
Prostate with hard, asymmetrical, enlarged left lobe. What ya gonna do?
Multiparametric MRI
Don’t do an LP in sus meningitis if?
Rapidly evolving rash
Severe sepsis signs
InvgX for sus orbital cellulitis?
Contrast enhanced CT scan of orbits, sinuses, brain
Whooping cough 2 treatment options?
Azithromycin
Clarithromycin
If onset within 21 days
Ipsilateral facial pain and temp loss + contralateral limb pain and temp loss + ataxia?
Posterior inferior cerebellar artery
What type of rubber related dye substance is a risk factor for transitional bladder carcinoma?
Aniline dye
Croup… oral or neb dexamethasone?
ORAL 1 DOSE (0.15mg/kg)
FEV1/FVC >0.7 confirms what?
COPD
Undercooked pork hepatitis?
E
Non-falciparum malaria treatment and why?
Primaquine
-Destroys live hypozoites and prevents relapse
Increased risk of which cancers with HNPCC?
Pancreatic
Endometrial
Colorectal and bowel
Second line to treat MRSA?
Linezolid
Contralateral homonymouse heminaopia with macular sparing + visual agnosia? Which artery affected?
Posterior cerebral artery
Head CT findings for alzheimers?
Atrophy of cortex and hippocampus
Locked in sydnrome affects which artery?
Basilar artery infarcy
UTI pregnant woman, third trimester?
7 days amoxi or cefalexin
Score for assessing patients risks of pressure sores?
Waterlow score
What should be given as pre-treatment with Goserelin and why?
Goserelin may cause transient increases in prostatic cancer symptoms (flare effect) caused by initial increase in lutenizing hormone
SO
GIVE FLUTAMIDE (synthetic antiandrogen) to attenuate the tumour flare
MRSA?
Vancomycin
Most common organism to cause IECOPD?
H. Influenza
Asymptomatic bacteria in catheterised patients. What you want to do?
No treatment
Campylobacter disease progression?
Prodrome
Abdo pain
Bloody diarrhoea
Patient with croup…what examination do you do?
Listen…NOT an airway examination = possible airway obstruction :((((((
Just do it off of clincial vibes or if you’re feeling really intense a CXR would show subglottic narrowing (steeple sign) on PA view
Patient loses conciousness, gains it back, then loses it again after low impact head injury.
What’s up you think?
Extradural haematoma
Paracetamol overdose extra risk factors?
Chronic alcohol
HIV
Anorexia
P450 inducers
Cavitating lung lesions is likely of what cancer?
Squamous cell carcinoma
Paraneoplastic feature of squamous cell carcinoma in lungs?
Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy
What is pulmonary oedema in a patient with AKI an indication for?
Haemodialysis
Criteria for TACIs?
-Unilateral hemiparesis and/or hemisensory loss of face, arm and leg
-Homonoymous hemianopia
-Higher cognitive dysfunction (dysphagia)
Dropping sats quickly following intubation, what do you think might have happened to cause this?
Oesophageal intubation
1st line treatment for HAP pneumonia?
Co-amoxiclav
Fever alternating days?
Malaria