AED - Introduction to Therapeutics - Week 2 Flashcards
1
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What is a “Surgical Sieve”?
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A thought process in medicine. It is a typical example of how to organise a structured examination answer for medical students and physicians when they are challenged with a question (often uses mnemonics)
2
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What does the classical surgical sieve mnemonic VITAMIN stand for?
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Vascular Infective/inflammatory Trauma Auto-immune Metabolic Idiopathic/Iatrogenic Neoplastic
3
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What does the diagnostic sieve mnemonic LINDOCARF stand for?
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Locations Intensity Nature Duration Ocurrence Concurrence Aggravating factors Relieving factors Features
4
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What does the pupils sieve mnemonic VISITDAN stand for?
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Virus - ciliary body Inflammation - anterior uveitis/vaculitis Stroke Iatrogenic (illness caused by medical intervention) Trauma Drug Autoimmune Neoplasm
5
Q
List 5 causes of a central lesion horner’s syndrome
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Pituitary tumour Syphilis Tumour of pons Stroke Multiple sclerosis
6
Q
List 5 causes of preganglionic horner’s syndrome
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Pancost tumour Tuberculosis Aortic dissection Carotid dissection Lymphadenopathy
7
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List 5 causes of postganglionic horner’s syndrome
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Trauma Aneurysm Atherosclerosis Herpes zoster Sinusitis
8
Q
Define Horner’s syndrome and what it is characterised by. List 3 signs
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Characterised by an interruption of the oculosympathetic nerve supply somewhere between its origin in the hypothalamus and the eye. Signs include: -muller's ptosis -miosis -anhydrosis
9
Q
What type of defect causes adie’s tonic pupil?
A
Ciliary ganglion defect
