Citroni Round #1 Flashcards
0
Q
When you get a fever in hospital, think of what 3 things?
A
Infection: lines, catheters
Cancer
Chronic Inflammation
1
Q
Things to look for in CXR? Framework:
A
ABCDEF Airways Bones Cardiac Diaphragm Effusion Fields
2
Q
What is a syringe driver? when used?
A
subcut injection to drip cocktail of meds
used in palliative care
3
Q
How to actually test for liver ‘function’? not LFTs.
A
Coagulation profile
Albumin levels
4
Q
raised GGT indicative of?
A
ETOH
5
Q
Should you just state they have Anaemia?
A
Nope, need to keep going, try to state he diagnosis
6
Q
How to minimize contamination when collecting urine from a female in-patient?
A
In and out catheter
7
Q
what is chylous ascites?
A
- possibly from lymphoma: high triglyceride levels in ascitic fluid
8
Q
What is tested in a haemolytic screen:
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FBE, FILM, Reticulocytes, DAT, Haptoglobins, Lactate Dehydrogenase, Total Bilirubin.
