Clinical Placements

Question 1

don’t give warfarin in

Answer 1

pregnancy

Question 2

if prescribing penicillin always check for

Answer 2

anaphylaxis history

Question 3

don’t give the combined oral contraceptive in

Answer 3

thrombophilia or even a family history of thrombophilia

Question 4

don’t give doxycycline in

Answer 4

children <12

Question 5

be careful prescribing furosemide when the patient has

Answer 5

gout

Question 6

be careful prescribing nsaids when the patient has

Answer 6

hypertension

Question 7

be careful prescribing prochlorperazine when the patient

Answer 7

is pregnant

Question 8

don’t give naproxen with

Answer 8

warfarin

Question 9

what antibiotics cannot be used in pregnancy

Answer 9

ciprofloxacin and trimethoprim

Question 10

what is the acei of choice in hepatic impairemen

Answer 10

lisinopril

Question 11

what can precipitate a coma in patients with hepatic impairement

Answer 11

anxiolytics and sedatives

Question 12

when do you have to decrease the dose of amlodipine

Answer 12

in patients with hepatic impairement due to half life being prolongued

Question 13

what is the centor criteria

Answer 13

need 3/4 to prescribe antibiotics:

1. tonsillar exudate
2. tender lymph nodes
3. no cough
4. fever (history or present)

Question 14

when is mri contraindicated in pregnancy

Answer 14

1st trimester

Question 15

what is the absolute contraindication to mri

Answer 15

pacemaker

Question 16

what are other contraindications to mri

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intracranial clips/ electronics 
prosthetic cardiac valves 
claustrophobia 
metal in eye 
some prosthetic joints

Question 17

if there is nothing wrong with exam, what do you write on notes

Answer 17

line through it

Question 18

how do you write normal heart sounds

Answer 18

HS 1 + 2 + 0

Question 19

how do you write in notes a problem on exam

Answer 19

xxx then put key at the side

Question 20

why can radiation cause erythema

Answer 20

most radiosensitive cells in skin are from basael striatum of epidermis

Question 21

radiation can cause what type of cancer

Answer 21

colon stomach lung

Question 22

what is a deterministic affect of radiation

Answer 22

depends on time of exposure, dose, type of radiation - increase in severity to increased dose

Question 23

what is a stochastic effect of radiation ?

Answer 23

occur with high dose radiation - increase in dose means increased chance of occurrance

Question 24

big difference between systolic and diastole

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aortic regurg

Question 25

eg of t wave inversion on v1-3

Answer 25

nstemi

Question 26

what does IVOST stand for

Answer 26

IV to oral switch

Question 27

SALT

Answer 27

speech and language therapy

Question 28

constipation can cause

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delirium

Question 29

AWI meaning

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adults with incapacity

Question 30

no power of autorney to

Answer 30

guardianship

Question 31

what does ct stand for?

Answer 31

computed tomography