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Ears, Infection and Sleep Flashcards

1
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What is narcolepsy?

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Excessive daytime sleepiness and REM abnormalities of over 3 months

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What is the presentation of narcolepsy?

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Cataplexy
Hypnogogic hallucinations
Sleep paralysis
Sleep attacks

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3
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What can be used to stimulate daytime wakefulness in narcolepsy?

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Modafinil

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4
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What is menieres disease?

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Dilation of the endolymphatic spaces of the membranous labryinth causes increased fluid pressure in the inner ear

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What is the triad of menieres disease?

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Vertigo
Tinnitus
Hearing loss

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What is the management of menieres disease?

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Prophylactic betahistmine (improves blood flow to the inner ear)
Acute prochloerazine (Anti-emetic)

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What is an acoustic neuroma?

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Benign tumour arising from schwann cells of the vestibular nerve

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What is the presentation of an acoustic neuroma?

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Unilateral sensorineural hearing loss
Tinnitus
Vertigo
Facial numbness
Unsteady gait

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9
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What are the investigations for an acoustic neuroma?

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Audiogram - high frequency hearing loss
CT
MRI

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10
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Name the 4 species of malaria

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P. falciparum (most common and pathogenic)
P. ovale
P. knowlesi
P. vivax

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What is the vector of malaria?

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Female anapholes mosquito

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What do mosquitos inject?

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Sporozoites that reproduce in hepatocytes

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What is the presentation of malaria?

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Fever
Rigors
Jaundice
Dark urine
SOB
Confusion
Cough

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What is the diagnosis of malaria?

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Giemsa film staining
Thick - is it malaria?
Thin - what species?

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What is the treatment for uncomplicated malaria?

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6 doses of Riamet or Artemether

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16
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What is the treatment for complicated malaria?

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IV artesunate then oral riamet once stable

17
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What is the treatment for benign malaria?

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chloroquine

18
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What are some prevention methods for malaria?

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Doxycycline
Insect repellent
Well covered clothing
Mosquito nets

19
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What is Horners syndrome?

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Impairment to the sympathetic nerve supply to the eye

20
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What is the most common cause of Horners syndrome?

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Pancoast tumour - non small cell lung cancer at the superior sulcus of the lung invading the sympathetic plexus

21
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What is the triad of horners syndrome?

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Ptosis
Miosis
Anhidrosis

22
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What are the causes of cerebellar disease?

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VITAMIN C
Vascular - stroke
Infections and inflammatory (MS)
Trauma
Metabolic - alcoholism
Iatrogenic - drugs such as phenytoin and carbmazepine
Neoplastic
Congenital

23
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What is the presentation of cerbellar disease?

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DANISH
Dysdiadokinesia
Ataxic gait
Nystagmus
Intention tremor
Slurred speech
Hypotonia

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