Emergency Presentations

Question 1

Neutropenic sepsis
- definition
- signs and symptoms
- investigations
- pathogens
- management
- further management and prevention

Question 2

Metastatic spinal cord compression
- mechanism
- commonest types of cancer
- sites
- presentation
- examination
- management
- prognosis

Question 3

Hypercalcaemia
- normal range
- causes
- signs and symptoms
- treatment
- monitoring
- prognosis

Question 4

SVCO
- causes
- signs and symptoms
- immediate management/investigations
- treatment

Question 5

Tumour lysis syndrome
- mechanism
- susceptible tumour types
- risk factors
- presentation
- prevention/treatement

Question 6

SIADH
- pathophysiology
- presentation
- diagnosis
- management
- osmotic demyelination syndrome

Question 7

Malignant pleural effusion
- categories/causes
- lights criteria
- presentation
- investigations
- treatement

Question 8

Headache and brain mets
- red flags for headaches
- other features
- Papilloedema
- common mets
- investigations/treatment

Question 9

Bowel obstruction
- presentation
- initial management
- investigations
- management

Question 10

Upper GI bleed
- presentation
- management

Question 11

Lower GI bleed
- clinical features
- investigations
- management

Question 12

Ascites
- diagnosis and management

Question 13

VTE
- pathophysiology
- risk factors
- presentation
- wells score
- diagnsosis
- initial management
- long term anticoagulation