ENDO Karim meeran Flashcards
What are all the causes of abdominal pain
DKA
Constipated
Bowel obstruction
Hypercalcaemia
Hypothyrodism
peptic ulcer
ectopic pregnancy
What are all the causes of confusion
dementia
reversible cause of dementia:(severe B12 deficiency (perniciuos anaemia), Hypothyrodism)
delerium (UTI, Chest infection)
DKA
dehydration
hyponatraemia
Drugs: opiate,
what are causes of rib pain
costochondritis
rib fracture
tietze syndrome
bone metastasis
fibromyalgia
padget
myeloma
hypercalcaemia
WHat is a clue that makes you exclude bowel obstruction
FAECAL loading
Poo must be going through
A patient comes in confused,what do you need to exclude?
chest infection and UTI
What is the most common causeof pneumonia
streptococcus pneumonia - amoxicillin
clarithromycin
COPD organism cuasing pneumonia
Haemophilus influenza
causes of hypercalcaemia
hyperparathyrodism
Cancer: (bony metastasis, lung tumour (small cell), breast cancer, myeloma)
sarcoidosis
AKI
cellulitis from an insect bite? what is the likely organism to cause infection
staph aureus causes a boil - does not spread
strep pyogenese (produce hyluronidase that lysis the skin)
If someone has staph aureus, what is the treatment?
flucloxacillin
