Feb Part 2 2024 Flashcards
Post-op patient on PCA fentanyl, feels nauseated but no pain, next step?
Reduce dose
Labour progressing normally, multiparous, pulsating cord felt in vagina at full dilation, station +2, next step?
Commence active pushing
Informed consent taken for laparoscopic removal of gallstones, surgery done by consultant, next step?
Proceed with surgery as planned
Woman tearful a week after 2-year anniversary of mother’s death, sees mother in dreams, diagnosis?
Bereavement
Patient with blunt trauma to eye, severe pain, hyphema present, next step while waiting for ophthalmology?
Eye patch
22-year-old man with dysphagia worse with solids than liquids, regurgitation at night, history of eczema?
Esophagoscopy
Patient in ED after home destroyed by fire, calms down after 2 hours, can’t remember past few hours, diagnosis?
Transient global amnesia
Best study design to assess drug efficacy by intern?
Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
Obese female with cellulitis on abdomen, best antibiotics?
Ampicillin + Clavulanate
Right mastitis, advises feeding every 4-6 hours, next step?
Increase frequency of feeding
Patient on oxycodone for back pain, using heroin for better pain control, next step?
Tail off oxycodone, prescribe benzodiazepines, and perform urine drug test
Aboriginal girl with recurrent sore throats and hematuria, next investigation?
ASO titre
8-week pregnant woman with severe vomiting, dehydration, ketones +++, treatment?
IV fluids and antiemetics; consider steroids
Medical student caught taking pictures of patient records, you are an intern, next step?
Confront the student and report the incident
25-year-old female post-laparotomy for appendicular mass, started TPN, low magnesium and phosphate, cause?
Refeeding syndrome
Patient with rhinorrhea, sneezing, allergic to carpet mites, treatment?
Fluticasone nasal spray
U/S shows small kidneys, indicating chronic kidney disease, what confirms chronicity?
Ultrasound finding
72-year-old woman with bilateral knee pain and effusion, controlled on PCM, appropriate management?
Progressive resistance training
10-year-old girl with dysphagia for chicken nuggets, complaint for 7 months, diagnosis?
Psychological feeling
Elderly patient with bowing of legs, diagnosis?
Paget’s disease
6-month-old baby with 1 cm umbilical hernia, color changes, next step?
Refer to emergency
Chronic HCV positive mother at 20 weeks POA, asking about breastfeeding?
It is safe to breastfeed
Soccer player with head impact, brief LOC, wants to play again, next step?
Need observation for 24 hours
18-year-old girl with recurrent UTIs, last culture E. coli, best step before treatment?
Partner penile swab
Woman with psychosis, refuses ECT, believes intestines disappear, what to do?
Seek husband’s consent and tribunal permission for ECT
16-month-old with vomiting, diarrhea, seizure, Na 119, Cl 79, next investigation?
Urine osmolality and Na
DM patient on metformin 2g, BMI 30, poor control, HbA1c 8.3, wants to lose weight, frequent UTIs?
Exenatide
HIV patient started ART, husband present, best safety option for husband?
Start on HIV prophylaxis
Chinese mother with English-speaking son, memory loss, MMSE 22/30, next step?
Chinese MMSE
24-year-old healthy male with hemoptysis, mild SOB, no travel, normal exam, next step?
D-dimer
35-year-old male with flank pain, macroscopic hematuria, 2cm radiolucent stone, no hydronephrosis, next step?
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ECSW)
58-year-old woman with perimenopausal symptoms on HRT for 8 years, no symptoms now, next step?
Cease HRT
Woman with occipital headache, nausea, vomiting for 3 months, positive pass pointing test, next investigation?
CT brain
Elderly woman with COPD, acute confusion post-party, fever, basal crackles, cause?
UTI
Hemorrhoid with bluish anal verge, pain post 48 hours, treatment?
GTN surgery
Man in CHF, initial management?
ACE inhibitor
Man with claudication pain only in calf, absent pulses, affected artery?
Popliteal artery
Intern assessing diet in arthritis patients, strongest study design?
Meta-analysis
18-year-old female with PMS, irritability, insomnia, most appropriate treatment?
Fluoxetine
Impetigo case, when to report to school?
After initiating treatment
Young girl with bee sting, urticaria rash, severe itchiness, treatment?
Oral promethazine
Male working in animal center with fever, chills, discharge from axillary lump, diagnosis?
Hidradenitis suppurativa
Treatment of pancreatic pseudocyst, 3mm thin wall, presents with abdominal discomfort?
Observe
Woman in labor, how to determine if labor is established?
More frequent contractions and cervical dilation
Ankle sprain in pregnancy, treatment?
Ice
Postpartum woman with depression, constantly checking baby, previous depression history, needs management?
Previous history of depression
16-year-old girl with Factor V Leiden heterozygous, best contraceptive apart from condom?
Progestin-only pill (POP)
Man concerned about prostate cancer, father diagnosed at old age, next step?
PSA test
40-year-old male with C4-5 injury, MDD, on opioids, flushed face, sweating, BP 170/95, PR 50, cause?
Autonomic dysreflexia
64-year-old male with lung cancer post-radiation, SOB, inflammatory shadow on CXR, next treatment?
Prednisolone
32-year-old obese female, stopped previous drug due to nausea, BMI 32, already has dietician, next step?
Liraglutide
16-year-old girl starting sodium valproate, likely side effect to stop treatment?
Weight gain
Schizophrenia patient on risperidone, bilateral breast galactorrhea, prolactin 1120, cause?
Risperidone
Radiation exposure comparison, X-ray to CT?
20%
Feeling disturbed in mall, needs to start drug, what to ask in history?
Cannabis use
Teen girl with ataxia, sensory loss, upward plantar reflexes, diagnosis?
Friedreich’s ataxia
Truck driver with sleep apnea, day somnolence, financial problems, wants to drive, next step?
Drive after sleep specialist consultation
68-year-old man with right-left confusion, apraxia, can’t write or do math, likely lesion?
Left parietal glioblastoma
Elderly man with hearing loss, audiogram shows decreased hearing at high frequencies, cause?
Age-related hearing loss
Post-menopausal woman on denosumab with T-score -2.5 (sacral) and -3 (femoral), next step?
Alendronate
ECG shows digoxin toxicity, no cardiac arrest, next step?
stop digoxin Administer digibind (digoxin-specific antibody)
- MVA, 31yr female, USS 2.2 cm splenic artery aneurysm, other parameters ok, other injuries excluded
Splenic artery embolization
- Boy, 7 years old, bitten by a bat. Management?
Post-exposure rabies vaccine
- Girl comes to collect prescription for Risperidone for her boyfriend with schizophrenia, unable to visit due to work
Provide the prescription after obtaining verbal consent from him via a phone call
- 6-week baby, cough while feeding and mild increased work of breathing when breastfeeding. Next?
Referral to cardiology
- Crescendo-decrescendo murmur - cause?
Aortic stenosis
- 50-year-old lady, no significant medical history, not on HRT, breast lump 2 cm, mammogram shows dense breast tissue, USG shows cystic lesion. Management?
FNAC
- Action if a doctor wants to enter a relationship with a current patient?
Unethical
- URTI not responding to antibiotics, bronchoscopy shows Masson body. Treatment?
Steroid
- 16-year-old girl with depressive symptoms, self-injury behavior, denies suicidal thoughts, multiple antidepressant use, asks not to inform parents
Voluntary admission
- Elderly with AF, ECG HR 88, multiple comorbidities, asymptomatic, BP 145/90, eGFR 35, on aspirin, atorvastatin, and metformin
Rivaroxaban
- 50-year-old lady admitted for uncomplicated Colles fracture, after 3 days of admission, agitated, sweaty, confused with visual hallucinations. Cause?
Alcohol withdrawal
- Substance used in pregnancy associated with decreased risk of congenital birth defects?
Iodine
- Patient with gambling issue, initial treatment?
CBT
- 32-year-old female considering Mirena, currently using condoms, no medical history, heavy menses, prefers Mirena over pills due to forgetfulness
Pregnancy rate is less than 0.1%
- Depuytren contracture of hand, next investigation needed to diagnose?
No investigation
- 18-month-old child, URTI with clear nasal discharge, red enlarged tonsils, multiple cervical lymph nodes enlarged. Cause of infection?
Normal childhood URTI
- Newly diagnosed HIV patient, CD4 150, management?
TMP-SMX prophylaxis
- Patient with RA on MTX develops pneumonia and rash, COVID negative, precaution type?
Droplet
- 14-year-old female with MDD on fluoxetine, mother concerned about SSRI addiction
Reassure the mother about fluoxetine safety for long-term use
- Elderly female, confusion after learning about a fire, later improves but can’t remember event details, aware of husband, date, and day but not time
Transient global amnesia
- Elderly female, urine exam shows 20 WBC, culture E. coli, no symptoms
No treatment
- 50-year-old male with right shoulder pain, restriction of abduction, partial benefit from intraarticular steroid, next recommendation?
Arrange physiotherapy
- Child with swelling, pain in left eye, high fever, cannot open eye
IV flucloxacillin
- Child with URTI, symptoms of rheumatic heart disease, arthritis, murmur, fever, confirmation test?
ASO titre
- Manager with work delay, study postponement, organizational difficulties, poor concentration, symptoms after an event 3 months ago, diagnosis support?
Anxious and fidgeting appearance
- Elderly female with colicky abdominal pain, distension, now constant pain, vitals stable
Sigmoid volvulus
- Elderly female with persecutory delusions towards neighbors
Persecutory delusions
- Somalian patient, cough, hemoptysis, SOB for 3 months, heavy smoker, weight loss, X-ray shows right upper lobe haziness, sputum culture and AFB sent
Mantoux test
- Postpartum mother, anorexia, not feeding baby much, lack of sleep, baby sleeping 6 hours at a time
Postpartum depression
- 22-year-old man with strange behavior, speech, isolation, aggression, failure in school, shouts at family
Schizophrenia
- Photo of eye with matted lashes, discharge, normal cornea, no hyphema, management?
Cleaning and antibiotics
- 4-year-old boy with nocturnal enuresis, no constipation, eats well, next step?
Fasting blood sugar and urinalysis
- 45-year-old man with bilateral tender breast swelling, alcoholic, on Ranitidine, bilateral parotid swelling, leukoplakia, scrotal swelling
Alcoholic liver disease
- Elderly patient with dizziness, multiple drugs (metoprolol, ramipril, indapamide), HR 56, BP 90/60, cause?
Metoprolol
- Elderly female with type 1 DM, recent hypoglycemic attack, advice on driving?
Don’t drive for 6 weeks
- 18-week period of amenorrhea, tremor, palpitations, high TSH, next step?
Check thyroxin level