General Medicine & Medication Flashcards
Five types of medications used in Palliative care (be specific)
- Morphine
2.5mg-5mg Q1hourly (max 15mg/24hr) - Haloperidol
1mg Q4H - Midazolam
2.5mg Q2hourly - Glycopyrolate
0.2mg Q4H
Or Hyoscine butylbromide 20mg Q4H - Metoclopramide
10mg Q8H
Morphine dose for End of life
SUB CUT 2.5mg-5mg Q1hourly (max dose 15mg in 24hours)
Midazolam dose for end of life care
2.5mg Q2hourly (max 15mg)
Haloperidol dosing end of life care & use
1mg Q4H
Used for agitation and nausea
Secretion management in end of life care:
Option 1
Hyoscine butylbromide 20mg Q4H
Glycopyrolate 0.2mg Q4hH
Pain relief in Palliative care
Morphine:
Oral “ordine” Immediate release 2-5mg Q1H Max 6 doses in 24hrs
Morphine Slow release “MS contin: 5mg BD
Otitis externa treatment
2 short term
2 long term
- Dry aural toiletting 6 hours until dry
- Dexamethasone + framycetin + gramicidin 0.05%+0.5%+0.005% ear drops, 3 drops , TDS for 7 days
- If cant see TM or perforation
Ciprofloxacin + hydrocortisone 0.2% + 1% ear drops 3 drops instilled into the affected ear, twice daily for 7 days. - Isopropyl alcohol drops following water exposure
- Ear plugs
Fungal otitis externa
flumetasone+clioquinol 0.02%+1%, 3 drops, BD for 7 days
Otitis Media (when to use abx)
- Aboriginal
- Bilateral in <2
- <6months
- Ottorhoea
- Immunocompromised
Otitis media antibiotics
Amoxicillin 15mg/kg 8hourly 5 days
Causes of hypercholesterolaemia (8)
- Familial hypercholesterolaemia
- Hypothyroidism
- Cholestasis
- Chronic Kidney disease /nephrotic syndrome
- T2DM
- Excessive etOH
- Obesity
- Drugs (Oral oestrogens, thiazides, beta blockers, atypical antipsychotics)
Diagnostic criteria for familial hypercholesterolaemia (name of it and diagnostic score)
Dutch Lipid Clinic Network Diagnostic Criteria
>8 (more than 8)
>6 likely
Dutch Lipid Clinic Network Diagnostic Criteria
1) family history
- 1st deg with arcus cornealis or tendon - xanthomata (2)
- child <18 with LDL >95th centile (2)
- 1st deg with LDL >95th centile (1)
-1st deg with premature CVD (1)
2) Exam findings
- Arcus cornealis <45 (4)
- Tendon xanthomata (6)
3) Cholesterol levels LDL - C level
- 8.5 (8)
- 6.5- 8.4 (5)
- high
5) Clinical history
- premature CVD, pVD, cerebral vascular disease
Management of FH
1) Commencement of high dose statin (atorvastatin 40mg -80mg)
2) cascade testing (relatives)
3) Referral to Lipid specialist
4) Exercise Physiology
5) Dietician
6) consider ACEi given likely high risk CVD
Chronic diarrhoea DDx
- IBD
- IBS
- Chronic gastroinfection: giardiasis, cryptospiridium infection
- Coeliac disease
- Lactose intolerance
- SIBO
- Laxative abuse
- Endocrine causes: hyperthyroidism, addisons
Infanrix hexa - what is in it?
- Hep B
- Polio
- HIB
- Diptheria
- Tetanus
- pertussis
Paediatric dose of adrenalin
10mcg/kg IM
Anaphylaxis
- SUPINE
- IV access
- Bolus
- Adrenalin 10mcg/kg IM
- High flow 02
- 000
Central causes of vertigo
- Cerebellar CVA or haemorrhage
- Vertobasillar insufficiency (TIA)
- Migraine (vestibular)
- MS
Peripheral causes of vertigo
- BPPV
- Labyrinthitis
- Accoustic neuroma
- Vestibular neuritis
- Menniers
- Cholesteatoma
- Ramsay- hunt syndrome
- Superior semicircular canal dehissence
Features of peripheral vertigo
- Horizontal or torsional (torsional component) nystagmus that is suppressed with eye fixation.
- Unidirectional nystagmus
- Hearing loss may be present
- Walking preserved
Features of central vertigo
- Nystagmus: purely vertical or torsional
- Nystagmus can be reversible
- Severely unstable
- No hearing issues or tinnitus
- Other neurology (ataxia, diplopia, dysphagia)
Imaging for accoustic neuroma / central cause for vertigo
MRI with gadolinium contrast
Red eye questions
- Photophobia
- FB sensation
- Pain
- Vision affected
- contact lenses
- irritants
- truma
- discharge
RED EYE differentials
- Conjunctivitis
- Uveitis/iritis
- Keratitis ( HSV)
- Acute angle glaucoma
- FB
- Corneal abrasion
- Chemical keratitis
- Scleritis/episcleritis
Acute glaucoma emergency management
-SUPINE
-NBM
-Analgesia- morphine
-Dont patch
-transfer to ophthal
Oral iron supplement dose
100-200mg elemental iron daily
How to detect proteinuria (albuminuria)
- Urine ACR (First void ACR !!! is best)
- Repeat ACR (always do one) first void to confirm
(dipstick not sensitive enough)
Confirmed if 2/3 positive
CKD if present for 3 months
Anti-hyperglycaemic choice (after metformin) in HEART FAILURE
SGLT2 (dapaglifozin, empaglifozin)
Anti-hyperglycaemic choice (after metformin) in CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
**GLP1 **
(Liraglutide, dulaglutide, semaglutide)
OR
**SGLT2 **
(dapaglifozin, empaglifozin)
Celecoxib dose
100-200mg BD
Ibuprofen dose
200-400mg 8hourly
Naproxen dose
250-500mg BD
Sleep history
- Shift worker
- Jet lag
- Restless legs
- Snore
- Stimulants
- Mood
- Thyroid symptoms
- Quantify sleep
- Daytime function & symptoms
- Initiation (delayed sleep- wake phase disorder)
- waking overnight (Sleep maintenance insomnia)
- Early waking
THC (CBD oil with THC) Contraindicated in:
- Schizophrenia
- Past AMI
- Angina
Risk factors for Acute Rheumatic Fever
- ARF- endemic area
- ATSI rural/remote
- ATSI/Maori/islander metropolitan but low SES/overcrowding
- personal history of ARF or RHD
Management of sore throat:
Note: risk factors present for ARF
Benzylpenicillin G (IM)
OR
10 days BD phenoxymethylpenicillin
Major criteria for Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF)
NOTE: Different for high risk vs normal risk
- Carditis
- Polyarthralgia, Polyarthritis, aseptic monoarthritis (polyarthritis in low risk )
- Sydenham chorea
- Erythema marginatum
- Subcutaneous nodules
Diagnostic criteria for acute rheumatic fever - initial episode
STREP evidence
PLUS
2 Major
OR
1 Major 2 minor
Minor criteria for Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF)
HIGH RISK
- Fever 38
- Monoarthralgia
- ESR>30 or CRP >30
- Prolonged PR
Normal risk
- 38.5
- Polyarthralgia
- ESR 60
- CRP 30
- Prolonged PR
Treatment of Acute Rheumatic Fever
Benzathine benzylpenicillin IM
10kg-20kg: 0.6 million units (1.2ml)
>20kg: 1.2million units (2.3mL)
or oral
PMP 500mg BD 10 days
PLUS
ongoing dose every 21-28 days
Smoking cessation medication options
Nicotine Replacement
Varenicline (Champix)
Bupropion (Zyban)
Nortriptyline
Dose of Varenicline (Champix)
0.5 mg daily for 3 days,
then 0.5mg BD for 4 days,
then 1 mg BD for remainder of 12-week course.
Dose of Bupropion (Zyban)
150 mg daily for 3 days,
Then 150 mg BD for remainder of 9-week course.
Three
Contraindications for Bupropion
- Seizures
- Eating disorders
- MAOs
Counselling for Varenicline (Champix)
- Doubles the chance of quitting
- Nausea 30%
- Stop smoking in 2nd week of use
Nortriptyline counselling
Side effects
Side effects:
- Dry mouth,
- constipation,
- nausea,
- sedation
- headache,
- risk of arrhythmia in CVD
Start 10 to 28 days before quit date & continue for 12 weeks after
Pneumococcal vaccination >70 (non indigenous)
Prevenar 13
(13vPCV)
Pneumococcal vaccination ATSI
> 50
Prevenar (13vPCV)
23vPPV
12months later
then
23vPPV in 5 yrs
Shingrix vaccine counselling
- Non live
- Two doses (2-6 months between)
- > 50yrs immunocompetent
- > 18 Immunocompromised
- Higher efficacy
- Costly
- Only one available for immunocompromised