General practice Flashcards
1
Q
what antibiotic is best used in COPD patients for respiratory tract infections?
A
doxycycline
2
Q
what is amoebiasis usually caused by?
A
Entamoeba histolytica
3
Q
how does intestinal amoebiasis present?
A
dysentery, lower abdominal pain, mucus in stool, rectal bleeding
4
Q
what is mastoiditis
A
where otitis media infection has spread to mastoid air cells leading to necrosis.
5
Q
symptoms of mastoiditis
A
fever
tenderness
earache
persistent deafness (conductive)
6
Q
complication of mastoiditis
A
extradural abscess
7
Q
what is the action of aldosterone?
A
increases K excretion, retains Na and water so more BP
8
Q
what are the 5 actions of angiotensin II?
A
sympathetic activity retain Na and Cl so water aldosterone secretion ADH secretion artery vasoconstriction
9
Q
in which patients could ibuprofen be fatal in?
A
heart failure patients with renal disease
