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Associated features of haemochromatosis

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Hyperpigmentation, diabetes, cirrhosis and later possible hepatocellular carcinoma, dilated and restrictive cardiomyopathy, athralgia, rarely hypothryoidism

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Treatment for haemochromatosis

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Weekly venesection

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3
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Treatment in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

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Ursodeoxycholic acid

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Treatment for Pseudomonas colitis

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PO Vancomycin

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Been abroad, diarrhoea, fever, sweats, rash suggestive of “rose spots”

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Typhoid fever

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6
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Treatment for Typhoid fever?

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Ciprofloxacin for 14 days

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Traveller returning from Indian subcontinent, diarrhoea, fever, sweats, rash suggestive of “rose spots”

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Typhoid fever

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8
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Management options for oesophageal spasm?

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Medical therapy with Ca antagonists, nitrates and triclyclide antidepressants

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Post-cricoid web, iron deficiency anaemia and dysphagia

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Plummer-Vinson Syndrome

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10
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Treatment for a pregnant patient with gallstones in a non dilated bile duct

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Conservative treatment with antibiotics and hydration

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Farmer with vague abdominal symptoms affecting upper right quadrant. AXR shows multiple calcified cysts within the liver

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Hydatid disease

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12
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What is the most appropriate long treat treatment for varies apart from abstaining from alcohol?

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Band Ligation

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13
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Why should patients with a history of variceal bleeding not be monitored with repeat endoscopy?

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Risk of further variceal bleeding

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What should be given in the short term acute management of variceal bleeding?

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Terlipressin

-Reduces mortality

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15
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Why is band ligation favoured over TIPPS in the long term management of variceal bleeding?

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There is an increased risk of hepatic encephalopathy with TIPPS

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16
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Why should IgA levels of antibody be checked when checking for anti-tTG

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anti-TTG is a type of IgA antibody which may be raised in the presence of IgA deficiency

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17
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Which is the preferred test for diagnosing coeliac disease?

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anti-TTG as it is more specific than anti-gliandin

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18
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Treatment for Hepatitis C in an IV drug user

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PEG-interferon alpha with ribavirin

-Only requires weekly dosing

19
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Patient returns from Far East with symptoms similar to coeliac disease, including chronic diarrhoea, weight loss, tiredness and fevers. He develops chronic leg oedema. Diagnosis and treatment?

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Tropical Sprue

-Treat with Tetracycline for 3-6months

20
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What is diclofenac?

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NSAID

21
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What is vitamin B1?

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Thiamine deficiency

22
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Name some causes behind delayed vomiting

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Peptic ulcer, gastric carcinoma, gall bladder disease and intestinal obstruction

23
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Which can constipation occur in Crohn’s

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Due to partial strictures in the intestines

24
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In terms of bowel habit, what does hypothyroidism and hypercalcaemia cause?

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Constipation

25
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Difficulty swallowing, iron deficiency anaemia and oesophageal web

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Plummer-Vinson Syndrome

26
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What kind of pulse is associated with cardiac tamponade?

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Paradoxical pulse

27
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What kind of pulse is found in patients with severe heart failure?

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Alternans

28
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Causes of a wide pulse pressure

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atherosclerosis, fever, anaemia, thyroxitosis, heart block, anxiety, aortic dissection, endcarditis

29
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What type of malignancies are patients with coeliac disease at risk of?

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Small bowel lymphoma and oesophageal carcinoma

30
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Where is Meckel’s Diverticulum commonly found and when is it diagnosed?

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Diagnosis of exclusion after upper and lower GI blood loss have been excluded. 60cm away from ileocaecal valve

31
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Diagnosis: depression, fatigue, constipation and bone pain

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Hypercalcaemia

32
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Patient in shock and lying still

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Peritonitis

33
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What type of stones are associated with bacterial in the bile duct?

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Pigment stones

34
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What is Duke’s staging?

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1) Limited to mucosa
2) Through wall
3) Lymph Node involvement
4) Distal metastases

35
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Where is the most common site of mesenteric ischaemia?

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Splenic flexure

36
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What is the rule of twos for Meckel’s diverticulum?

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2 inches in length, 2 feet proximal to ileocaecal junction, 2% of population, 2 types of Heretrophic epithelium (gastric and pancreatic)

37
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Pseudopolyps

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UC

38
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An 83 year old man presents following a collapse. He is not tachycardic but has a postural drop in bp. He has mild epigastric discomfort. You not he has a history of arthritis and hypertension

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Bleeding peptic ulcer

-He is taking NSAIDs because of his arthritis. Not tachycardic because he is using alpha blockers for hypertension

39
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Inguinal hernia

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Above and medial to the pubic tubercle

40
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Femoral hernia

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Below and lateral to the pubic tubercle

41
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Hernia lying medially to the epigastric vessels

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Direct- more common in older male

42
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Hernia lying laterally to the epigastric vessels

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Indirect- more common in young male

43
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Raised serum amylase

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Pancreatitis

44
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Murphy’s sign positive

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Cholecystitis

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