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1
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Heart failure symptoms

A

F - Fatigue
A - Activity limitation
C - Cough (nocturnal)
E - oedema (swelling)
S - Shortness of breath/orthopnoea

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2
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4 Key medications in palliative care

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Analgesia

Shortness of breath relief - opioid (diamorphine)

Nausea - hyoscine butylbromide

Agitation - benzodiazepine - mirtazapine
Respiratory secretions - hyoscine butylbromide

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3
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Cushing’s syndrome gold standard test

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Low dose dexamethasone suppression test

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4
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What medicine is for hypertension over age 55 without diabetes

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Amlodipine (CCB

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5
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What medicine for under 55/diabetes

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ACE - ramipril

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6
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Features of end stage heart failure

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Frequent hospital admission
Breathless and rest
Low kidney function
Lack of independence with ADL’s

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7
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Rheumatoid arthritis treatment

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Methotrexate DMARD

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8
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Progressive conductive hearing loss
Young
Normal tympanic membrane
Negative rinnes, Weber’s lateralised

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Otosclerosis

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9
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Most common cause of travellers diarrhoea

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Enterotoxigenic e coli

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10
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Vertigo
Worse at night when turning over/on head movement
No hearing loss/tinnitus

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Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

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11
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Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo diagnostic manoeuvre

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DiX Hallpike manoeuvre

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12
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Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo treatment manoeuvre

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Epley Manoeuvre

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13
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3 types of delerium

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Hypoactive, hyperactive, mixed

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14
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What medication is prescribed with levidopa

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Decarboxylase inhibitor

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15
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Alzheimer’s risk factors

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Increased age, family history, downs syndrome, social isolation

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16
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What class of drug as sedative for those with parkinsons

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Bezodiazipine

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17
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Long term effects of levidopa

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On-off effect
Hallucinations
Dyskinesia

18
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COPD ladder

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SABA
LABA
(If steroid responsive ICS, if non responsive LAMA)
Then all 4 and refer

19
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A 65-year-old lady presents to a general practitioner after being diagnosed with Type II diabetes mellitus. On reviewing her notes, you notice a recent blood test shows her EGFR is 20. She has no cardiac history. what is first line management for her?

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glipizide (sulfonurea)

20
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which antibiotic for human bites

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co-amoxiclav

21
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What does a frax score predict

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10 year probably of hip fracture

22
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What is included in a frax score

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Age
Sex
Weight
Hight
Previous fracture
Parental hip fracture
Current smoking
Glucocorticoid
Rheumatoid arthritis
Osteoporosis
Alcohol over 3 units
Femoral neck bone mineral density

23
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First line management of pcos

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Weight loss

24
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What medication can cause hyponatremia

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Thiazide diretic (indapamide)
SSRI
Carbamazepine
Omeprazole

25
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Which medication can cause atypical fractures

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Bisphosphonates - alendronic acid

26
Q

Erectile dysfunction risk factors

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Increased age
Diabetes
Hypertension
Smoking
Obesity
Anxiety

27
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Erectile dysfunction investigation

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Hba1c
Testosterone
Tfts
Psychological assessment
Penile Doppler ultrasound

28
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Erectile dysfunction treatment

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Sildenafil

Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor

29
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Sildenafil complication

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Priapism/prolonged erection

30
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Reason for urology referral in erectile dysfunction

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Abnormal testicular examination
Penile structural abnormality
Lifelong history of ED

31
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What type of prevention are antihypertensive medications

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Primary - prevent end organ damage before it occurs

32
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Maxwell’s dinensions

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Accessibility
Acceptability
Appropriate

Efficiency
Effectiveness
Equity

33
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Gout crystals appearance

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Negatively bifringent, needle shaped
Made of monosodium urate

34
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Gout risk factors

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Obesity, alcoholism, thiazide like diretic use

35
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Acute gout management

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NSAID/colchicine

36
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Prophylaxis for gout

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Allopurinol
Indicated in multiple attacks, diuretic use or renal impairment

37
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5 Extra articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis

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Episcleritis
Myocarditis
Vasculitis
Carpel tunnel
Anaemia of chronic disease

38
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Radiological features of rheumatoid arthritis

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SPADE

Soft tissue swelling
Periarticular osteoporosis
Absent osteophytes
Deformity
Erosions

39
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Non-pharmaceutical management of rheumatoid arthritis

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Range of motion exersices
Weight loss
Calcium/vitamin D supplements
Splints/walking aids

40
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Carpel tunnel treatment

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Nsaids
Steroid injections
Wrist splinting

41
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Causes of septic arthritis

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Staphylococcus aureus
Neisseria gonorrhoea
Streptococcus pyrogens

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