GP Flashcards
unilateral glue ear symptoms in an adult?
refer urgent 2WW for posterior nasal space tumour
tangentiality vs circumstantiality vs derailment
A circle comes back around eventually (Circumstantiality)
A Tangent goes off forever in another direction (Tangentiality)
A derailed train goes off the track after a little while and needs to be nudged back on (Derailment)
disseminated gonococcal infection triad
tenosynovitis
migratory polyarthritis
dermatitis
when is MSU needed in a women with suspected UTI
if there is visible or non-visible haematuria
which ECG abnormalty can macrolides cause
torsades de pointes
if a patient has both B12 and folate def, which one should be treated first
B12 to avoid subacute degeneration of spinal cord
megaloblastic anaemia + rise in GGT is due to which cause
alcoholism
t score vs z score
bone density scores
t score - standard deviation from mean of young healthy adults (typical person)
Z score - standard deviation from groups relative to age and sex etc (zertain groups)
hba1c target for people on hypoglycaemic agents
53
phq9 score for less severe depression
<16
more severe >16
which class of diabetic medication is useful in obese patients
DPP4 inhibitors
which abx to give in pregnant/breastfeeding women for acne treatment
erythromycin
avoid tetracyclines such as lymecycline
cervical lymphadenopathy, palatal petechiae, sore throat -> sign of?
glandular fever
what does the HINTS ecam help differentiate between
posterior circulation stroke vs vestribular neuronitis
treatment for herpes zoster opthalmicus
famcicylovir
