GP facts Flashcards
Medication to help with anorexia in palliative care
predinsolone / dexa
medication to help with bowel colic and excessive resp secretions in PC
hyoscine hydrobromide - antimuscarinic
Treatment for convulsions in PC
prophylactic pheytoin / carbamazepine
Treatment for dysphagia in PC
Dexa
Treatment for dysphnoea in PC
morphine / diazepam
treat hiccups in PC
Antacid and antiflactulent / metoclopromide hydrochloride
treatment for muscle spasm in PC
diazepam / baclofen
treatment of N&V in PC
haloperidol / metroclopromide hydrochloride
treatment of N&V due to raised ICP
Cyclizine
treat restlessness and confusion in PC
haloperidol
Wernickes triad
delirum, opthalmoplegia and ataxia
CAGE - alcohol questionnaire
Thought about cutting down
Have people annoyed you by criticising your drinking
Guilty?
Eye opener?
Questionnaire used to decide level of alcohol dependence?
AUDIT questionnaire
Advice if dependent on alcohol
don’t stop suddenly
contact DVLA
Don’t take NSAIDs or warfarin
Inform employer
What should be prescribed for harmful / dependent drinkers>
thiamine
treatment for mild alcohol dependence
CBT
can combo with acamprostate
Key 3 drugs in HF with reduced ejection fraction
Loop diuretic
ACE inhib
Beta blocker
Centor criteria
Tonsillar exudate
Tender anterior cervical adenopathy
Fever over 38°C (100.5°F) by history
Absence of cough.
What is in the 6 in 1 vaccine for babies? when is it given?
The 5-in-1 vaccine included diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and haemophilus influenzae type b. Hepatitis b has now been added to it to become the ‘6-in-1’ vaccine. The vaccine is given at 8, 12 and 16 weeks of age.
