Immunology Flashcards
How to monitor SLE
C3 and C4
HIV Test
Western Blot
Anti-SCL70
Systemic Sclerosis (TGF B linked to prognosis somehow)
Anti-Sm
SLE
HIV Monitoring
CD4 levels and viral load
Anti-cardiolipin
Antiphospholipied Syndrome
Nose bleeds and haematuria
Wegener’s Granulomatosis c-ANCA
Pruritus in a woman (PBC) What antibody
Anti-mitochondrial antibody
Wegeners patient already getting prednisolone and needs another drug
Cyclophosphamide
Rheumatoid arthritis DMARD
Tocilizumab
Psoriasis or Psoriatc Arthritis DMARD
Ustekinumab
Temporal Arteritis (Raised ESR) drug
Prednisolone
Osteoporosis DMARD
Denosumab
CGD Management
Infliximab
Worsening Crohn’s patient already taking azathioprine
Methotrexate
Ankylosing Spondylitis
NSAID. If uncontrolled, Infliximab
Common variable immunodeficiency management
Pooled Ig
C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency patient can talk
IV C1 inhibitior
Rash after eating in a patient
oral antihistamines (h1)
Anaphylaxis
IM Adrenaline
Urticaria
H1 anatgonist
Exercise induced urticaria
H1 antagonist
Acute angiodema
IM Adrenaline
Hayfever management
Allergy desensitisation
Cytokine responsible for promoting antibody synthesis
IL4
Main cellular source of histamine
Mast Cell
How to measure mast cell degranulation
Serum tryptase levels
Chemokine responsible for eosinophil growth
IL5
First cell for initial encounter with allergen
Macrophage
IL4 stimulates
B cells
First cytokine released in contact dermatitis
IL-12
Carcinoid syndrome?
Enterochromaffin cell tumour producing serotonin. Causing bronchoconstriction, flushing, diarrhoea. Give Octreotide
MEFV gene is mutated in…
Familial Mediterranean Fever