Internal Med Flashcards
Mx of provoked PE
E.g. long flight
Loading dose then 3 months DOAC
What drugs given to treat oesophageal varices and then prevent it
Treat= terlipressin
Prevent= Propranolol
Which drug to offload fluid in ascites
Spirinolactone
Which kind of seizure is normally associated with lip/ mouth involvement
TempORAL lobe partial seizure
Most common cause of endogenous Cushing
Pituitary adenoma (cushings’s disease)
Drugs is most common cause (steroids)
If no asthma signs and ipratropium not working what to do
Stop the SAMA (ipratropium)
Start LAMA and LABA so tiotropium and formoterol
LAMA and SAMA work on the same receptors
Also add salbutamol ?
Crypt abscesses which GI problem
Ulcerative colitis
Goblet cells and granulomas, villus atrophy are coeliac
Which antihistamines are sedating and non-sedating
Clhlorphenamine is sedating
Cetirizine, fexofenadine and loratadine are non sedating
Which test determines whether kidney injury is acute or chronic
If hypocalcaemic it is chronic
How to manage bilateral adrenocortical hyperplasia vs adrenal adenoma
Hyperplasia treat with spirinolactone (aldosterone antagonist)
Adenoma treat with surgery
How to treat trigeminal neuralgia
Carbemazepine is first line
Neuro referall if that doesn’t work
How to differentiate lambert Eaton and myasthenia gravies
Lambert Eaton usually gets a bit better with muscle use, MG worsened
MG affects the face and arms earlier, then legs
LES affects legs
What size of AAA requires what monitoring
3-4.5cm = every 12 months USS
4.5-5.5 = every 3 months USS
>5.5cm= 2ww to vascular surgery
Breastfeeding with HIV
No
What condition is carbimazole used to treat
Propanolol initially to help with Sx
Then if graves
Then carbimazole
How to treat mild/ moderate UC flares vs severe
Mild/moderate treat at home with topical (rectal) aminosalicylate -> add oral if that doesn’t work
Severe colitis treat with IV steroids -> add IV cyclosporine if that doesn’t work
Which cardiac abnormality occurs with high calcium
Short QT
Same with high k+
And the opposite is true for low of both
Triad of budd-chiari syndrome,e
Sudden onset abdominal pain
Ascites
Tender hepatomegaly
How to manage idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Weight loss
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors e.g. acetazolamide
Can also use topiramate which helps with WL also
Which seizure Types do you not give sodium valproate
Focal seizure (partial) give lamotrigine or levetriacetam
Absence seizures (petit mal) give ethosuximide
How do discern between anaemia of chronic disease and IDA from iron studies
Total iron binding capacity (body’s ability to take in iron)
High in IDA as there’s no iron
Low/ normal in AOCD as the body is storing iron outside of the blood so no free space
How to diagnose chronic pancreatitis
CT pancreas
Which type of prostate drug is likely to cause gynaecomastia
GnRH agonists e.g. goserelin
Not doxazosin as much but i think it still can
Which diabetes drug causes weight gain
Sulphonylureas e.g. gliclazide