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Causes of af
I R T H ischaemic heart disease Rheumatic fever Thyrtoxicosis Hypertension/hypokalemia
Type of pulse in af
Irregularly irregular
Acute af less than 48 hours and hemodynamically unstable?
Cardiovert emergency
What is a power of attorney of property
A legal document created by competent individual that sets out who will have control of persons finance if they lose capacity
Most common way to develop Downs
Nondisjunction
TV and bv
Metronidazole
Gonorrhoea
Ceftrioxone
Chlamydia and chlamydia in pregnancy
100mg bd doxicycline
Slow rising pulse?
Collapsing pulse?
What is the heart condition
Aortic stenosis
Aortic regurgitation
Pneumonia triad
Evidence of infection (leucocytosis, fever, chill)
Signs and symptoms of localised responses
New or changed infiltrate on CXR
St John’s wart effects and side effects
Seems to be a mild antidepressant. Never prescribed due to uncertainty around dose. P450 inducer
HSV that is most common in both mouth and genitals
HSV 2
HSV acute episode 1st time treat
400mg tds for 5 days
recurrent episodes of HSV but less than 6 treatment
800mg BD for 2 days
how many episodes of HSV do you have to have before getting suppression therapy and what is the therapy?
6 times 400mg tds for eveeer