Miscellaneous Flashcards
What is the typical presentation of Vitamin C deficiency?
(Scurvy)
Poor wound healing
Bleeding gums
Gingivitis
HAEMATURIA
What is the typical presentation of Vitamin A deficiency?
keratomelacia = Night blindness + tunnel vision
What is the typical presentation of Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency?
Beriberi syndrome:
Dry beriberi - peripheral numbness, confusion / neurological deficits
Wet beriberi - tachycardia, SOB, peripheral oedema
-> Wernicke’s = triad of ophthalmoplegia + ataxia + confusion / decreased cosnciousness
Presentation of Vit B3 (niacin) deficiency
= pellagra
Presents w/ the 3Ds!
Diarrhoea
Dementia
Dermatitis
Presentation of Vit B6 (pyroxidine) deficiency?
peripheral neuropathy
sideroblastic anaemia
Vitamin D deficiency presentation?
Proximal muscle weakness, fatigue, muscle/bone pains, depression
Which electrolyte deficiencies will cause HYPOREFLEXIA?
Hypokalaemia
Which electrolyte abnormalities will cause HYPERreflexia
Hypernatraemia
Hypocalcaemia
What is the typical presentation of vitamin B12 deficiency? (pernicious anaemia)
Beefy red sore tongue
Stomatitis / glossitis
YELLOW TINGE to the skin (Vit B12 is needed for cell DNA so ^ haemolysis = mild JAUNDICE + the pallor from the anaemia = lemon tinge)
Polyneuropathy
Dose of adrenaline in CPR for adults?
1mg (10mls of of 1:10,000 IV)
Dose of adrenaline in CPR for children?
10 micrograms / kg IV
Dose of adrenaline in anaphylaxis in adults and children?
Adults - 0.5mg of 1:1,000 IM
Child > 12 - also 0.5mg
Child 6- 12 = 0.3mg
Child 6 months to 6 = 0.15mg
Chid <6 months = 0.1-0.15mg
What is the inheritance of cystic fibrosis?
Autosomal recessive
What is the inheritance of sickle cell anaemia
Autosomal recessive
(if just get one gene = sickle cell trait)
what is the inheritance of Huntingtons disease
Autosomal dominant
Examples of autosomal dominant conditions?
Marfans
Neurofibromatsosis
Huntington’s
Achondroplasia
examples of autosomal recessive conditions?
Cystic fibrosis
sickle cell anaemia
albinism
phenylketonuria
examples of X-linked dominant conditions?
Fragile X syndrome
Alport’s syndrome (inherited cause of rapid renal failure)
Vit d resistant rickets
examples of X-linked recessive conditions
G6PD deficiency (hence mainly affects males as they only need one copy as their other chromosome is Y!)
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Haemophilia (again hence why males mainly affected)
examples of polygenic inheritance?
Neural tube defect
Pyloric stenosis
examples of chromosomal inheritance?
Turner’s 45X0
Klinefelters 47XXY
the trisomies
Which antibody can cross the placenta?
igG -> the most prevalent antibody across the body
which antibody is involved in allergy type reactions / atopy?
IgE
IgM
only have small amounts
in blood and lymph only
INITIAL reaction to infection
IgA
found in parts of the body EXPOSED TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD -> ie eyes skins
Why is aspirin not suitable for children < 16?
Due to the risk of Reye’s syndrome = acute onset mitochondrial damage = liver failure with high serum ammonia, drop in blood glucose, cerebral oedema with ^ ICP
Linked to a recent viral infection (eg chickenpox) and ASPIRIN use
What are the 4 types of hypersensitivity reaction?
Type I = Immediate = IgE mediated = anaphylaxis + asthma + hayfever
Type II = igG/IgM monomer mediated = ABO blood group incompatability, drug-induced haemolysis, myaesthenia gravis, Goodpasture’s (INTRAVASCULAR)
Type III = immune complex / IgG/IgM multimer mediated = rhematoid arthritis, SLE
Type IV = delayed type = T cell mediated = chronic asthma, contact dermatitis
What factors make eGFR inaccurate?
- abnormal body mass (low or high BMI)
- extremes of age (<18 or > 75)
- pregnancy
- rapidly changing renal function ie AKI
- vegetarian diet
Minimal urine output / hr for adults and children?
Adults - 0.5ml/kg/hr
Child - 1ml/kg/hr
Infant - 2ml/kg/hr
Typical hormonal pattern in PCOS?
High/normal oestrogen, high tesosterone, high LH
(FSH normally normal)
What the pre-school booster injections and when are they given?
MMR + dTap/IPV (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio)
given at 3 years and 4 months
Rust-coloured sputum is associated with what chest infection
Strep pneumoniae LRTI
Typical presentation of malaria?
hepatosplenomegaly + low plts + fever + jaundice
Cause and presentation of Chagas disease?
Cause = T. cruizi = a protozoa parasite transmitted by insects found in the Americas including Brazil
Presentation - initial bite = a chagoma nodule
10 - 20 yrs later -> congestive heart failure, arrythmia, enlarged colon presenting w/ constipation and abdominal pain and enlarged oesophagus.
AIDs -defining pneumonia in HIV?
Pneumocystis pneumonia
Often have normal CXR -> need HRCT
Which antibody is present in drug-induced lupus and what drugs can cause it?
Anti-histone
Drugs - isoniazid, hydralazine and procainamide
Dermatomyositis antibodies ?
Anti-Mi2
(papules on knuckles + heliotrope rash over eyelids + weakness)
Which virus is associated with nasopharyngeal cancer?
Epstein Barr
Which antibody is associated with diffuse systemic scleroderma?
Anti-topoisomerase antibody
What is the treatment for giardia lamblia
Metronidazole
What is the vector for Bartellenosis and how does it present?
Bartellena bacilliformis
Vector = the sand fly
Get hepatosplenomegaly + neurological symptoms + fever
Tx - penicillins
What is the transmission of Shigella and how does it present?
Faeco-oral! (^ in cases amongst men who have sex with men)
Presents w/ bloody diarrhoea
Typical presentation of microscopic polyangitis and which antibody is associated with it?
RAPIDLY progressive glomerulonephritis + pulmonary haemorrhage
pANCA
Typical presentation of granulomatosis with polyangitis (Wegner’s) and antibody associated?
Initially sinus symptoms / nasal congestion
Then arthralgia, pulmonary and renal manifestations
Antibody = cANCA
typical presentation of primary biliary cirrhosis?
progressive cholestasis, cirrhosis and portal hypertension
mainly FEMALES
antibody = anti-mitochondrial antibody
Presentation, antibody and management of myaesthenia gravis?
FATIGUABLE weakness due to antibodies against the acetylcholine receptor
(Anti acetylcholine)
Must screen for thymic hyperplasia / thymoma as strong association!
Mx -> Pyridostigmine (anti-acetylcholinesterase), Steroids
Thymectomy if thymoma but can also improve symptoms even if not!
Transmission and incubation period of cholera?
Faeco-oral transmission (contaminated water and poor hygiene)
Incubation period = SHORT = 0-5 days = hence the potential for huge / rapid outbreaks