Mixed practice review 2 Flashcards
NSTEMI DAPT:
If not high bleeding risk
If high bleeding risk
ASPIRIN plus
Ticagrelor
Clopidogrel
Ankylosing spondylitis
Features
‘A’ features
Reduced lateral flexion, reduced forward flexion, reduced chest expansion
Apical fibrosis
Anterior uveitis
Aortic regurgitation
Achilles tendonitis Amyloidosis
AV node block
Skin disorders associated with malignancy
1) Acanthosis nigricans
2) Acquired ichthyosis
3) Hypertrichosis lanuginosa
4) Dermatomyositis
5) Erythema gyratum repens
6) Migratory thrombophlebitis
7) Tylosis
1) Gastric cancer = acanthosis nigricans
2) Lymphoma = acquired ichthyosis
3) GI or lung cancer = hypertrichosis lanuginosa
4) Ovarian and lung cancer = dermatomyositis
5) Lung cancer = Erythema Graytum repens
6) pancreatic cancer - migratory thrombophlebitis
7) Oesophageal cancer - tylosis
Heart failure:
First line management:
Second line:
Third line:
ACEi and Beta Blocker (generally one started at a time)
Aldosterone antagonist
Ivanradine
Sacubitril and Valsartan
Digoxin strongly indicated if patient has AF
Oxford stroke classification: 3 core initial symptoms
1) unilateral hemiparesis
2) homonynous hemianopia
3) higher cognitive dysfunction - dysphasia
All 3 for total anterior circulation
2 for partial
Lacunar strokes: one of three of these symptoms
1) Unilateral weakness of face and/or leg and/or arm
2) pure sensory stroke
3) ataxic hemiparesis
Posterior circulation stroke
Involves:
Symptoms:
Basilar arteries
1) cerebellar or brainstem syndromes
2) loss consciousness
3) isolated homonynous hemianopia
Acute otitis media
Common bugs:
Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, moraxella catarrhalis
Prevention of renal stones:
Calcium
Oxalate
Uric acid
Calcium: thiazide diuretics increase tubular calcium secretion
Oxalate stones: cholestyramine, pyridoxine
Uric acid: allopurinol, urinary alkalinisation
Key features of PROLIFERATIVE diabetic retinopathy that distinguishes it from non-proliferative
Retinal neovascularisation (50% are blind in 5 years)
Maculopathy
Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy features:
Microaneurysms
Blot haemorrhages
Hard exudates
Cotton wool spots
Bed wetting - at which age do you intervene
Management
Under 5 years reassurance and advice.
Look for causes
Reward systems
Enuresis alarm
Desmopressin - short term control mostly.
Epididymo-orchitis management
Most commonly caused by:
Chlamydia trachomatus and Neisseria gonorrhoea
Management: if STI most likely - organism unknown: IM ceftriaxone single dose plus 100mg Doxycycline PO for 10-14 days
Surfactant deficient lung disease:
Seen in:
Other risk factors:
XR shows:
Management:
Premature babies (risk decreases with gestational age)
Male sex, diabetic mothers, C-sections
Ground glass with in distinct heart border
Maternal corticosteroids to induce fetal
lung maturity.
Oxygen
Assisted ventilation (caffeine helps wean)
Exogenous surfactant via ET tube
Anatomical differentiation between inguinal and femoral hernias
Definitions
Incarceration vs strangulation
Femoral = inferolateral to the pubic tubercle
Inguinal = superomedial to pubic tubercle
Incarceration = cannot be reduced
Strangulation = likely non-reducible, follows on from incarceration. Causes systemic upset
Causes of increased ferritin WITHOUT iron overload:
Inflammation (acute phase reactant)
Alcohol excess
Liver disease
CKD
Malignancy
Increased Ferritin WITH iron overload
Hereditary haemochromatosis
Secondary iron overload: repeated transfusions
B symptoms:
Weight loss >10% in last 6 months
Fever >38 degrees
Night sweats
CRABBI mnemonic for myeloma
Calcium (increased)
Renal (damage which causes thirst and dehydration)
Anaemia
Bleeding (bone marrow crowding = thrombocytopenia)
Bones (may present as pain in the back)
Infection - reduction in normal immunoglobulins -> increased susceptibility to infection
Myeloma investigations findings: Peripheral blood film:
UEs
Bone profile
Rouleaux formation
Renal failure
Hypercalcaemia
Electrolyte disturbance in rhabdomyloysis/long lie
Hypocalcaemia
Calcium binds to myoglobulin released from damaged muscles causing hypocalcaemia)