Mock 2 Flashcards
What is the CHADS VASc score used for?
Assessing stroke risk and anticoagulation need in AF patients
Which parameter isn’t in the scoring system used to calculate the stroke risk in patients with Atrial Fibrillation? A. Age B. Blood Pressure C. Congestive Heart Failure D. Diabetes E. Family History
Family History
What is an irregularly irregular pulse seen in?
AF
What is pulses paradoxus?
When the BP drops significantly during inspiration
What is radio-radial delay?
Where pulse is significantly stronger in one arm than the other
What condition is radio-radial delay seen in?
Coarctation of the aorta
What produces early diastolic decrescendo murmur?
Aortic regurgitation
What produces ejection systolic crescendo murmur heard loudest on expiration?
Aortic stenosis
What causes pan systolic murmur?
Mitral regurgitation
What causes mid-diastolic murmur?
Mitral stenosis
What causes an ejection systolic murmur heart loudest on inspiration?
Pulmonary stenosis
What are the 3 cardinal signs of HF?
- SOB
- Fatigue
- Ankle oedema
What does an R wave resemble on an ECG?
An M
What does a slurred S wave resemble on an ECG?
A W
What are the 6 Ps of critical ischaemia?
Pain Pallor Paralysis Paraesthesia Perishingly cold Pulselessness
What are the 4 features of teratology of fallow?
- RVH
- VSD
- Overriding aorta
- Stenosis of pulmonary outflow track
Think of the VSD overloading the already narrow Pulmonary outflow tract- which causes RVH
What is stage 1 clinical HTN?
More than 140/90
What is stage 2 clinical HTN?
More than 160/100
What is severe HTN?
More than 180/100
Give 5 signs of infective endocarditis
- Splinter haemorrhages
- Osler’s nodes
- Janeway lesions
- Roth spots
- Fever
What are xanthelasma?
Cholesterol deposits around the eyes
What usually presents with pale smelly stools that are hard to flush away?
Coeliac disease
What presents with generalised abdominal pain which gets better after passing wind/defecation and bloating + change in bowel habit?
IBS - A type of functional bowel disorder
What side of the abdomen does crohns pain usually present with?
Right side (cRohns)
What presents with RS abdomen pain, bloody stools, mouth ulcers?
Crohns
Where would you get abdominal pain in UC?
LLQ
What behaviours increase the likelihood of developing a Mallory-Weiss tear?
Retching and vomiting
A 35 year-old-male comes to the A&E department because he has been vomiting blood. He said he had been having some abdominal pain, feeling very nauseous and had been retching several times a day before finally vomiting this morning and it had blood in it. He hasn’t noticed any weight loss, fevers or any other systemic symptoms. He drinks 2/3 pints every evening and has been eating/drinking as normal. He doesn’t take any prescribed or over the counter medication. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Peptic ulcer rupture
B. Oesophagealmalignancy
C. Gastroesophagealrefluxdisease D. Achalasia
E. Mallory Weiss tear
Mallory Weiss tear
What is sulfasalazine used to treat?
UC and Crohns
What is omeprazole?
A PPI
What is a first line medication for GORD?
PPI e.g. omeprazole
What is ranitidine?
A H2 antagonist
Give 4 causes of peptic ulcers
H.pylori
Increased acid production
NSAID use
Mucosal ischaemia
What could present with middle/upper abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation and bloating?
Small bowel obstruction
HINT - Previous surgery causing adhesions
How do you treat H.Pylori infection?
REMEMBER WITH CAP
TRIPLE THERAPY OF:
Clarithromycin/Metronidazole
Amoxicillin
PPI e.g. omeprazole/lansoprazole
Give 4 risk factors for developing GORD
Obesity
Hiatus hernia
Smoking
Pregnancy
What is the first line investigation in large bowel obstruction?
Abdominal X-Ray
What is a potential diagnosis for left iliac fossa mass, abdominal pain, bloating and constipation?
Large bowel obstruction
What is achalasia?
The LOS doesn’t open in swallowing causing a backup of food in the oesophagus
Give 3 consequences of untreated GORD
Barretts oesophagus
Oesophagitis
Oesophageal ulcers
How do duodenal ulcers present?
They cause pain several hours after eating- pain gets better after eating
Why do people with duodenal ulcers get pain hours after eating?
Stomach acid in the duodenum
Which has a stronger genetic link, Crohns or UC?
Crohns