Moodle MCQ's Flashcards
What is first-line analgesia for someone with liver cirrhosis?
Paracetamol - at a reduced dose of 2-3g
Not NSAID’s because they can impair renal function
How much articaine is metabolised in the liver?
10%
What liver infection is most commonly transmitted by the faeco-oral route?
Hep A
The dane particle if found in serum of infected patients? (what liver infection?)
Hep B
What can halothane be responsible for?
Drug-induced hepatitis
What treatment is given to clear Hep C infection?
Sofosbuvir
An arteriovenous fistula is provided in which situations?
Above the wrist for haemodialysis
Function of loop of Henle?
Water leaves by osmosis
Function of collecting tubule?
Surplus or waste ions and molecules flow out as urine
Function of distal convoluted tubule?
Na+ is reclaimed by active transport, with water loss by osmosis
Function of proximal convoluted tubule?
Actively reabsorbs glucose, amino acids, uric acid and inorganic salts
Which anticoagulant is commonly used in the management of patients who require renal dialysis?
Heparin
What is minimum UKELD score for an individual to be placed on a liver transplant?
49
What clotting factors are vitamin K dependent and produced by the liver?
1, 2, 7, 9 ,10, 11
What factor is deficient in haemophilia A?
factor 8
What factor does apixaban inhibit?
Factor 10a
A person with moderate haemophilia has what % of normal factor in their blood?
1-5%
What product manages Von willebrand’s type 2?
Factor 8 concentrate
The prothrombin time (PT) would be deranges in what patients?
Liver disease or warfarin therapy
The activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) would be deranged in what patients?
Haemophilia
Give example of drug that potentiates bleeding in patients taking warfarin?
Topical miconazole for the management of oral candidosis
What factor is deficient in haemophilia B?
factor 9
What patients are likely to be on warfarin?
Those who have had a stroke or heart attack
Those with DVT
What liver infection has circular RNA?
Hep D
