Most Common:

Question 1

Dementia

Answer 1

1: Alzheimer’s
2: Vascular

Question 2

Stroke most common in

Answer 2

1: Men
2: Women

Question 3

Bowel obstruction

Answer 3

1: Small bowel (Adhesions)
2: Large bowel (Malignancy)

Question 4

Motor Neurone Diseases

Answer 4

1: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS- 50%)
2: Progressive Bulbar Palsy (PBP - 20%)

Question 5

Cause of Pancreatitis

Answer 5

1: Gall Stones
2: Alcohol
3: Idiopathic

Question 6

Meningitis

Answer 6

1: Viral (Often self-limiting)
2: Bacterial (More serious)

Question 7

Cause of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Answer 7

1: Lung Cancer
2: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Question 8

Cause of mitral stenosis

Answer 8

1: Rheumatic Fever (E.g., Post-A-Strep)
2: Calcification (With age)

Question 9

Congenital Testicular Disease

Answer 9

1: Undescended Testicle (Crypt-orchidism)

Question 10

Cause of Cushing’s Syndrome

Answer 10

1: Steroid Use

Question 11

Thyroid Cancer

Answer 11

1: Papillary
2: Follicular
3: Medullary (C-Cells)
4: Anaplastic

Question 12

Cause of Epidydimoorchitis

Answer 12

In >35s: E.Coli

In <35s: Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea.

Question 13

Cause of Right-Sided Heart-Failure

Answer 13

1: Left-Sided Heart-Failure.