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What are Thrombolysis contraindications

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  • ICP neoplasm
  • Active bleeding
  • GI bleeding within 3 weeks
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How do triptans work ?

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  • 5-HT agonists
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What are contraindications for triptans ?

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  • IHD
  • Cerebrovascular disease
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  1. What are common side effects of triptans ?
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  • Flushing
  • Chest and throat tightness
  • Tingling
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  1. What is ALL ?
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  • Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
  • The most common malignancy in children
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  1. ALL features that suggest bone marrow failure
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  • Anaemia – lethargy and pallor
  • Neutropenia – frequent or severe infection
  • Thrombocytopenia: easy bruising, petechiae
  • Bone pain
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  1. Other features of ALL
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  • Bone pain
  • Splenomegaly
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Fever
  • Testicular swelling
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  1. Types of ALL
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  • Common ALL (75%) CD10 present, pre-B phenotype
  • T-cell ALL (20%)
  • B-cell ALL (5%)
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  1. Poor prognostic factors of ALL
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  • Age <2 or > 10 years
  • EBC > 20*10(9)/l at diagnosis
  • T or B cell surface markers
  • Non-Caucasian
  • Male sex
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  1. When is jaundice pathological in a newborn ?
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  • First 24 hours
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  1. Causes of pathological jaundice
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  • Rhesus haemolytic disease
  • ABO haemolytic disease
  • Glucose-6-phosphodehydrogenase
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  1. What could jaundice developing between 2-14 days be ?
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  • Physiological
  • More fragile red blood cells
  • Less developed liver function
  • More common in breastfed babies
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  1. When does jaundice become prolonged ?
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  • 14 days in term
  • 21 days in preterm
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  1. Prolonged jaundice investigations
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  • Conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin
  • Coomb’s test
  • TFTs
  • FBC and blood film
  • Urine
  • U&E and LFTs
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  1. Causes of prolonged jaundice
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  • Biliary atresia
  • Breast milk jaundice
  • Prematurity
  • Congenital infection
  • UTI
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  1. What is a big worry with jaundice in newborns ?
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  • Kernicterus
  • Bilirubin levels so high it becomes neurotoxic
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  1. Surgical management of biliary atresia
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  • Kasai procedure
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  1. What causes bronchiolitis ?
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  • MCC RSV
  • Adenovirus
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  1. Features of Bronchiolitis
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  • Coryzal symptoms and fever precede
  • Dry cough
  • Increasing breathlessness
  • Wheezing with find inspiratory crackles
  • Feeding difficulties
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  1. Call 999 if
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  • Apnoea
  • Child looks unwell to a HCP
  • RR of more than 70
  • Grunting or marked chest recession
  • Central cyanosis
  • Oxygen sats below 92%
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  1. Bronchiolitis investigate
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  • Immunofluorescence of nasopharyngeal secretions which will show RSV
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  1. Management of bronchiolitis
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  • Humidified oxygen given via a headbox if below 92%
    NG feeding if child cannot take enough fluid
  • Suction for upper airway secretions
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  1. When is it more likely viral induced wheeze than asthma ?
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  • Presenting before 3
  • No atopic history
  • Only occurs during viral infections
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  1. What are fibroids ?
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  • Benign smooth muscle tumours of the uterus
  • Develop in response to oestrogen
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  1. Features of symptomatic fibroids ?
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  • Menorrhagia
  • Bulk related symptoms  Lower abdominal pain, cramping pains
  • Bloating and urinary symptoms
  • Subfertility
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  1. Diagnosis of fibroids
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  • Transvaginal ultrasound
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  1. Management of symptomatic fibroids (typically menorrhagia
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  • Levonorgestrel intrauterine system
  • NSAIDs e.g. mefenamic acid
  • Tranexamic acid
  • COCP
  • Oral progesterone
  • Injectable progesterone
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  1. Treatment to remove or shrink fibroids
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  • GnRH agonists
  • Surgical – myomectomy
  • Hysteroscopic endometrial ablation
  • Uterine artery embolization
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  1. Endometriosis
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  • The growth of ectopic endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity
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  1. Features of endometriosis
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  • Chronic pelvic pain
  • Secondary dysmenorrhea – pain starts days before bleeding
  • Deep dyspareunia
  • Subfertility
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  1. Gold standard investigations
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  • Laparoscopy is gold standard
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  1. Management of endometriosis
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  • NSAIDs or paracetamol 1st line
  • COCP or progesterone’s
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  1. Paed UTI management
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  • Less than 3 months then admit
  • More than 3 months with upper UTI should be considered or given cephalosporin or co-amoxiclav 7-10 days
  • More than 3 months and lower UTI then trimethoprim
  • Bring back if still unwell 24-48 hours
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  1. Pathophysiology of VUR
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  • Ureters are displaced laterally entering the bladder in a more perpendicular fashion than at an angle
  • Therefore shorter intramural course of the ureter
  • Vesicoureteric junction cannot therefore function adequately
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  1. Vesicoureteric Reflux investigations
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  • Micturating cystourethrogram
  • DMSA scan can look for scaring

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