Pass med questions Flashcards
Common side effects of amlodipine?
Headache and oedema
Who should you not use HRT in?
Established heart disease
First line med management for angina?
Usually beta blocker
Angina not controlled on beta blocker what can you add?
Calcium channel blocker
When to consider nitrate in angina?
If mono therapy does not control and other option contraindicated or if cab and bb used and has symptoms but is waiting for revacularisation.
p450 inducers?
Phenytoin, carbamazepine , rifamp, st johns alcohol phenobarbitone griseofulvin
CRAP GPS
Holmes adie pupil?
Unilateral sluggish often absent ankle reflexes
Causes of hypoglycaemia? (EXPLAIN)
E- exogenous drugs P- pituitary insufficiency L- liver failure A- Addison’s I-islet cell tumours N- non pancreatic neoplasms
Rapid correction of hyponatraemia?
Osmotic demyelination
What is osmium second?
ASD most common 70% ECG RBBB and RAD
Diabetic nephropathy investigation?
Albumin:creatinine ratio early morning sample. high ratio bad
SGLT2 inhibitor may cause what infection?
Thrush
Persistent ST elevation after MI suggestive of?
Left ventricle aneurysm
Acute management of renal colic meds?
IM Diclofenac
Brown sequared syndrome symptoms?
Paralysis and proprio loss one side pain and temp loss another. Hemisection on side of paralysis
Recent ERCP presents with pain?
Pancreatitis
Abdo pain and distension, vomiting recent cholecystitis?
Gallstone Ileus
Churg Strauss (eosinophilic polyangitis) related to which autoantibody?
pANCA
Pioglitazone contraindicated in patients with what?
HF and also bladder cancer
morning stiffens in proximal limb muscles, polyarthralgia, lethargy, low grad
fever, night sweats and? Blood results?
CK normal ESR >40 PMR diagnosis
cloudy low glucose, high protein polymorphs in CSF?
Bacterial
Viral CSF?
Clear or cloudy, 60-80% glucose plasma
normal or raised protein, lymphocytes
TB CSF?
Cloudy fibrin, Low glucose, high protein, lymphocytes
Lambert eaton syndrome? Which cancer?
Weakness in proximal arms and legs-worse often neoplastic problems precipitated
Small cell
Muscle weakness increased strength after use?
Lambert eaton
Muscle fatigue in myasthenia gravis?
Muscle tires after use becomes weaker.
Fatty stool and unwell?
Giardia
Metformin may treat which female condition?
PCOS
Aortic stenosis SAD?
Syncope, angina, exertion
Narrow pulse pressure, absent s2 ?
Aortic stenosis
Parkinson’s may cause which skin condition?
Seborrhoeic dermatitis
Female <30 non tender fully mobile breast lump?
Fibroadenoma
Elevated JVP but persistent hypotension despite fluids?
Cardiac tamponade
Post menopausal women oestrogen positive cancer use what?
Anastrozole
Haemochromatosis bloods?
Raised transferrin, and ferritin with low iron binding capacity
Male bronze, impotent?
Haemochromatosis
Aplastic crisis may happen following what in what disease?
Parvo infection in sickle cell
Eosinophillic cast sign of what ?
Tubulointerstitial nephritis
Muscle tone sustained may affect vocal chords FHx?
Essential tremor
Hashimotos thyroiditis symptoms and bloods?
Painless goitre and anti thyroid peroxidase
First line treatment of HTN in diabetes?
Ace inhibitors
Hypokalaemia ecg features?
U waves, small t waves
Bloods in upper GI bleed?
low HB and rise in urea due to breakdown of blood
Phaeocromocytoma HTN treatment?
Phenoxybenzamine
Kidney transplant increased risk which cancer?
SCC
Extradural haematoma features?
Lucid interval often hit to side of head Extra-lentis (lentiform)
Treatment of idiopathic intracranial HTN?
Acetazolomide
Apical fibrosis typical in?
Anklylosing spondylitits
Schobers
<5cm
TNF alpha may activate?
TB
Venous ulceration where?
Above medial malleolus
Mydriatic drops can precipitate?
angle closure glaucoma
Diverticula found where?
Sigmoid usually
Angioedema drug induced cause?
ACEi
Mcmurrays test for what?
meniscal tear
Xray finding on RA?
Loss of joint space, soft tissue, articular osteoporosis, sparing of DIPS
Grossly elevated APTT?
Haemophillia B
Transient elastography uses?
Cirrhosis screening
Night blindness and tunnel vision progressive?
retinitis pigmentosa
True love and witts ?
UC
Diagnose and to treat BPPV?
Dix-hallpike diag
epley to treat
Exerting arm and dizziness and vertigo?
Subclavian steal
Dermatomyositis can cause what lungs which antibody?
Anti jo fibrosis
Compression of optic chasm by what can cause what?
Bitemporal upper hemianopia
AF and which endocrine problem?
Hyperthyroid
ABX for meningitis prophylaxis?
Cipro
Peripheral arterial disease which antiplatelet?
Clopidogrel
Rest pain in foot for >2 weeks or ulceration or gangrene?
Critical ischaemia
Facial rash, raised calcium and lymphadenopathy?
Sarcoid
Antidepressant that may cause retention?
Amitriptyline
Acute flare of crohns treatment?
IV Hydrocortisone for 5 days if not working consider infliximab
02 target in CO poisoning?
100%
Seizure drug causing aplastic anaemia?
Phenytoin
IVDU with back pain?
Consider psoas abscess
Most common type of hodgkins?
Nodular sclerosing
Nail fungal severe?
Terbinafine
When to give LTOT ion COPD?
pa02 <7.3 twice 3 weeks apart or <8 with functional problems polycythaemia or heart failure
urinary antigen for ?
Legionella
Pneumonia with weird signs and rashes?
Mycoplasma
Leptospirosis in who what symptoms?
farmers, vets, sewage workers. Fever flu like symptoms, renal failure, jaundice, - doxy and ben pen
Treat torsades de pointes?
Magnesium for wide polymorphic complex
First line migraine prophylaxis for asthmatic?
Topirimate
Hypothermia can cause…
pancreatitis
Lung cancer most associated with smoking?
SCC
Anti cardioliptin?
Antiphospholipid syndrome
Schistosomiasis associated with?
SCC bladder
Restless legs treatment?
Ropinirole
Tricep reflex?
C7-8
L3 L4 reflex?
Knee 3 4 kick door
Ankle reflex?
S1 S2 buckle shoe?
Gliclazide side effects?
Hypoglycaemia and weight gain
Long term steroid use myopathy?
Proximal
Beta blockers, adenosine and said contra in this disease?
Asthma
Psoriasis exacerbated by?
trauma, alcohol, beta blockers, lithium and ACEi
Pain relief for kidney diseased individuals?
Fentanyl good
Empyema values?
Turbid, pH<7.2 low glucose and raised LDH
Guttate psoriasis may be precipitated by?
Strep throat
Metabolic acidosis, high bicarb and abdo pain?
Mesenteric ischaemia
Malignant otitis externa organism?
Pseudomonas
Organism most likely in bronchiectasis?
Pseudomonas
VSD will cause murmur and where?
Pansystolic loudest left sternal edge
Low platelets, Prolonged bleeding, and APTT plus PT and degradation products?
DIC
When to offer carotid edarterectomy?
> 70% occlusion
Chronic alcoholism can cause which electrolyte disturbance?
Hypomagnesaemia
Stable chest pain angina first line investigation?
CT angiogram
When would you consider NIV in COPD patient?
pH 7.25-7.35 also medical management has failed for 60mins but if severe offer anyway
What should FRAX score be greater than to offer a DEXA?
10%
What improvement in post bronchodilator indicates asthma?
> 12%
Diurnal peak flow variations % difference asthma?
20%
Signs and symptoms of optic neuritis?
Unilateral decrease in visual acuity over hours or days, red desaturated, pain worse on eye movement, central scotoma
Dilated cardiomyopathy common which group of patients?
Alcoholic
Low sodium and rasied urea points to what cause of AKI?
Pre-renal
Blood tests in primary biliary cholangitis? Treatment?
↑ALP and ↑GGT use cholestyramine
SSRI use and pregnancy?
Avoid
Galactocele?
women who have recently stopped breastfeeding, build up of milk creates a cyst— no systemic
signs and painless
What leaking causes subdural haemorrhage?
Bridging veins
Extradural haematoma what has ruptured?
Middle meningeal
Severe hyperglycaemia, dehydration and renal failure and mild/absent
ketonuria?
HHS
Otitis media organism?
Haemophillus