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Pass medicine - Oncology And Palliative Care Flashcards

1
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Metastatic bone pain may respond to

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Analgesia
Bisphosphonates
Radiotherapy

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2
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How can you provide pain relief for metastatic spinal cord compression

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Dexamethasone

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3
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Which chemo agent is associated with hypomagnasaemia

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Cisplatin

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4
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Which chemo agent can cause cardiomyopathy

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Doxorubicin

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5
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Oral to subcut morphine conversion

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Divide total daily dose by 2

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6
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How to calculate breakthrough dose

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1/6 th of daily dose

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7
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How to convert oral morphine to diamorphine

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Divide the total daily morphine dose by 3

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8
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What should be the starting treatment for oncology pain

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20-30mg MR a day (in total) with 5mg for breakthrough (so 15mg bd plus breakthrough)

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9
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Cancer patient with CKD what pain relief should be used

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Alfentanil
Buprenorphine
Fentanyl

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10
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When increasing the dose of opioids the next dose should be increased by

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30-50%

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11
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What are the two main transient opioid side effects

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Nausea and drowsiness

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12
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How do you convert from oral codeine to oral morphine

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Divide by 10

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13
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How do you convert from oral tramadol to oral morphine

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Divide by 10

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14
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Compare side effects of oxycodone to morphine

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Oxy causes less sedation vomiting and pruritus than morphine but more constipation

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15
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How to you convert from oral morphine to oral oxycodone

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Divide by 1.5-2 (currently 1.5 recommended as used to be 2)

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16
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How to convert from oral morphine to subcut morphine

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Divide by 2

17
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How to convert from oral morphine to subcut diamorphine

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Divide by 3

18
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How to convert from oral oxycodone to subcut diamorphine

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Divide by 1.5

19
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Ca125

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Ovarian cancer

20
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Ca19-9

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Pancreatic cancer

21
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Ca15-3

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Breast cancer

22
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AFP

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Hepatocellular carcinoma or teratoma

23
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CEA

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Colorectal

24
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S-100

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Melanoma Schwannoma

25
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Bombesin

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SCLC
Gastric cancer
Neuroblastoma

26
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Treat hiccups in palliative care

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Chlorpromazine

Haloperidol

27
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First line pain relief in patients where oral treatment is not suitable

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Opioid patch

28
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Which types of job increase the risk of cervical cancer

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16, 18 and 33

29
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What does PET scan stand for and what does it measure?

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Position emission tomography

Measures glucose uptake

30
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ABVD is a chemo treatment for

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Hodgkin’s lymphoma

31
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Folfox is a chemo treatment for

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Colorectal cancer

32
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RCHOP is a chemo treatment for

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Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma

33
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FEC is a chemo treatment for

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Breast cancer

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