Passmed niche topics Flashcards
How long after taking lithium should you measure levels?
12hr
Common complicatio of POSTERIOR hip dislocation?
Sciatic nerve injury (10-20% cases)
OCD first line management
Exposure and response prevention
Which SSRI for OCD?
Fluoxetine
Last line OCD treatment
Clomipramine
Acute angle glaucoma is associated with which vision change?
Hypermetropia (near objects are blurred)
New onset mania, which investigation should you do?
CT head
Antibodies in drug induced lupus
Antihistone antibodies
Hydralazine can cause which drug induced rheumotological condition?
Drug induced lupus
Superficial burns features
Pink skin
Blisters
Wallace’s rule of X for % covered in burns
9s
Full thickness burn features
White/brown/black
No blisters
No pain
Times to refer burns to secondary care
All deep dermal (2nd degree) upwards
Any genitalia, face, hands
Inhalation
Electrical or chemical
Formula for calculating how much fluid is needed after a burn
Parkland formula
Treatment of herpes simplex keratitis
Topical aciclovir
Features of herpes simplex keratitis
Red eye Burning pain Photophobia Excessive lacrimation Fluorescein shows linear, branching epithelial defect
What is urticaria?
Hives
Which drug is contraindicated in patients with salicylate hypersensitivity?
Sulfasalazine
Oral ulcers
Genital ulcers
Anterior uveitis
Behcet’s
What actually IS Behcet’s disease?
Autoimmune small cell vasculitis
Which rash is associated with Behcet’s disease?
Erythema nodosum
Management of shingles
Oral aciclovir
Vertigo and hearing loss on one side
With an absent corneal reflex on the same side
Acoustic neuroma
Drugs than can cause hearing loss
Furosemide
Symptoms of vestibular neuritis
Vertigo
Dizziness
Hearing loss
What is vestibular neuritis?
Inflammation of the vestibular nerve
Risk factors for OA
Previous trauma to the joint
Hypermobility of a joint
Occupation
Nodes in OA
Heberdens
Bouchards
These are as a result of osteophyte production
Management of scaphoid fracture
X-ray
Repeat x-ray after 7-10 days because can take time to appear radiographically
First line management for bilateral primary open angle glaucoma
Latanoprost eye drops
Which drugs can reduce aqueous production in primary open angle glaucoma?
Beta blockers such as timolol
Which drug can reduce ICP in open angle glaucoma?
Pilocarpine (muscarinic agonist)
How long should the break between courses of steroids be in psoriasis?
4 week break between flares
Management of chronic plaque psoriasis
Regular emollients
Potent corticosteroids + vitamin D analogue applied once daily
Thromboprophylaxis in anti-phospholipid syndrome who has never had a clot before
Low-dose aspirin
Osler-weber-rendu is also known as
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
Features of HHT
Epistaxes
Shortness of breath
Coughing up blood
Normal examination other than maybe some telangiectasia on nose/lips
What is pseudotumor cerebri
False brain tumour Signs of increased pressure in the brain (papilloedema) Headache Blurred vision WHooshing in ears Vision loss
Electrolyte cause of papilloedema
Hypocalcaemia
Rarely caused by vit A toxicity
Respiratory cause of papilloedema
High CO2
Because dilates cerebral vessels
Mottled, webbed rash implies
Livedo reticularis