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PassMed Question Bank Flashcards

1
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what can cause a rise in faecal calprotectin

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  • IBD
  • bowel malignancy
  • coeliac disease
  • infectious colitis
  • use of NSAIDs
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what is zollinger-ellison syndrome

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condition characterised by excessive levels of gastrin secondary to a gastrin-secreting tumour
- majority found in 1st part of duodenum, then pancreas

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what are features of zollinger-ellison syndrome

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  • multiple gastroduodenal ulcers (epigastric pain)
  • diarrhoea
  • malabsorption
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4
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how can zollinger-ellison syndrome be diagnosed

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  • fasting gastrin levels
  • secretin stimualtion test
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5
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what are risk factors of femoral hernias

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  • female gender
  • pregnancy
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what are the key features of inguinal hernias

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  • groin lump superior and medial to the pubic tubercle and disappears on pressure
  • discomfort and ache, severe pain is uncommon
  • strangulation is rare
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what are desmoid tumours

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fibrous neoplasms arising from musculoaponeurotic structures
- typically arise from myofibroblasts
- occur in 15% pt with FAP
- commonly occur in women after childbirth in the rectus abdominus muscle
- treated by radical surgical resection
- high tendency to local recurrence

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8
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describe the blood supply to the pancreas

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  • head: pancreaticoduodenal
  • tail: branches of splenic
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what is the most common causative organism of threadworms

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enterobius vermicularis

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10
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what is the most common complication of ERCP

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acute pancreatitis

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what is Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

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an overgrowth disorder characterised by: macrosomia, macroglossia and abdo wall defects e.g. omphalocele
- also visceromegaly, hypogylc, inc risk of childhood tumours

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what is Prader-Willi syndrome

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genetic disorder caused by loss of function of specific genes on Chr 15
- neonatal hypotonia
- feeding disabilities
- intellectual disability
- hyperphagia
- obesity

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what are the actions of BNP

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  • vasodilation: decrease cardiac afterload
  • diuretic & natriuretic
  • suppress sympathetic tone + RAAS
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what does damage to the anterior interosseous nerve cause

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  • pain in forearm
  • loss of pincer movement as it innervates FPL & FDP
  • minimal loss of sensation due to lack of cutaneous branch
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what is the consequence of over corrected severe hyponatremia

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osmotic demyelination syndrome
- typically presents with dysarthria, dysphagia, seizures, confusion

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what is Courvoisier’s sign

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a palpable gallbladder RUQ in the presence of painless jaundice is unlikely to be gallstones
- most common cancers causing this sign are cholangiocarcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head

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17
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what sign is indicative of carpal tunnel syndrome

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positive Phalen’s test
- provoking numbness and pain in the thumb and index finger by maintaining wrist flexion for 60 s

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18
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what are the requirements for routine IV fluids

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  • 25-30 ml/kg/day of water
  • 1mmol/kg/day of K+, Na+, Cl-
  • 50-100g/day of glucose
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what would bloating and abdo cramps in females > 50 raise suspicion of

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ovarian cancer
- serum CA125 levels then if raised arrange an USS abdo + pelvis

20
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what are the functions of insulin

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  • secreted in response to hyperglycaemia
  • inhibits lipolysis
  • reduces muscle protein loss
  • inc cellular uptake of K+ via Na+/K+ ATPase pump)
21
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what is a recognised feature of RCC

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polycythaemia

22
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what is a collapsing pulse typically indicative of and what type of murmur does it lead to

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aortic regurgitation
- diastolic murmur in the aortic area

23
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what are the features of Klinefelter syndrome 47, XXY

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  • taller than average
  • lack of secondary sexual characteristics
  • small, firm testes
  • gynaecomastia
  • poor coordination + muscle weakness
  • rounded body
  • microorchidism
  • diagnose with karyotyping
24
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how does Turner syndrome present 45, X0

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  • short stature
  • widely spaced nipples
  • webbed neck
  • high arched palate
  • phenotypically female due to absence of Y chromosome
25
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during an oesophagectomy for carcinoma of the lower 1/3, which structure is divided to allow mobilisation of the oesophagus

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azygous vein
- it arches anteriorly to insert into the SVC on the right side

26
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what is the most common cause of hypothyroidism and what antibodies are most likely to be positive

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Hashimoto’s
- anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies present in 90% cases

27
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what clinical features lead point to rheumatic fever and how does this infection develop

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polyarthritis, chest pain (suggestive of pericarditis), raised ESR/leucocytosis
- cross reactive immune response with Strep pyogenes M protein (type II) mediated by molecular mimicry
- Aschoff bodies are granulomatous nodules found in rheumatic heart fever

28
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how does excess alcohol lead to poyluria

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ADH suppression in the posterior pituitary

29
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what condition might parietal lobe lesions cause

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astereognosis:
inability to recognise or identify objects through sense of touch
- typically arises due to damage to the somatosensory cortex

30
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why do children with tetralogy of fallot adopt a squatting position

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increases systemic vascular resistance and decreases the L-R shunt so improves cyanosis

31
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what sign is visible on x-ray in tetralogy of fallot

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boot shaped heart due to RV hypertrophy

31
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what is a rare complication from a NOF fracture and what are its associated features

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sciatic nerve lesion
- ankle and plantar reflex lost but knee jerk is intact

32
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what is the most common cause of sepsis in neonates

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group B strep

33
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what does trisomy 21 increase the risk of and why

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Alzheimer’s disease
- APP gene is located on Chr 21 and Down syndrome patients have an extra copy
- results in overproduction of amyloid-beta plaques

34
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what type of reaction is hyperacute transplant rejection

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type II hypersensitivity

35
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what is the typical history of a patient with primary hyperaldosteronism

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high BP
tired & weak
bloods show hypokalaemia

36
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where is ischaemic colitis most likely to affect

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splenic flexure - located at the borders of the territory supplied by superior and inferior mesenteric arteries

37
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what are the clinical features of ischaemic colitis

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  • abdo apin
  • rectal bleeding
  • raised WCC
  • raised lactate
38
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what is a risk factor of ischaemic colitis

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atrial fibrillation

39
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what would an AXR of ischaemic colitis show

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thumbprinting - mucosal oedema

40
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what areas of the brain are most affected by Wilson’s disease and what sign does this create

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basal ganglia (motor control)
thalamus
midbrain
pons
- double panda sign on T2 MRI

41
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which abx is associated with a high risk of c.diff

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clindamycin

42
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what is the gold standard for diagnosis of coeliac disease

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endoscopic intestinal biopsy

43
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what is Budd-Chiari syndrome and what triad of symptoms does it lead to

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occlusion of the hepatic veins
- abdo pain, ascites, hepatomegaly

44
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what organism is responsible for majority of duodenal ulceration cases and how can it be diagnosed

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H.pylori
- serology, microbiology, histology, CLO testing

45
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describe what kind of organism H.pylori is

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gram negative, oxidase positive, catalase positive comma-shaped rod

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