Passmrcog Flashcards
Pcos - what level of testosterone would lead you to look for other causes?
> 5nmol
Treatment of overactive bladder in frail elderly
Tolterodine (immediate release)
Or Darifenacin (once daily preparation)
Chlamydia in pregnancy treatment
Amoxicillin TDS 7/7
Erythromycin
Azithromycin 1g stat (if can’t give others)
Risk of hysterectomy in placenta praevia
11%
Pathognomic USS sign of TOA
Cogwheel sign
TB treatment in pregnancy - what supplement should you give?
Pyridoxine 10mg OD
Risks of early onset neonatal GBS
Overall incidence 0.57/1000 births in UK
Incidence in term infants without risk factors is 0.2/1000 births
Risk of EOGBS if GBS in previous pregnancy 0.9/1000 births
Risk of EOGBS if GBS in current pregnancy 2.3/1000 births
Risk of EOGBS if intrapartum pyrexia (>38oC) is 5.3/1000 births
Normal amniotic fluid production in singleton pregnancy
increases progressively until 33 weeks of gestation, with a plateau between 33 and 38 weeks before declining
Transient Neonatal Myasthenia Gravis
20% infants of mothers with MG
Symptoms within 12 hours - 4 days
Usually resolves spontaneously within 3-4 weeks
Due to maternal abs crossing placenta
Percentage of stillbirths no cause found
50%
Background risk of VTE in non-contraceptive users who are not pregnant
2 per 10,000 women per year
Risk of future ectopic having had one ectopic
18.5%
Risk of future ectopic following treatment for ectopic
18.5%
Rate of shoulder dystocia following previous shoulder dystocia
10 fold higher
Molar pregnancy hcg follow up
If hcg normal within 56 days of pregnancy - follow up = 6 months post uterine evacuations
If not, follow up = 6 months from normalisation of hcg
Incidence of hirsuitism in UK
10%
Presenting diameters
Vertex - 9.5cm - suboccipitobregmatic
Deflected OP - 11.5 - occipitofrontal
Brow - 13.5 - mentovertical
Face - 9.5cm - submentobregmatic
recommended baseline biochemical test for hyperandrogenism in PCOS
Free androgen index = total testosterone / SHBG x 100
Features of miscarriage on TVUS
CRL>7 and no FH
MSD>25mm and no fetal pole
Pre-testicular male infertility features and causes
Hypogonadotrophic Hypogonadism
FSH low
Hypothalamic disease
Kallmans
Prader-Willi
CHARGE
Pituitary pathology
Tumours - pituitary
Brain injury inc iatragenic
Acquired
Steroid abuse
Raised prolactin
testicular male infertility features and causes
Hypergonadotrophic Hypogonadism
FSH raised
Genetic
Kleinfelters
Noonan’s
Cryptorchidism
Acquired
injury
varicocele
tumours
chemo/xrt
idiopathic
Post-testicular male infertility features and causes
FSH Normal
Congenital
Congenital absence of the vas deferens
CF
Youngs
Acquired
Infection
Vasectomy
Sperm dysmotility
Immotile cilia syndrome
Maturation defects
Immunological infertility
Globozoospermia
Sexual dysfunction
Risk of bowel injury in laparoscopy
0.4 per 1000
Cyst follow up
<50mm no follow up required
50-70mm yearly ultrasound
>70mm consider further imaging or surgical intervention