Recall Flashcards
Zieve syndrome?
Seen in severe ETOH excess
- haemolytic anaemia + jaundice + deranged LFTs + deranged lipids
Tx: alcohol abstinence
What medications may lead to Li toxicity by reducing urinary clearance?
NSAIDs, thiazides, ACEi
Type of seizures associated with epigastric aura and early oral automatism?
Temporal lobe seizures
2nd line management for migraine prophylaxis? (If pt unable to take propranolol or anitriptyline)
Candesartan
SLE treatment?
Hydroxychloroquine
Effect of haemodialysis on HbA1c?
May falsely lower bc of reduced red cell life span with HD
Loffler syndrome?
Eosinophilic pneumonia 2’ ascaris lumbricoides
> tropical areas such as Central America
generally self limiting and resolves within 2/52 of onset
Weight gain + painful hepatomegaly + ascites + jaundice within 12 days of haematopoietic stem cell transplant?
veno-occlusive syndrome (aka sinusoidal obstructive syndrome)
> usually low Plt, high transaminases, imaging of liver showing hepatic venous congestion (nutmeg liver)
Diagnosis of veno-occlusive syndrome (aka sinusoidal obstructive syndrome)?
Liver biopsy
Ix of lambert Eaton syndrome assoc w malignancy?
Anti VGCC ab
Nerve conduction studies: variation of muscle action potentials
Atypical pneumonia + farmer + transaminitis + blood culture negative endocarditis?
Q fever
- coxiella burnetii
Management of Q fever?
Doxycycline
What antibiotic may lead to theophylline toxicity (n+v, palpitations, acidosis with hypok)?
Ciprofloxacin
> CYP1A2 inhibitor > causing increased theophylline levels
Empirical management of infective endocarditis in IVDU?
Flucloxacillin
> because most likely organism is staph aureus
Empirical management of infective endocarditis in IVDU?
Flucloxacillin
> because most likely organism is staph aureus
Difference between stage 3 and 4 diabetic nephropathy?
Stage 3: microalbuminuria (3-300mg/ day)
Stage 4: significant proteinuria with urine dip positive proteinuria. >300mg/day
Family history of renal stones + radioopaque stones?
Cystinuria
Tx: hydration + urinary alkalinisation
Functional B12 deficiency 2’ illicit drug use (NO inhalation)?
B12 levels may be normal -> still have SACD
-> serum methylmalonic acid and homocysteine levels high
Management of poly myalgia rheumatica?
Prednisolone
What is WPW?
AVRT
- re entry via accessory pathway not the AV node
So it’s a atrioventricular re-entry tachycardia
Common drug causes of transaminitis?
Sodium valproate
Methotrexate
Amiodarone
Statins
Paracetamol
Common drug causes of bullous pemphigoid?
Furosemide
Captopril
Penicillamine and other penicillin derivatives
Management of severe leptospirosis?
IV penicillin
management of cannabis induced psychosis?
atypical antipsychotic e.g. risperidone
management of severe bleeding while on warfarin?
PCC
management of a solitary hot nodule if no features of malignancy e.g. thyroid adenoma?
radioiodine
> high level of effectiveness + does not carry the morbidity assoc w partial thyroidectomy
management of psychosis in Parkinson’s patients?
clozapine or quetiapine
- usually ppl use quetiapine first because clozapine would require FBC monitoring
1st line mx of Guillain barre?
IVIG
cause of bronchiectasis + very low levels of nasal nitric acid (<250 ppb)
Primary ciliary dyskinesia
what medication can you use for Restless legs syndrome if you do not want to use ropinirole because of Parkinson’s disease?
gabapentin
management of cystine stones?
can use penicillamine
- urinary alkalisation
+ potassium citrate
management of aortic root dilation in Marfans when elective surgery is recommended (>50mm)?
valve-sparing aortic root replacement
management of lewy body dementia ?
donepezil
how to diagnose non classical CAH?
ACTH stimulation test
- levels of 17OH progesterone will rise > 10