Specialties Flashcards
What give for inducing withdrawal bleed
Medroxyprogesterone 10mg OD
What do to stop getting withdrawal bleeds on HRT
Make it a continuous regime
Which regimes use for HRT depending on cycles
If perimenopausal and having regular periods then monthly
If perimenopausal and having irregular periods then 3 monthly
If no periods then continuous regime
How monitor asthma in a child
Daily diurnal peak flow
Spirometry
Drugs for dementia
Mild/moderate- donepezil
Severe- memantine
Non-hormonal options for menhorragia
Tranexamic acid
Mefanemic acid if assoc dysmenorrhoea
Insomnia on wards
NO BENZOS
Use Z drugs
When stop HRT
Develop jaundice
Sudden chest pain, breathlessness or leg pain
BP>160/90
Prolonged immobility
Epiglottitis management
1st line abx- cefotaxime
Anaphylaxis to penicillin= chloramphenicol
Dysmenorrhoea treatment options
Mefanemic acid- if CI then paracetamol
COCP 2nd line
N&V in pregnancy options
Promethazine
Cyclizine
Prochlorperazine
If develop lithium toxicity after starting ramipril what do
Stop ramipril and lithium together as ramipril was likely precipitating factor
If have had prior VTE then what is management through pregnancy
Enoxaparin
Tinea corporis management for kids
Topical clotrimazole
If trialled and failed on 1 SSRI, what do next
Trial separate SSRI before changing class