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Terminology Flashcards

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LMWH

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Low Molecular Weight Heparin - given as an alternative Warfarin and Thrombolysis

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Oligaemia

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Reduction in the volume of the blood; same as hypovolaemia

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Bullae

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Destruction of air pockets in the lungs, commonly seen in COPD patients

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Extrinsic allergic alveolitis

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Trigger: Pigeons

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CEA

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Carcinoembryonic antigen - indicative of lower GI tumours

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CA19-9

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Associated with Pancreatic cancer

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OGD

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Oesophago-Gastro-Duodenoscopy

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ERCP

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Endoscopic-Retrograde-Cholangio-Pancreatography

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CURB-65 score

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Used to assess pneumonia

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Cognitive reserve

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Older patients only require minimal insults in order to become delirious

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Pick’s disease

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Frontotemporal dementia

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Abscess

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Collection of pus or infected material

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Myopia

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Short sightedness - Light focuses in front of retina - Long eyeball

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Hypermetropia

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Far sightedness - Light focusses behind the retina - Short eyeball

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15
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Arthralgia

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Joint pain

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Spontaneous Bacterial Ascites (SBP)

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Neutrophils >250 cells/mm3

17
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Pale stool

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Low stercobilinogen

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Terlipressin

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Vasopressin analogues used to induce Splanchnic vasoconstriction in the case of GI bleeds

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Xanthochromia

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Breakdown products of blood in CSF indicative of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

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BPPV

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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

21
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Meniere’s disease

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Disease causing bouts of dizziness with unknown cause (genetic/environmental)

22
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Right Inter-Nuclear Opthalmoplegia

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Affected eye fails to adduct, opposite eye abducts but with nystagmus. Diplopia when looking to that side. Caused by injury to Medial Longitudinal Fasciculus (MLF)

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Guedel Airway Adjunct

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Oropharyngeal airway - inserted first upside down in adult patients to get around curvature of the tongue and then rotated

24
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Definitive Airway

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Cuffed tube in the airway for protection (NOT Supraglottic device)

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WHO Pain Ladder

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Step 1: Non Opioid (Aspirin, Paracetamol, NSAID); Step 2: Weak Opioid (Codeine); Step 3: Strong Opioid (Morphine)

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Anti-emetic drugs

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Ondansetron, Cyclizine, Dexamethasone, Metoclopramide, Prochlorperazine

27
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Bair hugger

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Warm air blanket

28
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Bouchard’s nodes

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Swelling in the Proximal Inter Phalangeal (PIP) joint as seen in OsteoArthritis (OA)

29
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Heberden’s nodes

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Swelling in the Distal Inter Phalangeal (DIP) joint as seen in OsteoArthritis (OA)

30
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Adjuvants

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Increasing used for chronic pain, especially nerve pain, including pregabalin and TENS

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