wk2: AED - Intro to Therapeutics Flashcards
What is a “Surgical Sieve”?
a thought process in medicine. It is a typical example of how to organise a structured examination answer for medical students and physicians when they are challenged with a question (often uses mnemonics)
What does the classical surgical sieve mnemonic VITAMIN stand for?
Vascular
Infective/inflammatory
Trauma
Auto-immune
Metabolic
Idiopathic/Iatrogenic
Neoplastic
What does the diagnostic sieve mnemonic LINDOCARF stand for?
Locations
Intensity
Nature
Duration
Ocurrence
Concurrence
Aggravating factors
Relieving factors
Features
What does the pupils sieve mnemonic VISITDAN stand for?
Virus - ciliary body
Inflammation - anterior uveitis/vaculitis
Stroke
Iatrogenic (illness caused by med exam/tx)
Trauma
Drug
Autoimmune
Neoplasm
List 5 causes of a central lesion horner’s syndrome
pituitary tumour
syphilis
tumour of pons
stroke
multiple sclerosis
List 5 causes of preganglionic horner’s syndrome
pancost tumour
tuberculosis
aortic dissection
carotid dissection
lymphadeenopathy
List 5 causes of postganglionic horner’s syndrome
trauma
aneurysm
atherosclerosis
herpes zoster
sinusitis
Define Horner’s syndrome. List 3 signs
characterised by an interruption of the oculosympathetic nerve supply somewhere between its origin in the hypothalamus and the eye.
Signs include:
- ptosis (muller’s)
- miosis
- anhydrosis
What type of defect causes adie’s tonic pupil?
ciliary ganglion defect