wk2: AED - Intro to Therapeutics Flashcards

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What is a “Surgical Sieve”?

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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)

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What does the classical surgical sieve mnemonic VITAMIN stand for?

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Vascular
Infective/inflammatory
Trauma
Auto-immune
Metabolic
Idiopathic/Iatrogenic
Neoplastic

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What does the diagnostic sieve mnemonic LINDOCARF stand for?

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Locations
Intensity
Nature
Duration
Ocurrence
Concurrence
Aggravating factors
Relieving factors
Features

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What does the pupils sieve mnemonic VISITDAN stand for?

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Virus - ciliary body
Inflammation - anterior uveitis/vaculitis
Stroke
Iatrogenic (illness caused by med exam/tx)
Trauma
Drug
Autoimmune
Neoplasm

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5
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List 5 causes of a central lesion horner’s syndrome

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pituitary tumour
syphilis
tumour of pons
stroke
multiple sclerosis

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List 5 causes of preganglionic horner’s syndrome

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pancost tumour
tuberculosis
aortic dissection
carotid dissection
lymphadeenopathy

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List 5 causes of postganglionic horner’s syndrome

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trauma
aneurysm
atherosclerosis
herpes zoster
sinusitis

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Define Horner’s syndrome. List 3 signs

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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

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What type of defect causes adie’s tonic pupil?

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ciliary ganglion defect

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