year 1 AFT

Question 1

what is the investigation of choice for a DVT

Answer 1

doppler USS

Question 2

what is the first line drug for reduction of serum cholesterol

Answer 2

statins

Question 3

which nerve is stimulated when someone blows into a syringe to terminate an arrythmia

Answer 3

vagus

Question 4

what other cardiac abnormality is usually identified with severe aortic stenosis

Answer 4

left ventricular hypertrophy

Question 5

what physiological mechanism is responsible for someone being pale, cold and sweaty after a road traffic accident

Answer 5

increased sympathetic activity

Question 6

what drug for hypertension causes ankle swelling

Answer 6

calcium channel blockers

Question 7

give an example of an anti-platelet medication

Answer 7

ticagrelor, clopidogrel,

Question 8

which mediator causes hypotension in sepsis

Answer 8

nitric oxide

Question 9

if there is a lymph node in the supraclavicular fossa, which type of cancer is this likely to be

Answer 9

gastric adenocarcinoma

Question 10

which type of cell is important in immune defences against parasites

Answer 10

eosinophils

Question 11

which type of respiratory failure does COPD cause

Answer 11

type 2

Question 12

what is type 2 respiratory failure

Answer 12

occurs when alveolar ventilation is insufficient to excrete the carbon dioxide being produced

Question 13

what is type 1 respiratory failure

Answer 13

low oxygen, and normal or low carbon dioxide levels

Question 14

what investigation do you use to monitor coagulation in someone on warfarin

Answer 14

INR

Question 15

what type of drug is salbutamol

Answer 15

beta-2-agonist

Question 16

what group of organisms are most likely to cause hospital acquired pneumonia

Answer 16

gram negative bacteria