Medicine/ primary care

Question 1

A 30 year old woman with episodic, recurring episodes of spinning vertigo with nausea, and hearing impairment lasting 30 mins

Answer 1

This is Meniere’s disease because it is episodic and most commonly affects people from 20-40

Viral labyrinthitis would be continous symptomatology over several weeks

In benign positional vertigo symptoms are triggered by movement

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Question 2

Canadian lung cancer screening criteria

Answer 2

The Canadian Task Force for Preventative Health recommends screening using low-dose CT scans in high-risk adults aged 55-74 years who are current or former smokers with a smoking history of at least 30 pack-years, defined as the average number of packs smoked daily multiplied by the number of years of smoking. If you have quit smoking, you must have quit within the last 15 years

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Question 3

Contraceptive advice for a couple TTC who have just been to a Zika region

Answer 3

Wait three months

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Question 4

Canadian AAA screening

Answer 4

One-time screening with ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysm for men aged 65 to 80.

Not for women