Buzzwords Flashcards
(96 cards)
1
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fever and pleuritic chest pain, relieved by sitting up and leaning forwards
A
pericarditis
2
Q
blurred yellowing vision headache
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digoxin toxicity
3
Q
rib notching on CXR
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coarctation of the aorta
4
Q
crescendo decrescendo murmur
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aortic stenosis
5
Q
diminished absent lower limb pulses
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coarctation of the aorta
6
Q
ground glass appearance on xray
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pulmonary fibrosis
7
Q
D sign on xray
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empyema
8
Q
steeple sign on xray
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croup/laryngotracheobronchitis
9
Q
mucoid sputum
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chlamydia psittaci pneumonia
10
Q
rusty sputum
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pneumococcus pneumonia
11
Q
cannonballs
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renal mets on CXR
12
Q
egg shell calcification at hilar node
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silicosis
13
Q
thumb print sign on head x-ray
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epiglottitis
14
Q
snow storm appearance on xray
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silicosis
15
Q
lung adenocarcinoma location
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peripheral
16
Q
squamous cell lung ca location
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central
17
Q
gingival hypertrophy
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side effect of CCB or phenytoin
18
Q
murphys sign positive
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cholecystitis
19
Q
vesicular rash and wt loss
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coeliac disease
20
Q
virchows node
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gastric cancer
21
Q
rice-water stools
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cholera
22
Q
AMA antibodies
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PBC
23
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ASMA antibodies
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autoimmune hepatitis
24
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cobblestone mucosa
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crohns disease
25
corkscrew oesophagus on barium swallow
diffuse oesophageal spasm
26
severe abdo pain + D&V after drinking raw milk
campylobacter
27
russels sign
self induced vomiting
28
crypt abscesses
crohns disease
29
onion skinning fibrosis
PSC
30
beading of bile ducts
PSC
31
signet ring cells on biopsy
diffuse stomach cancer
32
thumb printing at splenic flexure
ischaemic colitis
33
charcots triad
fever
RUQ pain
jaundice
34
kussmaul breathing
DKA
35
psammoma bodies
papillary thyroid ca
36
anosmia and isolated GnRH deficiency
Kallman's synd
37
trousseaus sign
hypocalcaemia
38
Chvosteks sign
hypocalcaemia
39
brachydactyly of the 4th metacarpal
pseudohypoparathyroidism
40
sea anemone
transitional cell carcinoma on cystoscopy
41
UTI + travel to india
carbapenase-producing Klebsiella (resistant to all Ab)
42
UTI with foul smelling urine and renal calculi
proteus sp
43
beading of the renal artery
fibromuscular dysplasia
44
potato appearance of testicular tumour
testicular seminoma
45
blue dot sign
torsion of testicular appendix
46
saddle nose
wegeners (GPA)
47
inflammatory myopathy with poor response to steroids
inclusion body myositis
48
leg symptoms + midline shift
falcine herniation
49
headache worse on coughing
posterior fossa issue
50
pleocytosis of CSF
rules out bacterial meningitis
51
+ve Simmonds test
achilles tendon rupture
52
M2OVE
limbic system functions
- motivation
- memory
- olfaction
- visceral afferents
- emotion
53
brain changes in SCZ
reduced frontal lobe volume
enlarged lateral ventricles
reduced grey matter in the temporal cortex
54
Tx EPSEs
procyclidine
55
role of amygdala
normal response to threat
56
beck's triad in depression
-ve feelings about self, world and future
57
PPH followed by pituitary failure
Sheehan's syndrome
58
roleux formation
multiple myeloma
59
reed Sternberg cells
hodgkins lymphoma
60
atypical lymphocytes
EBV (infectious mononucleosis)
61
alcohol induced pain
Hodgkins lymphoma
62
itchy after a hot bath
polycythaemia rubra vera
63
translocation (8;14)
burkitts lymphoma
64
schilling's test
B12 deficiency
65
schistocytes
intravascular haemolysis
66
Edwards syndrome
chromosome 18
67
patau syndrome
chromosome 13
68
vertebral level spine of scapula
T3
69
vertebral level most inferior part of scapula
T7
70
vertebral level superior aspect of iliac crest
L4
71
'target cell's on blood film
Sickle-cell/thalassaemia
Iron-deficiency anaemia
Hyposplenism
Liver disease
72
'tear-drop' poikilocytes
myelofibrosis
73
spherocytes
hereditary spherocytosis
| autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
74
shistocytes appearance on blood film
helmet cells
75
'shistocytes' on blood film
Intravascular haemolysis
Mechanical heart valve
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
76
'Pencil' poikilocytes on blood film
iron deficiency anaemia
77
Burr cells (echinocytes) on blood film
pyruvate kinase deficiency
78
hypersegmented neutrophils on blood film
megaloblastic anaemia
79
'tear drop' or 'blood level in sinus
blow out #
80
internuclear ophthalmoplegia
issue to medial longitudinal fasiculus
81
"curtain coming down" > 5mins
retinal detachment
82
flashes and floaters
retinal detachment
83
"gritty" sensation in eye
bacterial conjunctivitis or sub-tarsal foreign body
84
silver'copper wiring
HTN eye disease
85
new vessels and haemorrhage
ARMD wet type
86
pinpoint pupils
pontine issue
87
down and out pupil not dilated
diabetes
88
'scrambled egg' appearance of the macula
best disease
89
warfarin + cranberry
BAD
90
interaction between calcium and thyroxine
decreased absoprtion from GI tract
91
interaction between ACEi + spironolactone
hyperkalaemia
92
interaction between digoxin + verapamil
digoxin toxicity
93
interaction between fluoxetine + phenelzine
serotonin syndrome
94
contraindications to triptans
IHD
uncontrolled HTN
concurrent use of lithium, SSRI or cabergoline
95
conditions associated with erythema nodosum
sarcoidosis
UC
TB
96
'erythematous bullseye lesion'
lyme disease
