CAP test Flashcards
Which hormone can be used to measure ovarian reserve prior to IVF
Anti-Mullerian Hormone
How is Wilson’s disease inherited and name a facial sign
Autosomal-recessive
Kaiser-Fleischer rings
How is an activated neutrophil different from a normal one
Toxic granulation
Which blood cell is part of the acute response
Neutrophils
Low glucose in cloudy CSF suggests what
Bacterial meningitis –> bacteria use up glucose
How is unfractionated heparin monitored
APTT
When would LMWH such as dalteparin need to be monitored and how would this be done
In pregnancy or renal impairment
Anti-Xa assay
How is Dabigatran excreted and thus name a contra-indication to its use
Via kidneys
GFR <30
What must be measured before starting someone on Lithium
U’s and E’s
What is spasmodic torticollis and how is it treated
Cervical dystonia –> anti-cholinergics
What are the 2 main differential diagnoses if someone has jaundice, anaemia and spherocytes in their blood film
Hereditary spherocytosis
Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
What does a strongly positive Direct Anti-Globulin test suggest
Autoimmune
Which kind of headache is only mildly-moderately painful and bilateral
Acute tension headache
Which antipsychotic is safest in pregnancy
Olanzapine
When does an embryo develop into a blastocyst and what day does it implant in the uterus
Day 5 –> blastocyst
Days 6-10 –> implantation
How is hereditary spherocytosis inherited
Autosomal dominant
Which artery is at risk of injury during a female laparoscopic sterilisation procedure
Inferior Epigastric
What does water under the bridge refer to
The lower end of the ureter passing under the uterine artery before entering the trigone of the bladder
What are the infundibulum, ampulla and isthmus of the uterine tubes
Infundibulum –> Broad oocyte receiving part
Isthmus –> narrowing before meeting uterus
Ampulla –> where fertilisation takes place
Delay in femoral pulses of a newborn child suggests what pathology
Coarctation of aorta
Parasympathetic stimulation of the bladder results in what
Detrusor contraction
Define polyuria
More than 2.8L of urine in 24 hours
What is a rouleaux formation
Red cells stacking like coins on a blood film
Which organism are a flagellated protozoa
Trichomonas vaginalis
