Terminology

Question 1

LMWH

Answer 1

Low Molecular Weight Heparin - given as an alternative Warfarin and Thrombolysis

Question 2

Oligaemia

Answer 2

Reduction in the volume of the blood; same as hypovolaemia

Question 3

Bullae

Answer 3

Destruction of air pockets in the lungs, commonly seen in COPD patients

Question 4

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis

Answer 4

Trigger: Pigeons

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CEA

Answer 5

Carcinoembryonic antigen - indicative of lower GI tumours

Question 6

CA19-9

Answer 6

Associated with Pancreatic cancer

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OGD

Answer 7

Oesophago-Gastro-Duodenoscopy

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ERCP

Answer 8

Endoscopic-Retrograde-Cholangio-Pancreatography

Question 9

CURB-65 score

Answer 9

Used to assess pneumonia

Question 10

Cognitive reserve

Answer 10

Older patients only require minimal insults in order to become delirious

Question 11

Pick’s disease

Answer 11

Frontotemporal dementia

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Abscess

Answer 12

Collection of pus or infected material

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Myopia

Answer 13

Short sightedness - Light focuses in front of retina - Long eyeball

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Hypermetropia

Answer 14

Far sightedness - Light focusses behind the retina - Short eyeball

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Arthralgia

Answer 15

Joint pain

Question 16

Spontaneous Bacterial Ascites (SBP)

Answer 16

Neutrophils >250 cells/mm3

Question 17

Pale stool

Answer 17

Low stercobilinogen

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Terlipressin

Answer 18

Vasopressin analogues used to induce Splanchnic vasoconstriction in the case of GI bleeds

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Xanthochromia

Answer 19

Breakdown products of blood in CSF indicative of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

Question 20

BPPV

Answer 20

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

Question 21

Meniere’s disease

Answer 21

Disease causing bouts of dizziness with unknown cause (genetic/environmental)

Question 22

Right Inter-Nuclear Opthalmoplegia

Answer 22

Affected eye fails to adduct, opposite eye abducts but with nystagmus. Diplopia when looking to that side. Caused by injury to Medial Longitudinal Fasciculus (MLF)

Question 23

Guedel Airway Adjunct

Answer 23

Oropharyngeal airway - inserted first upside down in adult patients to get around curvature of the tongue and then rotated

Question 24

Definitive Airway

Answer 24

Cuffed tube in the airway for protection (NOT Supraglottic device)

Question 25

WHO Pain Ladder

Answer 25

Step 1: Non Opioid (Aspirin, Paracetamol, NSAID); Step 2: Weak Opioid (Codeine); Step 3: Strong Opioid (Morphine)

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Anti-emetic drugs

Answer 26

Ondansetron, Cyclizine, Dexamethasone, Metoclopramide, Prochlorperazine

Question 27

Bair hugger

Answer 27

Warm air blanket

Question 28

Bouchard's nodes

Answer 28

Swelling in the Proximal Inter Phalangeal (PIP) joint as seen in OsteoArthritis (OA)

Question 29

Heberden's nodes

Answer 29

Swelling in the Distal Inter Phalangeal (DIP) joint as seen in OsteoArthritis (OA)

Question 30

Adjuvants

Answer 30

Increasing used for chronic pain, especially nerve pain, including pregabalin and TENS