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Developed over three editions by the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland to support students attending the three RCSI universities, this convenient handbook provides pragmatic guidance to the principles and practice of medicine that students can expect to encounter during undergraduate and early p...

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Components of TIMI risk score for UA/NSTEMI?

Answer: 1. Age >55 2. >3 CAD risk factors 3. known CAD (stenosis >50%) 4. ASA use in past 7 days 5. severe angina (>2 episodes in 24 hrs) 6. ECG ST changes >0.5mm 7. +ve cardiac marker

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Components of TIMI risk score for STEMI?

Answer: 1. Age 2. DM, HTN or Angina 3. SBP <100mmHg 4. HR > 100 5. Killip class II-IV 6. weight < 67kg 7. Ant. ST elevation/LBBB 8. Time to treatment > 4hrs

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Why is TIMI risk score used in STEMI?

Answer: estimates mortality

4.

Sgarbossa\'s criteria for MI in patient\'s with prior LBBB?

Answer: 1. Concordant ST elevation >1mm in leads with a +ve QRS complex 2. Concordant ST depression >1mm in V1-V3 3. Excessively discordant ST elevation in leads with a -ve QRS

5.

Complications of ACS?

Answer: 1. NSTEMI convert to STEMI 2. VTach & Vfib 3. Heart block 4. Dressler\'s syndrome 5. Arrythmogenic/assytole/pump failure 6. VSD/ventricular aneurysm

6.

Acute management of ACS?

Answer: M: morphine 5mg + 10mg metaclopromide O: oxygen if Spo2<90% A: aspirin 300 mg N: nitrates(GTN if SBP>90mmHg)

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If PCI window period is exceeded, what is the management that we opt for?

Answer: Fibrinolysis

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What is the PCI window period?

Answer: <90 min or <120 min of first medical contact

9.

Dual antiplatelet therapy in ACS?

Answer: Aspirin 300mg + clopidogrel 300mg/ticagrelor 180mg

10.

Supportive investigations in ACS?

Answer: 1. FBC : Hb, plt, Wcc 2. Urea and electrolytes 3. ABG 4. Lipid profile and HBA1C 5. CXR

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SCHOOL OF MED I CI NE

HANDBOOK
OF CLINICAL
MEDICINE
V O LUME 1




R C S I , U N I V E R S I T Y O F M E D I C I N E A N D H E A LT H S C I E N C E S




EDITORS IN CHIEF
Dr Síle Kelly and Dr Brian Creaner

3 rd E D I T I O N

,
,SCHOOL OF MED I CI NE

HANDBOOK
OF CLINICAL
MEDICINE
V OLUM E 1

, First published in Ireland in August 2020
This edition published in Ireland in July 2021
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