bilateral lower limb symptoms- weakness/ sensory disturbance, back pain, worse when coughing or
straining
Dx? Inx? - ANSWERSNeoplastic cord compression
High dose dexamethasone is given and emergency MRI of entire spine
squamous cell lung cancer - ANSWERSPrimary s/s: hemoptysis as the cancer is often found near the large
airways such as bronchi. The cancer most associated with smoking
adenocarcinoma of the lung - ANSWERSPeripheral
More common in Women
Most common in nonsmokers and overall
Bronchioalveolar subtype = lepidic, with hazy infiltrates similar to pneumonia
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) - ANSWERSLung cancer associated with SIADH- most common cause of
paraneoplastic syndromes
Metastases very quickly
raised PTH with low calcium or CKD- which hyperparathyroidism? - ANSWERSSECONDARY- if there's low
calcium its likely the parathyroids have compensated
instructions to take bisphosphonates - ANSWERStake 30 minutes before breakfast and remain upright for
at least 30 minutes after
what pain med do you not give to warfarin pts - ANSWERSNSAIDS due to increase upper GI bleed risk
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