Haematuria - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

MRCP Official Sample Questions over 200 Correctly Answered a 100% A+ A 65-year-old woman presented with a 12-hour history of the sudden onset of gait unsteadiness, vomiting and headache, followed by increasing drowsiness. What is the most likely diagnosis? A: acute cerebellar haemorrhage B: acute subdural haemorrhage C: frontal subdural empyema D: herpes simplex encephalitis E: pituitary apoplexy - CORRECT ANSWER-A A post-marketing observational study of a new drug wa...

1. A 74-year-old man suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest on a surgical ward four days after an elective sigmoid colectomy (with primary anastomosis) for cancer. His past medical history included hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia for which he took lisinopril, atenolol, and atorvastatin. He had been seen by the surgical foundation year 1 doctor (in the UK) eight hours prior to his cardiorespiratory arrest after an episode of nausea and vomiting. On examination at that time his te...

An 80-year-old woman comes to the urgent care clinic with dyspnoea on exertion. On physical examination, her blood pressure is 100/70, and her pulse is 75. She has no pulsus paradoxus. Her jugular veins are distended, and she has distant heart sounds. In addition, she has extra third and fourth heart sounds. Her liver is enlarged, and she has pedal oedema. She has occasional premature ventricular contractions on her electrocardiogram. A chest x-ray reveals clear lung fields with a dilated cardia...

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome - Answer- Perihepatic infection which results in liver capsule (aka Glisson's capsule) inflammation from pelvic infections such as gonorrhea & chlamydia Rocephin - Answer- Ceftriaxone 125mg Koilocytosis - Answer- Nuclear enlargement with atypical peri nuclear halo Cefixime - Answer- Fixime 400mg Fixime 400mg - Answer- Cefixime U wave represents - Answer- repolarization of the purkinje fibers. Seen in 1) Hypokalaemia. 2) Hypercalcaemia. 3) Thyrotoxicosis....

MEDICAL CODING AND BILLING TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What symptoms are included in ROS (Review of Systems) for Constitutional Classification - ANSWER-- Usual weight. - recent weight changes, - fever, - weakness, - fatigue What symptoms are included in ROS (Review of Systems) for Eyes (Ophthalmologic)Classification - ANSWER-- Glasses or contact lenses - last eye examination - visual glaucoma - cataracts - eyestrain - pain - diplopia, - redness - lacrimation - inflammation - blu...

CARE OF PATIENT WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND CARDIAC SURGERY EXAMCARE OF PATIENT WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND CARDIAC SURGERY EXAM Q1. A 55-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 4-week history of exertional chest pain, radiating to the left arm and associated with breathlessness, sweating and clamminess. His symptoms were initially infrequent, but over the preceding week he reported them almost every day on mild exertion. He denied any episodes of chest pain a...

Schistosoma haematobium is the most prevalent of the six Schistosoma species that infect humans. The other five Schistosoma species — S. mansoni, S. japonicum, S. mekongi, S. guineensis and S. intercalatum — generally cause gastrointestinal pathology, whereas S. haematobium causes genitourinary disease (WHO 2012). Schistosomiasis is endemic in Africa with hundreds of millions of people at risk for disease and millions affected (Gryseels et al. 2006; Utzinger et al. 2009). Among huma...

An 80-year-old woman comes to the urgent care clinic with dyspnoea on exertion. On physical examination, her blood pressure is 100/70, and her pulse is 75. She has no pulsus paradoxus. Her jugular veins are distended, and she has distant heart sounds. In addition, she has extra third and fourth heart sounds. Her liver is enlarged, and she has pedal oedema. She has occasional premature ventricular contractions on her electrocardiogram. A chest x-ray reveals clear lung fields with a dilated cardia...

191 Pages Topics Covered: Core Conditions 16 1. Neonatal & Newborn 16 Neonatal Jaundice 16 Birth Asphyxia/ Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy 17 Birthmarks 18 Cephalhaematoma 20 Haemolytic Disease 21 Prematurity 22 Respiratory Distress Syndrome 23 Small baby/ IUGR 24 Talipes 25 2. Infections & Immunity 26 Immunisation 26 Meningitis
 28 Purpura
 30 Chicken pox 31 Conjunctivitis
 32 Food allergy
 33 Infectious mononucleosis 34 Kawasaki Disease 35 Measles 36 Periorb...

Most common ocular manifestation of RA? - answer-Keratoconjunctivitis sicca Treatment of discoid lupus - answer-Topical steroids and if they fail, PO HCQ Erythema ab igne increases the risk of what malignancy? - answer-SCC When is skin prick and patch testing needed? - answer-Skin prick- food allergies and pollen Skin patch- contact dermatitis Renal failure, haemoptysis and a normal ESR - answer-Goodpasture's syndrome What drug can exacerbate Churg-strauss? - answer-Leukotriene ...