Clinical Medicine
The A-E assessment stands for what?
Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure
This heart issue produces a machine like murmur
Patent Ductus Arteriosis
This is the surgical removal of the gallbladder.
Cholecystectomy
Mercury
This clotting factor is deficient in haemophilia A.
Factor VIII
This is the sequence for examining the abdomen
Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
These waves are the earliest classic ECG change of hyperkalemia.
Tall Peaked T Waves
Because of its narrow, rigid neck, this groin hernia carries the highest strangulation risk.
Femoral Hernia
This country has the most natural lakes in the world, with over three million.
Canada
This enzyme, inhibited by aspirin, produces prostaglandins and thromboxane.
Cyclooxygenase
In a healthy adult, capillary refill should return within this time.
2 Seconds
This antihypertensive vasodilator is a classic cause of drug-induced lupus.
Hydralazine
This non-absorbable monofilament suture is commonly used for skin closure.
This Scottish-born inventor is credited with patenting the first practical telephone in 1876
Alexander Graham Bell
This autoantibody-mediated disease causes fatigable muscle weakness via antibodies against the acetylcholine receptor.
Myasthenia Gravis
This bedside score assesses consciousness out of 15, using eye, verbal, and motor responses.
Glasgow's Coma Scale
This dry, bradykinin-mediated symptom is a common side effect of ACE inhibitors.
Dry Cough
Flank/back pain, hypotension, and a pulsatile abdominal mass — signals this surgical emergency.
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
This ancient trade network linked China to the Mediterranean
The Silk Road
This X-linked lysosomal storage disease is caused by alpha-galactosidase A deficiency, causing angiokeratomas and renal failure.
Fabry Disease
A patient halts inspiration when you press beneath the right costal margin — this positive sign indicates acute cholecystitis.
Murphy's Sign
This antiplatelet is given to a child with Kawasaki disease — the notable exception to avoiding it in children.
Aspirin
This surgical emergency is a rapidly spreading necrotising soft-tissue infection requiring urgent debridement; imaging may show gas in the tissues
Necrotising Fasciitis
This is the longest mountain range in the world, running down western South America.
The Andes
This tumour marker is used to monitor ovarian cancer.
CA-125