Sinha's Secrets
The cricothyroid muscle is innervated by what nerve
External Branch of the Superior laryngeal nerve
Proguanil is a dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor used in the treatment of...?
Malaria
(Week 7, Drug Treatment of Malaria)
What 4 Classical clinical findings / complications occur in Multiple Myeloma?
CRAB
HyperCalcemia, Renal Impairment, Anaemia, Bone Disease
What clinical finding is found on percussion of a patient with a pleural effusion?
Stony Dullness
Haematogenous Metastatic Spread from the prostate, bladder or breasts to the spine commonly occurs via what structure
Batsons Venous Plexus / Vertebral Venous Plexus
(Week 4, Clinical anatomy of the Spine)
Administration of Nitrates is contraindicated if patients have recently taken what medication?
A Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitor
(Sildenafil, Tadalafil)
(Week 4, Pharmacology of coronary ischemia)
What Cell is Characteristic of Hodgkin Lymphoma
Reed-Sternberg cell
Which Bacteria, found in contaminated Potting Mix, can cause severe pneumonia
Legionella (longbeachae)
The distal anterior spinal cord is at risk of ischemia if there is reduced blood flow through which artery
Such could be the case during AAA surgery
Artery of Adamkiewicz / Great anterior radiculomedullary artery /Arteria radicularos anterior Magna
(Week 4, Clinical Anatomy of the Spine)
(Week 13, Clinical Anatomy of the Brain 1)
What 3 medications are used in the ACUTE treatment of gout?
NSAID, Colchicine, Corticosteroid
(Week 5, Urates & Tumour Lysis Syndrome)
(Not allopurinol / Febuxostat, They reduce UA levels, which is too late if already have an acute gout attack)
Bitot spots occur in what condition
Vitamin A Deficiency
Give 1 x Cause of PTH mediated Hypercalcemmia and 2 x Causes of Non-PTH mediated Hypercalcemia
PTH - Primary Hyperparathyroidism, Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism, Medications (Lithium
Non PTH - Malignancy (MM), Vitamin D overdose, Calcium Supplemenation, Immobilisation, Thyrotoxicosis, Milk-Alkali Syndrome, Sqamous cell carcinoma of the lung = paraneoplastic production of PTHrP
The lesser Sac and Greater Sac communicate through what foramen?
Useful when clamping the hepatoduodenal ligament during liver surgery "Pringle Manouvre"
Epiploic Foramen / Foramen of Winslow
(Week 7 - Anatomy of the Hepatobiliary System)
Co-administration of Sacubatril (Neprilysin Inhibitor) and ACE Inhibitors are contrainidcated due to what side effect?
Angioedma
(Week 3, Pharmacology of Congestive Heart Failure)
In what form is the plasmodium parasite when it is injected into the human host from a female anopheles mosquito
Sporozoite
Temporary, Painless loss of vision in one or both eyes from transient retinal ischemia is known as....?
Amarousis Fugax (Retinal TIA)
(Week 9 - Clinical Anatomy of the Eye and Orbit)