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Signs of trouble mole:

Asymmetry
Border irregular
Colour irregular
Diameter usually > 0.5cm
Elevation irregular
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Female pelvis shapes in order from most to least common:

Gynecoid
Android /Anthropoid
Platypelloid
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Post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) causes:
4 'T's

Tissue (retained placenta)
Tone (uterine atony)
Trauma (traumatic delivery, episiotomy)
Thrombin (coagulation disorders, DIC)
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Broca's vs Wernicke's:


Broca's area: Expressive dysphasia.

Wernicke's Area: Receptive dysphasia
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Constipation causes:
Drugs (eg opiates)
Obstruction (eg IBD, cancer)
Pain
Endocrine (eg hypothyroid)
Depression
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Respiratory disease hand signs:

Clubbing
Asterixis
Small muscle wasting
HPOA
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Marfan syndrome features MARFAN'S:


Mitral valve prolapse
Aortic Aneurysm
Retinal detachment
Fibrillin
Arachnodactyly
Negative Nitroprusside test (differentiates from homocystinuria)
Subluxated lens
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Diabetic ketoacidosis precipitating factors 5 I’s:


Infection
Ischaemia (cardiac, mesenteric)
Infarction
Ignorance (poor control)
Intoxication (alcohol)
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Catalase positive organims:

Staphylococcus aureus
Pseudomonas
Aspergillus
Candida
Enterobacter
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B19 virus affects 3 B's:

Babies (5th disease, infectiousum erythematosa)
Black Bleeders (sickle cell anemics - anaplastic anemic crisis)
Bearing Babies [pregnant women] (hydrops fetalis)
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Pericarditis findings:

Pulsus paradoxus
ECG changes
Rub
Increased JVP
Chest pain [worse on inspiration, better when lean forward]
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Beck’s triad of acute cardiac tamponade (3 D’s):


Distant heart sounds
Decreased arterial BP
Distended neck veins
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Complications of hereditary hemochromatosis:


Hypogonadism
Cancer (hepatocellular)
Cirrhosis
Cardiomyopathy
Diabetes mellitus
Arthropathy
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Shared features of limited and systemic scleroderma:


Calcinosis
Raynaud’s phenomenon
Esophageal dysmotility
Sclerodactyly
Telangectasia
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Antibiotics contraindicated during pregnancy:

metronidazole
chloramphenicol
Aminoglycoside
Tetracycline
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Amenorrhea causes:


Kallman's syndrome
Nonfunctioning adenoma
gonadal agenesis and dysgenesis
Weight loss
Testicular feminization
Hypothyroidism
Anorexia
Anovulation
Asherman's syndrome
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Stroke in young patients:

Cocaine
Consanguinity
Cancer
Cardiogenic emboli
hyper Coagulation
Central nervous system infection
Congenital arterial lesion
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Lower lobe pulmonary fibrosis:

Systemic sclerosis
Cyptogenic fibrosing alveolitis
Asbetosis
Rheumatoid arthritis
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ALS symptoms:

Anterior horn neuron loss
Lower motor dominant effects
Spino-cortical tract
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Fever with Rash differential:

Typhoid fever
Gonococcemia
Endocarditis
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Meningococcemia
Sepsis