Haematuria - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

3x BP controls - 1. HR 2. Stroke volume 3. Peripheral resistance regulated by neurological, renal + endocrine processes 4 Classes of Pneumonia - 1. Community acquired 2. Hospital acquired 3. Aspiration pneumonia 4. Opportunistic pneumonia Acute Asthma Management - 1. Correct signs of hypoxaemia (low O2) 2. Reverse airflow obstruction quicky (pharmacological) 3. Plan to prevent (pt education) Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) - Name given to 3 types of coronary artery disease that associa...

Haemoglobinopathies (Sickle Cell, Thalassemia) Questions with solutions 2023 Sickle cell hemoglobins- single amino acid substitution or deletion in globin polypeptide chain results in HbS variants rather than HbA ( normal adult heme) Haemoglobin S •Point mutation of 6th codon substituting valine for glutamic acid- most common Haemoglobin C •Point mutation of 6th codon lysine for glutamic acid Haemoglobin E •Point mutation on 26th codon lysine for glutamic acid What is sic...

Martin Caon Examination Questions and Answers in Basic Anatomy and Physiology Third Edition Chapter 7: Skeletal System 7.1 Bones 1. Which of the following is NOT a bone of the axial skeleton? a. Deltoid b. Ethmoid c. Sphenoid d. Hyoid Answer is A: The “deltoid” bone does not exist. Choice D, the hyoid does not articulate with any bone, but being in the neck is considered part of the axial skeleton. 2. Which of the following is a function of the skeletal system? a. Haemopoi...

MCCQE1 Exam Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated) 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 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 - A A post-marketing observational study of a new drug was conducted on 5000 patients following clinical trials. What best describes the ...

An older male patient reports urinary frequency, back pain, and nocturia. A dipstick urinalysis reveals haematuria. What will the provider do next to evaluate this condition? PSA and perform a digital rectal exam An older male patient has a screening PSA which is 12 ng/ml. What does this value indicate. BPH A male patient reports nocturia and daytime urinary frequency and urgency without changes in the force of the urine stream. What is the likely cause of this? UTI A 70 year old male re...

What equipment do you need? - ️️Alcohol gel Gloves Apron Dipsticks Urine sample Paper towels What does straw-coloured urine indicate? - ️️This is normal! What does dark concentrated urine indicate? -️️Suggests the individual is dehydrated What does red urine indicate? - ️️Can be caused by the presence of blood in the urine (macroscopic haematuria), porphyria (group of disorders that result from build up of porphyrin and this is essential for the function of haemaglobin)...

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...

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 - ANS - A A post-marketing observational study of a new drug was conducted on 5000 patients following clinical trials. What best describes the data generated f...

1. An 82-year-old woman with a 3-year history of a vascular dementia was admitted with a 2-week history of worsening confusion. Over this 2-week period she had been wandering the streets at night looking for the children she believed lived in her house. She had also telephoned the police several times reporting the children to be lost and had punched her son when confronted about her changed behaviour. She was being treated with bendroflumethiazide 2.5mg daily for hypertension, asp...