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Best of Five MCQs for the Acute Medicine SCE Best of Five MCQs for the Acute Medicine SCE Edited by Nigel Lane Consultant in Acute Medicine, North Bristol NHS Trust, UK Louise Powter Consultant in Acute Medicine, North Bristol NHS Trust, UK Sam Patel Consultant in Acute Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Director, Medicine, North Bristol NHS Trust Training Programme Director, General (Internal) Medicine, Severn Deanery, UK 1 1 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries © Oxford University Press 2016 The moral rights of the authors have been asserted First Edition published in 2016 Impression: 1 All rights reserved. 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CONTENTS Abbreviations viii Contributors xv Introduction xvii 1 Cardiorespiratory arrest and shock Questions 1 Answers 15 2 Gastroenterology Questions 27 Answers 42 3 Respiratory Questions 59 Answers 78 4 Cardiology Questions 93 Answers 111 5 Diabetes and endocrinology Questions 127 Answers 143 6 Elderly care and stroke Questions 157 Answers 170 vi CONTENTS 7 Renal medicine and urological problems Questions 183 Answers 198 8 Neurology and ophthalmology Questions 207 Answers 226 9 Musculoskeletal medicine Questions 249 Answers 269 10 Oncology and palliative care Questions 283 Answers 292 11 Haematology Questions 301 Answers 306 12 Infectious diseases and HIV Questions 313 Answers 330 13 Poisoning and pharmacology Questions 351 Answers 363 14 Immunology and allergy Questions 383 Answers 389 15 Dermatology Questions 395 Answers 400 CONTENTS vii 16 Psychiatry Questions 403 Answers 410 Subject index 421 ABBREVIATIONS a-NVH asymptomatic non-visible haematuria AAFB acid and alcohol fast bacilli ABPA allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis AchR acetylcholine receptors ACR American College of Rheumatology ACS acute coronary syndrome ACTH adrenocorticotropic hormone ADA adenosine deaminase AEDs anti-epileptic drugs AESs anti-embolism stockings AF atrial fibrillation ALF acute liver failure ALT alanine transaminase ANA antinuclear antibody ANCA antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies anti-TNF anti-tumour necrosis factor ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome AST aspartate transaminase AVN avascular necrosis BASDEC brief assessment schedule depression cards BASHH British Society for Sexual Health and HIV BAUS British Association of Urological Surgeons bd two times daily BHIVA British HIV Association BMI body mass index bpm beats per minute BPPV benign paroxysmal positional vertigo BTS British Thoracic Society BSR British Society for Rheumatology CAD coronary artery disease CBDS common bile duct stones CDI clostridium difficile infection ABBREVIATIONS ix CF cystic fibrosis CHM Commission on Human Medicines CI-AKI contrast-induced acute kidney injury CINV chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting CIS clinically isolated syndrome CJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease CMAP compound muscle action potential CMT core medical training (in the UK) CMV cytomegalovirus CNS central nervous system COMT catecol-O-methyl transferase COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease CPC cerebral performance category CRP C-reactive protein CSII continuous subcutaneous insulin infusions CTPA computed tomography pulmonary angiogram CVID common variable immunodeficiency CVP central venous pressure CYP450 cytochrome P450 DESMOND Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed DEXA dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry DIC disseminated intravascular coagulation DIOS distal intestinal obstruction syndrome DKA diabetic ketoacidosis DSs dissociative seizures DTs delirium tremens DVLA Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency DVT deep vein thrombosis EBV Epstein–Barr virus ECG electrocardiogram EGDT early goal-directed therapy EGPA eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly known as Churg Strauss Syndrome) EMG electromyogram EMR endomucosal resection ENT ear, nose and throat EPA Enduring Power of Attorney ERCP endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ESC European Society of Cardiology ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate EULAR European League Against Rheumatism
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