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Specialty Doctor (NHS), Medical Author and Tutor

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Young female developed acute kidney injury following initiation of ACEI, think Fibromuscular dysplasia.


Drugs Associated with Lung fibrosis Amiodarone Busulphan Bleomycin Methotrexate Sulfasalazine Nitrofurantoin Dopamine agonists - Bromocryptine, Cabergoline, Pergolide


Common Causes of Acanthosis Nigricans T2DM GI Cancers Obesity PCOS Acromegaly Cushing's disease Hypothyroidism Prada-willi syndrome COCP Familial


Drugs causing Peripheral Neuropathy Metronidazole Amiodarone Vincristine Isoniazid Nitrofurantoin


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Rules of '10' in Pheochromocytoma 10% are Bilateral 10% are Extra-adrenal 10% are Familial 10% are Malignant

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10% are Bilateral
10% are Extra-adrenal
10% are Familial
10% are Malignant

Most common cardiac defects in Marfan syndrome: Dilation of aortic sinuses (90%) Mitral valve prolapse (75%)


Drugs to Avoid in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) ACEIs Nitrates Dihydropyridine CCBs Inotropes


Simple Classification of Vasculitis Large Vessel: Giant cell arteritis and Takayasu arteritis Medium vessel: Polyarteritis nodosa and Kawasaki disease Small Vessel: granulomatosis with polyangiitis and Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis GT-PK-GE


Achalasia Inability to relax the lower esophageal sphincter Features: dysphagia, regurgitation, chest pain, chest infection, weight loss Barium swallow: Bird's beak appearance Definitive: manometry study Rx: CCB, nitrates, Botox, myotomy


Aortic Stenosis can be associated with Angiodysplasia; thus patient with AS presenting with e.g. anaemia, should have a colonoscopy When these occur with Acquired von Willebrand syndrome it is termed Heyde Syndrome


Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura Pentad: Confusion, Fever, renal failure, low platelet and microangiopathic hemolytic anaemia Cause Auto-antibodies to ADAMTS13 that cleaves VWF Rx: Plasma exchange, Eculizumab

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Pentad: 
Confusion, Fever, renal failure, low platelet and microangiopathic hemolytic anaemia

Cause
Auto-antibodies to ADAMTS13 that cleaves VWF

Rx: Plasma exchange, Eculizumab

Some Auto-antibodies in Liver dx Alcoholic hepatitis - elevated IgA Autoimmune hepatitis - elevated IgG Primary biliary cholangitis - elevated IgM


Features of Life threatening Asthma - PEFR <33% best or predicted - Oxygen saturation <92% - Normal PCO2 (4.6-6.0 kPa) - Silent chest, cyanosis - Bradycardia, hypotension, dysrhythmia - Exhaustion, confusion, coma


Conditions/Drugs Associated with Galactorrhea PCOS Pry Hypothyroidism Phenothiazines Metoclopramide Domperidone Haloperidol NB: these are different from causes of Gynecomastia - to posted later

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PCOS
Pry Hypothyroidism
Phenothiazines
Metoclopramide
Domperidone
Haloperidol

NB: these are different from causes of Gynecomastia - to posted later

Oculomotor Nerve Palsy Features are Ipsilateral Ptosis Mydriasis Diplopia Downward and outward gaze

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Features are Ipsilateral

Ptosis
Mydriasis
Diplopia
Downward and outward gaze

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