General Medicine — Flashcards

Flashcard 901: Whipple's disease is best treated with _____ + _____.

Answer: Ceftriaxone/Meropenem; TMP-SMX

Flashcard 902: The treatment of choice for an acute attack of cluster headache is 100% O2 at _____L/min or _____ Sumatriptan

Answer: 10-12; Subcutaneous

Flashcard 903: _____ medullary syndrome, also known as _____ syndrome, occurs most commonly due to the occlusion of the ipsilateral _____ artery.

Answer: Lateral; Wallenberg; vertebral

Flashcard 904: ABCD2 Score is used to measure the _____ in a patient following TIA.

Answer: risk of stroke

Flashcard 905: In ADPKD, most common type of intracranial aneurysm is _____ aneurysm.

Answer: saccular

Flashcard 906: Casoni's intradermal test is done to diagnose hydatid cyst uses fresh sterilised _____ from hydatid cysts.

Answer: hydatid fluid

Flashcard 907: Drug of choice for ovulation induction in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is

Answer: Letrozole

Flashcard 908: Drug of choice for bleeding oesophageal varices is?

Answer: Terlipressin (or Octreotide)

Extra: Terlipressin is the preferred vasoactive drug for acute management of bleeding esophageal varices. Other options include Octreotide and Somatostatin. Vasopressin is no longer the drug of choice due to significant systemic side effects, such as myocardial and mesenteric ischemia, caused by potent vasoconstriction.

Flashcard 909: Drug of choice for bleeding oesophageal varices is -

Answer: Vasoactive drugs (e.g., Octreotide)

Flashcard 910: In case of hepatic abscess (Pyogenic/Amoebic), empirical drugs of choice are _______ and Metronidazole

Answer: Ceftriaxone