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  • Liver Enzyme Inducers?
    St John's Wart
    Carbamazepine
    Phenytoin
    Topiramate
    Rifampicin
    Ritonavir
  • Increased APPT = Haemophilia
  • DIC:
    Prolonged APTT and PT
    Decreased fibrinogen and platelets
  • Haemophilia A = Low factor 8
  • Haemophilia B = Low factor 9
  • Von Willebrand = decreased factor 8, normal PT, prolonged APTT
  • Young woman = MS
  • Central scotoma = optic neuritis visual defect (MS)
  • Aeur Rods = AML
  • Reed- Sternberg Cells = Hodgkin Lymphoma
  • Thyroglossal cyst = moves on tongue pertrusion
  • NHL= atypical lymphoid cells, irregular nucleus and high mitotic rate
  • Myelofibrosis = tear drop poikilocytes
  • Sickle cell = Autosomal recessive
  • Factor 8 deficiency = prolonged PT
  • Amyloidosis = Congo Red
  • target cells = thalassemia
  • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome = Rigid, delirium and infection
    High CK on bloods
  • Seretonin Syndrome = mental state changes, autonomic hyperactivity, neuromuscular abnormalities
  • Lithium Toxicity = Tremor, CNS dysfunction, arrhythmia, visual disturbances
  • TACO = High BP
    TRALI = Low BP
  • New onset psychosis, Schizophrenia or Mania without agitation = Risperidone etc
  • Mania with agitation = Benzo
  • Bipolar maintenance = Lithium
  • Antipsychotic = Dopamine antagonist
  • Aripiprazole = Lower prolactin
  • Frontal = Broca's area = speech production
  • Temporal = Wernicke's area = processing auditory stimuli
  • SLE = warm auto-immune haemolytic anaemia
  • IgG = most common paraprotein in myeloma
  • Smudge cells = CLL
  • Burkitt Lymphoma = EBV
  • Epidural Haemorrhage = Lemon
  • Subdural Haemorrhage = Cresent
  • CN Nuclei
    A) Olfactory
    B) Optic
    C) Oculomotor
    D) Trochlear
    E) Trigeminal
    F) Abducens
    G) Vestibulocochlear
    H) Hypoglossal
    I) Accessory
    J) Vagus
    K) Glossopharyngeal
    L) Facial
  • lateral geniculate body = vision
  • medial geniculate body = auditory
  • Sensory spinal pathways = ascending
    Motor spinal pathways = descending ]
  • Dorsal column medial lemniscus:
    Sensory pathway
    Split into fasiculus cutaneous and fasiculus gracilis
    For fine touch, vibration and proprioception of ipsilateral side
    Dessucates in medulla
  • Anterolateral spinothalamic pathway:
    Sensory pathway
    Lateral = pain and temp
    Anterior = crude touch and pressure
    Of contralateral side
    Dessucates in spinal cord