The Pimpin' Quiz; Round 2 answers

By Popular request, here are the answers to Round Two of The Pimpin' Quiz.
  1. Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation, (plus, automated Defibrillator if available)
  2. Timentin contains Ticarcillin & Clavulanic Acid
  3. Meig's Syndrome, according to the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, is the triad of a pleural effusion, benign ovarian fibroma (or thecoma) and ascites.
  4. Rugby Union for the Springboks and Sharks (Super 14) at Flyhalf (First five, for you Kiwis)
  5. Left Anterior Hemiblock, Inferior MI, Ventricular Tachycardia from a Left Ventricular Focus and Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. Thanks OHCM.
  6. B-Cells are the most common cell line from which Lymphoma occurs.
  7. Six Neuro/Psyche differentials for syncope could include Hyperventilation syndrome, Hydrocephalus, Migraine headache, Narcolepsy, Panic attacks, Seizure disorder, Stroke, among others. From eMedicine, it's gold.
  8. Escherichia coli is the most common causative organism in UTI.
  9. It's implied he's an alcoholic; 'Xanthias: "What's that they're trying to make you say, Dercylus? Dipsomania!" ' Aristophanes' The Wasps (translated by David Barrett, 1964, Penguin), 422BCE
  10. Diltiazem is a Benzothiazine Calcium Channel Blocker.
  11. I've just asked for an Anti-CCP titre for a patient, because I suspect Rheumatoid Arthritis
  12. Narrow complex tachycardias have an ECG rate of greater than 100 bpm and a QRS complex duration of less than 120 ms.
The top score was 8/12, from phantomoftheopera, whose prize is on the way. Congratulations! There will be a few weeks before The Pimpin' Quiz; Round Three!

1 comments:

    Thankyou, and thanks for the research tips they're very helpful.