The Pimpin' Quiz; Round 2 answers
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
By Popular request, here are the answers to Round Two of The Pimpin' Quiz.
- Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation, (plus, automated Defibrillator if available)
- Timentin contains Ticarcillin & Clavulanic Acid
- 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.
- Rugby Union for the Springboks and Sharks (Super 14) at Flyhalf (First five, for you Kiwis)
- Left Anterior Hemiblock, Inferior MI, Ventricular Tachycardia from a Left Ventricular Focus and Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. Thanks OHCM.
- B-Cells are the most common cell line from which Lymphoma occurs.
- 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.
- Escherichia coli is the most common causative organism in UTI.
- 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
- Diltiazem is a Benzothiazine Calcium Channel Blocker.
- I've just asked for an Anti-CCP titre for a patient, because I suspect Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Narrow complex tachycardias have an ECG rate of greater than 100 bpm and a QRS complex duration of less than 120 ms.
Thankyou, and thanks for the research tips they're very helpful.