KEY points pass medicine for part -1 and part-2 (part-b)

H. pylori eradication:PPI + amoxicillin + clarithromycin, or
PPI + metronidazole + clarithromycin
Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula causes farmer's lung, a type of EAAACE inhibitors have reduced efficacy in black patients and are therefore not used first-lineADPKD type 1 = chromosome 16 = 85% of casesADPKD type 2 = chromosome 4 = 15% of casesATN or prerenal uraemia? In prerenal uraemia think of the kidneys holding on to sodium to preserve volumeAbsence seizures - good prognosis: 90-95% become seizure free in adolescenceAbsolute risk reduction = (Control event rate) - (Experimental event rate)
Acne rosacea treatment:mild/moderate: topical metronidazole
severe/resistant: oral tetracycline
Acromegaly: increased sweating is caused by sweat gland hypertrophy
Activated protein C resistance (Factor V Leiden) is the most common inherited thrombophilia
Acute angle closure glaucoma is associated with hypermetropia, where as primary open-angle glaucoma is
associated with myopia
Acute myeloid leukaemia - good prognosis: t(15;17)
Acute myeloid leukaemia - poor prognosis: deletion of chromosome 5 or 7
Acute promyelocytic leukaemia - t(15;17)
Addison's disease is associated with a metabolic acidosis
Adenosine:-
dipyridamole enhances effect
aminophylline reduces effect

Adrenal cortex mnemonic: GFR – ACD
Adrenaline induced ischaemia – Phentolamine
Alcohol withdrawal:-
symptoms: 6-12 hours
seizures: 36 hours
delirium tremens: 72 hours
Allopurinol inhibits xanthine oxidase
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency - autosomal recessive / co-dominant
Alport's syndrome - X-linked dominant (in the majority)
Alport's syndrome - type IV collagen defect
Amiodarone - MOA: blocks potassium channels
Amylase: breaks starch down to sugars
Anal fissure - topical glyceryl trinitrate
Anaphylaxis - serum tryptase levels rise following an acute episode
Anaphylaxis = type I hypersensitivity reaction
Anaplastic thyroid cancer - aggressive, difficult to treat and often causes pressure symptoms
Angiodysplasia is associated with aortic stenosis
Animal bite - co-amoxiclav






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