MRCPi Part 1 Recall
MRCPi Part 1 Recall
3.12 hours after headache, and neck stiff ct negative what to do next i used
lumbar puncture
6. high grade fever, cough, green sputum, dull percusion, increase vocal
fermitus i used pleural effusion another option was pneumonia
A PATIENT WITH SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER HAD HYPONATREMIA 125 AND
CONFUSION , WHAT IS THE TREATMENT
- NaCL 0.9%
-NaCL 1.8%
- TOLVAPTAN
- DEMCLOCYYCLINE
I think NACL .9 SALINE
If small cell ca then SIADH?so most definite treatment fluid restriction or
demococyline?
January Part I 2017
Sudden loss of vision unilateral in patient with DM and HTN..i answered RD,
.vitrous hemmorhage.
Stable angina ECG changes- normal, t wave invertion, st depression etc
First question.. RTA with fracture skull, now detrioration , antibiotics
given..? Inc dose of Abx, i answered HIV as he is IV drug abuser, ?CT scan
A wave on JVP, ?pulm HTN,
MI . Papilary rupture,
Pt with CCF which drug for good prognsis? Aspirin?? Spironolactone,
bendroflumethazide, digoxin etc
HIV with sigmoidoscopy showing while lesion ? I answered crispordiasis? Hpv?
Anal fissure etc
Asthmatic now on inhalers, some test were done no change, i answered add
steroid inhaler..other options longacting salmeterol, oral pred etc, inc dose
of salbutamol etc
A difficult question of pt with metabolic acidosis, pco2 and ph mentioned?
Repeat ABG in patient who was on oxygen pco2 9 and po2 20, i asked to
repeat ABG in 30min and reduce oxygen 20-30%
Foot drop i answerd perneal nerve with fibular head compresion? Other
options deep peronial, sural nerve etc
CXR given i answered silocosis, other option klebsella, steptococal
pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, there was bilateral basal hazzines, i thought
silicon is heavy causing lower area of lung disease
MEN1 pic give with herpcalcemia, etc
Epistaxix with renal issues, i aswered wegeners
Hypertension with hypokalemia i answered barters, other option ligol's
syndetc
VT hypotension tachy i gave synchronised DC shock, other options unsync dc
shock, iv acces and aireays etc
Hypercalcemia i gave iv fluids first
Hypercalcemia i gave bisphosphonates
BM of 70 , i gave iv insulin, other option s/c insulin
Bee sting pt with angioedema i gave 1/1000 adrenalin ?im, not sure iv
Unilateral exomphthalmos ?ct scan
Pt with fixed unilateral dilated pupil recent after mi which was
thrombolyed, i answed hemorrhage? Uncal herniation??
Back pain and conjuctivitis i associated with sacroilitis
Another similar question was genetic and inflammatory association
Polysystic kidney or some other disease inheritiance from both parent
carrier?, mother carrier?
Pt femal declined surgery for pancreatic cancer, i answered need further
medical councelling? Other option inform children to convince her and
capacity assessment?
Pt with rash on hand and nail pitting, i answered psoriasis
Pt with af and CRF i answered warfarin or aspirin?
Pt with raised creatinin ? Ambulatory hemodialisis, other options perotonial
dialyssis, home dialysis etc
Pt with ph of 7.1 etc i gave bicarb,
Pt with recent mi now heamatamesis , i asked icu and endoscopy.
Pt with hematemsis i asked for stenkeston tube insertion, other options
traslipression adh
Female girl with spider nevi 18 yrs old, i said cirhosis
Question re budchiari and primary biliary cirrhosis?
Penile ulcer treponema pallidum
Muscular pain, orange urine i asked to do creatinine kinase, ?muscle biopsy
Pt with pelvic pain, i asked for pelvic xray, ?hypercalcemia! Electrophoresis
etc
Epsilateral hemanopia ?temporal lobe or parital lobe
Painless nodule, difuse enlaged thyroid, i answer normal test
Skin pegmentation i answer addisons as hyperkalemia?
Immunology question Polyp in nose I ANSWERED IGM, OTHER iga, igg etc
Young patient Pain on bending backward? Disc prolapse? Other
oteporosis/fracture etc
Pt applied sun block now with rash, solar burns, i said allergic reaction then
corrected to hydralazine exposure sun reaction?
Ear lesion shown pic ? Basal cell carcinoma, other squamus cc, edges are
rolled margins and irregular with central bleeding, cant be keratocanthoma
etc
Pt with chest problems, i asswered occupational
Sleep apnae question i asked for polysmonography
Pt with hearing problem in noisy envoroment i aswered choclear problem, ?
Nerve lesion, brain lesion, middle/external ear problem
Early diastolic murmur? Aortic regurgitation forget this question ( somebody
help)
Xray abdomen shown of patient with prev ruptured appendicits, i aswered
appendicular mass obstruction as small bowel enlarged , other option
adhesion, parlytic illeus?
Rheumatoid arthritis?jevenila as pt had knee crepitis,other option
chondrocalcinsis, ostemalacia. This pt also suffered morning stiffness.
Pt had headaches lumbar puncture wcc raised and protein normal..? Cannlt
recall what were they asking
Pt with haemetemesis? Cirrhosis, portal htn? Cannot recall exactly
September 2016
Unresponsive patient
NO vocal response
No eye opening
Withdrawal to pain
Ans Intubation
Weight loss
Dysphasia
Halitosis
62 year old
Investigation of choic
? OGD
.manometry
I choose OGD
Halitosis question also mentioned about regurging food- thot it was pharyngeal
pouch that they were referring to so chose barium meal?
for the bedsore question, the patient had a femoral fracture, is it feasible to be
turning every 2hours?
Recalls:
Insulin and C-peptide relationship (?factitious disorder)
recurrent ear discharge (?otitis media/cholesteatoma)
Lung CA that goes with Hyponatremia
18yr lady, proteinuria, but asymptomatic. urinary ACR fluctuates. (?thin membrane
disease)
Changes in ABG during anaemia
Polyurea
Polydypsia
On Prednisolone
Forgot rest ? Myeloma
Hyper alchemical or hyperglycaemia
Does somebody remembers the stem where, a pt waiting for renal transplant with
GFR and creatinine of 260.
Option
A renal transplant
B haemodialysis in hospital
C Perotoneal dialysis
D 24 hr ambulatory dialysis
E dialysis at home
I quite agree most of your answeer but disagree with the following:
Common organism:Entercocus
Increase KCO with GN: CSS bcause Gn in sarcodsis is rare
PMR not polymyosities
Cardiomyopathy
Oral anticoagulation bcoz CHAD2VASC2 score>2
recuurent VVS: avoiding the situation and aware
Even I answered Enterococcus for common pathogen but had a look on one
research paper which says E. coli is common
I think GN question had neuropathy as well, so I went for CSS ? For neuritis
Nurse with syncopal episodes had urinary incotinence as well, I went for EEG
and imaging
hi there all, i think we should start discussion on all questions one by one, esp
the ones on disputes.. what u think?>
and another COPD q i choose Non invasive : for this first thing in the
management steps is to decrease Fio2 to 24-28% , if it does not help then the
next step is NIV.
26. R.A.S. : dec. Renin and Inc aldosterone ..prim hyperaldosteronism con's :
The pateint with peripheral vascular dis, and renal bruits making RAS likely. In
this situation dec blood flow to Renal artries causes Inc Renin secretion which
then leads to Inc aldosterone production, so its not Conns , as in Conns there in
Inc aldosterone that negative feedbacks to reduce renin.
28: ++++ proteinuria , after a viral illness: MCD vs Viral cardiac myopathy? i
agree with MCD. I did not opt MCD as his renal functions were normal , so i
went for viral.
34. VV syncope : do nothing -----i agree with EEG AND BRAIN IMAGING , The
answer is to avoid and aware that i looked in text. my answer is wrong.
36. Dermatology pic: Hemangioma?/ basal cell? BASAL CELL i choose : It was
tough but I opted hemangioma.
Oral anticoagulation bcoz CHAD2VASC2 score>2: The patient age was less than
75 years , not in CCf , non diabetic , no hx of TIA or strokes, was only
hypertensive making the score 1 , so i went for aspirin.
48. Median nerve : splint / decompression==== i choose splint? :difficult again
as splint and decompression are both treatments written in text , i was
confused so i opted decompression, but I think splinnts at night time looks more
appropriate.
56. esophageal rupture : esophagogram / CT chest? i choose water soluble
contrast..if negative then we go esophagogram..if negative then ct chest---my
opinion : yes its contrast first
43. NSCLC : thoracotomy/mediastinoscopy? i went for mediastinoscopy :
agreed
44. Status epilepticus : IV bengodiazepines i choose as 1st option: In the
guidelines and what our neurologist in my hospital recomends id IV phenytoin ,
so i went for it
70. External/internal Intercostals/ diaphragm weakness:?? i choose diaphragm
weakness--? : I opted same. but why ? no explanation
68. Lung functions with dec transfer factor: Sarcoidosis not sure of this question
but i think either asthma was there.Actually no asthma history given making it
tough to decide , thats why i chose sarcoidosis , but maybe they deliberately
did not give this hx.
74. HIV confirmation: p24 antigen: In books i studied , both P24 antigen and
viral load is written for confirmation , so i was not sure what is best between
these two. I chose viral load.
76. Mass in neck and stridor : tracheostomy : next most appropriate step ? i
went for laryngeal mask : I dont know exact answer as i never dealt with such a
case .
80. Admitted pt, nurses observed decreased appetite : nutrition? : oral ? i went
for oral. as patient stable.. agreed .
there was a question with???? angular stomatitis i guess was zinc deficiency..im
not sure really. but i think think there was history of small bowl removed... so
zinc def..
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I think haemagioma
Lactic acidosis is ok . I mean X Ray chest with RT upper lobe with clubbing??
Cancer/to/ abcess? What was it?
The one in which they were asking that what will be in the sputum. the answer
was hyphe
I thought the blood film was iron deficiency was kinda whitish rbcs.
One was B12 deficiency
Another was riboflavin deficiency
Another was niacin deficiency
iga nephropathy
one was i think wegeners vd skin lesions and proteinuria..i dont remmbr
exactly
hyphae on sputum
pt had atrial fibrillation and othr conditions like hypertension diabetes and
treatment was asked
whats CVID?
There is one lower third murmur plus arthritis??? What it was it?
Any body know the pass mark, I heard it is 50% ?
ckd with sob thy asked wht is the treatment for sob.i marked frusemide but i
think it was hemodialysis....
thr was anothr post op pt i guess in which answer was normal saline i/v ..
anothr was appendicitis with adrenal crisis
thr was anothr with back pain and h/o some malignancy ,female
pt..investigation was asked..MRI spine?
anothr was calcium and phosphate given..i marked primary hyper
parathyroidism..but i dont know the ans
yeah the lithium was different question..and one in which cal n phosphate and
parathyroid level were given was different
and the pt vd breast cancer her main complain was backache as far as i
remmbr..the first thing shd b to rule out metastasis
thr ws another in which pt had temporary loss of vision i guess two to three
episodes and had smthing vd carotids..i dont remmbr complete but i guess
answer was problm in carotids??
IP for B.c is 1-6hrs but for Staph it is 2-7hrs. Both can cause abd. cramp, diarrhoea, nausea and
vomiting. B.c is mostly from chinese rice/fried rice or meat.
Staph from dairy/meat products.
My guess is Bacillus....
regarding that young man with positive family his. of DM , he was asymptomatic
and ias i remember his fbs was not too much high ( 8 mmol i think) my answer
was diet
female pt with 2 sisters having SCA , pt was in desert complaining of loin pain
.she was dehydrated : sickle cell trait
a question in which pt was putting out grey sputum, x ray shows fibrosis -- what
is the next inv -- ct chest/ bronchoscopy
Psoriasis q 68.
72. Q on sputum with nifght sweats, x ray showing patchy infiltrates bilaterallyi
.... Sputum analysis, ct chest, bronchoscopy
Whats ans?? Sputum or ct?? Tb? Or pul frib? Hx wasnt too long
Q70) protein more than 30 was CSF , the findings were in favour of Herpetic
meningitis -- i put Aciclovir IV
another q on epilepsy , tonic clonic what is the next thing u do-- airway
maintenance/ IV diazepam/
question on Jerky double impulse pulse-- one of the answer was HOCM
Whats answer?
the answer was coronary spasm , because cardiac markers were normal,
manometry normal, ph normal , in short everything normal so are left with
conoray spasm option
One q on polymyositis
Also a question on blood loss >2000 for blood pressure low to 80 n pulse 142
N raised alkaline phosphatase quest was vit d levels check for osteomalacia..
Incarcinated hernia
C1 def
Venous ulcer
Feltys syndrome
Case of MS
PE in 2 questions
Diphtheria question
Ace inhibitors in 2 questions for limiting proteinuria
A question on syringomyelia.....
Gilberts syndrome was one of the stems in a question , the other options were
crigger najjar syndrome, both were not correct b,cause question shows
conjugated bilirubin. i marked from the other 3 stems
a question on Gangrene, at first the level of demarcation was low after few
hours the level has risen upto high , pt diabetic . what was the organisms
responsible-- answers were Cl perfringes/ stap aureus/
qestion on a lady with history of constipation and some more findings, mother
of this lady had colon malignancy - what is the best investigation . answers
were Colonscopy/ TSH/
small ulcerated lesion on the chin - squamous cell carcinoma/ basal cell
carcinoma/melanoma/
April 2015