Monday, April 20, 2009

Revision on Common Infectious Disease

Seems like nobody wanted to revise on Gastroenterology, so lets play my favourite topic : Infectious Disease~



1) Classification of Fever

2) Causes of Fever



Respiratory tract infections

What is the most common etiologic agent?

What are the difference between influenza and common cold? Are there any difference in terms of treatment?

How often are influenza vaccines given?Any reasons?

What is pneumonia?Classifications based on anatomy?Common etiology? What are the signs and symptoms? How to manage?
Causes of cough
Causes of bronchiectasis
What are the symptoms of bronchiectasis? Complications?
Explain what is meant by empyema.

Neurological Infections
Define meningitis,meningism, encephalitis and encephalopathy.
Route of infection of meningitis
Common etiology?
SYmptoms of meningitis
How to differentiate viral and bacterial meningitis?
What signs indicatate meningism? How to do it?
Treatment for bacterial meningitis? How would you select the antibiotics?
What is post infectious encephalopathy/polyradiculopathy? What etiology?
What are 2 infectious causes of 7th nerve palsy? WHat syndrome do they cause? How to manage?

^^ play la.easy only

6 comments:

~YM~ said...

if wanna play hav to write an essay long enough to take Int med exam paper... -.-"

I'll just pick one relatively easy to give a shot...influenzae vaccine is recommended to be given every year due to the fast mutating influenzae strains which may render the vaccine ineffective. Therefore, new vaccines are produced every year to "cope" with the new strains. (I think they target the common antigens, if I did not remember wrongly)

Jeffrey said...

k la...actually correct answer is 2 times yearly, one during around feb to march and another during july to sept...this is when new strains are analyzed after they undergo genetic drifts and shifts

~YM~ said...

hmm..interesting... cos usually they follow the annual flu shot recommendations. Most likely the the Feb-March is for Southern Hemisphere while July-Sept for Northern Hemisphere, as winter is usually the "influenzae season".

Just wondering which source did you had for the twice a year shots, could it be in the equatorial countries? :P

Jeffrey said...

ok salah....i mean to say new influenza vaccine produced haha paiseh...

Produced in early and late year depending on where you are in the world lo....

sleepy when replying semalam...wahhaha sorryt

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