High Yield Points for PLAB by Clinchers

Pharmacology:

• Yellow vision = digoxin
• Blue vision = vigra
• ASA = take with meal
• Rx for lyme = doxy = to be taken after meal = patient to be upright for 30 mints
• Any fever = Rx with Abx
• Folic acid dose = 5mg / tablet
• Pneumonia that causes steven johnson’s synd = mycoplasma = rash
• Li – BeH line + terminal spinal cord
• To reduce serm Ca++ = Mx = Bisphosphonate

Poisoning:

• FeSo4 overdose will cause pyloric stricture
• Panadol overdose will cause liver damage, Antidote = N-acetylcystine
• TCA overdose causes tachyarrythmia, dry mouth, hallucination
• Opiate overdose causes hypotension, hypoventilation, small pupil
• Digoxin overdose will cause bradycardia, visual disturbance

Genetics:

• Obese child, floppy body, wanting to eat and eat (hunger baby synd) = prader willi synd
• Short, fat, prolonged steriod use = cushings

Traumatology:

• Blunt abdominal injury best Ix = CT abdomen
• Blunt abd. Injury with epigastric pain = pancreatic rupture
• Blunt abd. Injury with RUQ pain = liver rupture
• Blunt abd. Injury with LUQ pain = spleen
• Blunt abd. With loin pain = kidney rupture / anuria
• Blunt abd. With with umblical area = mesenteric vessel injury
• Blunt abd. Injury with abd. Pain/SOB = diagphramatic rupture

Occupational Health:

• Furniture maker has high risk of Maxillary antral Ca.
• Rubber or tyre workers has high risk of Bladder Ca.
• Dye workers has high risk of Renal cell Ca.
• Ship worker has high risk of Mesothelioma
• Sheep farmer with nasal bleed = ORF