Practice Emergency & Critical Care questions with answers and explanations.
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Ischaemic stroke is neurological deficit caused by interruption of cerebral blood flow due to arterial occlusion.
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Heart failure is a syndrome in which the heart cannot meet metabolic demands or does so only at elevated filling pressures.
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Atrial fibrillation is a supraventricular arrhythmia with disorganised atrial activity and an irregularly irregular pulse.
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Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disorder with variable and usually reversible airflow obstruction.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is persistent airflow limitation commonly related to smoking or noxious exposure.
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Diabetic ketoacidosis is hyperglycaemia with ketonaemia and metabolic acidosis due to severe insulin deficiency.
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Hypothyroidism is a state of deficient thyroid hormone action that may cause fatigue, weight gain and bradycardia.
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Nephrotic syndrome is heavy proteinuria with hypoalbuminaemia, oedema and often hyperlipidaemia.
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Nephritic syndrome is glomerular inflammation causing haematuria, reduced filtration and often hypertension.
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Iron-deficiency anaemia is a microcytic anaemia caused by inadequate iron availability for haemoglobin synthesis.
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Megaloblastic anaemia is a macrocytic anaemia caused by impaired DNA synthesis, often from folate or vitamin B12 deficiency.
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Cirrhosis is diffuse hepatic fibrosis with regenerative nodules and altered liver architecture.
