Practice Medicine & Allied Clinical Reasoning questions with answers and explanations.
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Pulmonary embolism is obstruction of pulmonary arteries, commonly by thrombus originating in deep veins.
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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.
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Acute pancreatitis is acute pancreatic inflammation commonly presenting with severe epigastric pain and elevated pancreatic enzymes.
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Bacterial meningitis is acute infection of the meninges requiring urgent antimicrobial treatment.
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Ischaemic stroke is neurological deficit caused by interruption of cerebral blood flow due to arterial occlusion.
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Sepsis is life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection.
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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic autoimmune inflammatory arthritis typically affecting small joints symmetrically.
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Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multisystem autoimmune disease associated with diverse autoantibodies and organ involvement.
