Sunday, June 17, 2012

Sulfonamides

More additions to the antibiotic range....

Sulfonamides (f vs. ph?? - it's an f in the BNF) are:
    TRI methoprim
    Co TRI moxazole

So think of someone from the network 3 (TRI) trying to sell you a phone: "sell-phone...amide.....sulfonamide".

The other antibiotics are available here.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Monoclonal Tumour Markers

  • CA 125 = Ovarian Cancer
  • CA 19-9 = Pancreatic Cancer
  • CA 15-3 = Breast Cancer
 *these are usual associations, it is possible that each of these are raised in other cancers (CA125 also found in pancreatic, gastric, colonic, breast)

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Alternative Bristol Stool Chart

Can't take the credit for this one (was one of my lecturer's) - it's a pretty good way of taking a bowel habit history: