Liver, biliary tract and pancreatic disease
7 Liver, biliary tract and pancreatic disease Questions Question 1 Please could you tell me the normal range of values for the liver function test serum alkaline phosphatase. The only…
Psychological medicine
22 Psychological medicine Questions Question 1 What investigations are recommended in a 70-year-old patient presenting with auditory and visual hallucinations with amnesia? Question 1 Could you explain the definitions of…
Neurological disease
21 Neurological disease Questions Question 1 Please what is (are) the likely cause(s) of sudden sharp but brief pain (resembling pin prick) in the right lower abdomen? Question 2 What…
The special senses
20 The special senses Questions Question 1 Does central vertigo decrease with time? Question 2 Are vestibular sedatives such as betahistine indicated in the treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo?…
Endocrine disease
18 Endocrine disease Questions Question 1 Is growth hormone deficiency in childhood commonly associated with panhypopituitarism? Question 2 I would like to ask why, when treating hypopituitarism, an adrenal crisis…
Environmental medicine
17 Environmental medicine Questions Question 1 In view of the controversial reports on the use of melatonin for long distance flights, I would like to know if the editors use…
Intensive care medicine
15 Intensive care medicine Questions Question 1 Is there any role for heparin in management of septic shock? Question 2 Is there more adrenaline (epinephrine) or noradrenaline (norepinephrine) produced in…
Respiratory disease
14 Respiratory disease Questions Question 1 As a third-year medical student in Russia I am researching ‘the role of proteolytic enzymes and their inhibitors in lung pathology’. Can you explain…
Malignant disease
9 Malignant disease Questions Question 1 What is the meaning of ‘opsoclonus’ and does it always indicate malignancy? Question 2 Does a greatly elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) denote malignancy? Question…
Haematological disease
8 Haematological disease Questions Question 1 What is favism? Question 2 What is the haemoglobin content of reticulocytes and how can this be measured or determined? Question 3 We are…
