UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test (MSRA-style single best answer) · Musculoskeletal, Dermatology, Haematology, Genetics, Cancer and Palliative Care
Haematology
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- A 62-year-old man has iron-deficiency anaemia on a routine blood test, with no symptoms. What is the most important next step?
- A vegan patient has macrocytic anaemia, numbness of the feet and loss of vibration sense, with a low serum B12. Why should folic acid not be given alone?
- A child with sickle cell disease has severe bone pain, fever and a hot swollen limb. Which organism is the characteristic cause of osteomyelitis in this condition?
- A patient receiving chemotherapy has a temperature of 38.5 degrees Celsius and a neutrophil count of 0.3 x 10^9/L. According to NICE, how quickly should antibiotics be given?
- A woman has fever, confusion, microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia, thrombocytopenia and renal impairment. What is the correct management?
- According to NICE, what haemoglobin threshold may be considered for red cell transfusion in a patient without acute coronary syndrome or major bleeding?
- A middle-aged patient has leucocytosis, splenomegaly and the Philadelphia chromosome. Which fusion gene is present and which drug class is first-line?
- A patient is five days into unfractionated heparin when the platelet count falls from 250 to 90 x 10^9/L and a leg vein thrombosis develops. What is the management?
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