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  • ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic hormone)
  • AF and Anticoagulation ✅
  • AFP (Alpha-fetoprotein) Testing
  • AIDS (HIV) Neurological Disease
  • AIDS (HIV) Respiratory disease
  • AIDS Dementia Complex (HIV) ✅
  • AIDS HAART Antiretroviral Drugs ✅
  • AIDS HIV Infection and a Fever ✅
  • AIDS(HIV) Gastrointestinal Disease ✅
  • APGAR Scoring (Children)
  • APTT and Coagulation
  • Abacavir 💊
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  • Abbey Pain Scale
  • Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS)
  • Abciximab 💊
  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) ✅
  • Abdominal Distension
  • Abdominal Mass (Child health)
  • Abdominal Masses: Clinical Approach and Considerations
  • Abdominal X Ray Collections
  • Abdominal X-Ray (AXR)
  • Abdominal paracentesis for ascites
  • Abducent Nerve (Cranial Nerve VI)
  • Abetalipoproteinemia (Bassen-Kornzweig Syndrome)
  • Abnormal Involuntary Movements
  • Abnormal eating exercising behaviour (Children)
  • Abnormal urinalysis
  • Abscess - General
  • Absence Seizure
  • Acamprosate 💊
  • Acanthocytes
  • Acanthosis Nigricans
  • Acarbose 💊
  • Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm ❤️
  • Accessory Nerve (Cranial Nerve XI)
  • Acetazolamide 💊
  • Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies
  • Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
  • Achalasia
  • Achenbach’s syndrome
  • Achilles Tendon rupture
  • Achondroplasia ✅
  • Aciclovir 💊
  • Acid maltase deficiency (Pompe disease)
  • Acid-Base abnorrmalities
  • Acne Vulgaris ✅
  • Acoustic Neuroma ✅
  • Acquired Long QT syndrome (LQTS)
  • Acrodermatitis enteropathica (Children)
  • Acromegaly and Giantism ✅
  • Acromio-clavicular joint
  • Actinic Keratosis
  • Actinomyces israeli
  • Action Potential Neuron Versus Cardiac Ventricular Myocyte
  • Activated Charcoal
  • Active Proctitis ✅
  • Actrapid (Insulin) 💊
  • Acute (Ascending) Cholangitis ✅
  • Acute Abdomen - Perforation of a Viscus
  • Acute Abdominal Pain (OSCE focused)
  • Acute Abdominal Pain - Children ✅
  • Acute Abdominal Pain in Adults
  • Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis✅
  • Acute Airway Obstruction
  • Acute Anaphylactoid Reactions
  • Acute Anaphylaxis ✅
  • Acute Appendicitis (OSCE focused)
  • Acute Appendicitis in Children ✅
  • Acute Appendicitis ✅
  • Acute Bacterial Meningitis (Adults) ✅
  • Acute Bacterial Meningitis in Children ✅
  • Acute Bacterial Prostatitis ✅
  • Acute Blepharitis 👁️
  • Acute Bronchitis ✅
  • Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Oedema (CPO/LVF) ❤️
  • Acute Change in Vision or Vision Loss (OSCE focused)
  • Acute Chest Syndrome (Sickle Cell) ✅
  • Acute Cholecystitis ✅
  • Acute Colonic Pseudo-obstruction
  • Acute Compartment Syndrome
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) NSTEMI USA ❤️ ✅
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) STEMI ❤️ ✅
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS): Chest Pain ❤️ ✅
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS): Complications
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome Grace score ❤️
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome TIMI Score
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome: Cardiac Thrombolysis ❤️
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome: LBBB and AMI
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome: Overview
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome: Unstable Angina
  • Acute Coronary: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
  • Acute Delirium
  • Acute Disc Prolapse
  • Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
  • Acute Dystonic Reaction
  • Acute Encephalitis ✅
  • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia
  • Acute Epiglottitis
  • Acute Exacerbation of COPD✅
  • Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy
  • Acute Glaucoma
  • Acute Glomerulonephritis in Children ✅
  • Acute Hepatic Porphyrias ✅
  • Acute Hepatitis and Acute Liver disease
  • Acute Hydrocephalus
  • Acute Hypotension ✅
  • Acute Inflammation
  • Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP)
  • Acute Interstitial nephritis
  • Acute Joint Pain and Swelling (Children)
  • Acute Kidney Injury ✅
  • Acute Limb Ischaemia
  • Acute Liver Disease & Acute Liver Failure ✅
  • Acute Lymphangitis
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) ✅
  • Acute Medicine: Acute chest pain, breathlessness, collapse and blood gases
  • Acute Medicine: Cardiac arrest, advanced life support and peri-arrest arrhythmias
  • Acute Medicine: Electrolytes, acid–base, AKI and metabolic emergencies
  • Acute Medicine: Reduced consciousness, seizures, headache and acute confusion
  • Acute Medicine: Shock, sepsis and critical illness
  • Acute Medicine: Shock, sepsis and critical illness
  • Acute Medicine: The acute medical take
  • Acute Medicine: The deteriorating patient
  • Acute Monoarthritis
  • Acute Myeloblastic Leukaemia (AML) ✅
  • Acute Myocarditis ✅
  • Acute Neck Injury (no fracture)
  • Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis
  • Acute Pancreatitis ✅
  • Acute Pericarditis ✅
  • Acute Phase reactants
  • Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia (APML)
  • Acute Psychosis / Agitation
  • Acute Pyelonephritis and Urosepsis (UTI) ✅
  • Acute Radiation Syndromes
  • Acute Renal / Ureteric Colic and Urinary Tract Stones ✅
  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)✅
  • Acute Retroviral Syndrome (HIV)
  • Acute Rhabdomyolysis ✅
  • Acute Right-Sided Weakness (OSCE focused) 🧠
  • Acute Rotator Cuff Tear ✅
  • Acute Severe Asthma (Status Asthmaticus)✅
  • Acute Severe Colitis
  • Acute Stroke Care Guidance UK Ireland 2023
  • Acute Tracheitis
  • Acute Urinary Retention
  • Acute Uterine Haemorrhage ✅
  • Acute and Chronic Diarrhoea ✅
  • Acute and Chronic Gout ✅
  • Acute on Chronic Liver Disease Decompensation
  • Acute rash (Child Health)
  • Acutely Ill Critical care patient with High NEWS
  • Acutely Ill Patient with Parkinson's disease
  • Adalimumab 💊
  • Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACER)
  • Addison Disease (Adrenal Insufficiency)
  • Adefovir 💊
  • Adenocarcinoma of the Ampulla of vater
  • Adenosine deaminase deficiency
  • Adenosine 💊
  • Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) ✅
  • Administer IV Injection
  • Adrenal Adenomas
  • Adrenal Cancer
  • Adrenal Masses Incidentalomas
  • Adrenal crises (Paediatric) ✅
  • Adrenaline (Epinephrine) 💊
  • Adrenoleukodystrophy
  • Adrenomyeloneuropathy
  • Adult Hypertension ✅
  • Adult Onset Stills Disease
  • Adult Polycystic kidney disease ✅
  • Adverse Drug Effects
  • African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping sickness)
  • Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)
  • Aicardi syndrome
  • Air Embolism ✅
  • Alberta Stroke program Early CT score (ASPECT) scoring system
  • Albumin
  • Albumin-Protein Creatinine Ratio (PCR)
  • Alcohol Metabolism
  • Alcohol Withdrawal (Delirium Tremens)
  • Alcoholic Hepatitis
  • Alcoholic Ketoacidosis
  • Aldosterone
  • Alendronate (Alendronic acid) 💊
  • Alfacalcidol 💊
  • Algorithms
  • Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
  • Alkalinisation of urine
  • Alkaptonuria
  • Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
  • Allergic Rhinitis
  • Allergic disorders
  • Allergies
  • Allogeneic stem cell transplantation
  • Allopurinol 💊
  • Alogliptin (Vipidia) 💊
  • Alopecia Areata
  • Alopecia ✅
  • Alpha Thalassaemia ✅
  • Alpha subunit (ASU) of TSH
  • Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency
  • Alpha-gal syndrome
  • Alport's Syndrome
  • Alteplase 💊
  • Altitude sickness / Acute Mountain sickness
  • Aluminium and Magnesium Antacids
  • Alveolar Gas Equation
  • Alzheimer disease (Dementia) ✅
  • Amantadine 💊
  • Amaurosis fugax
  • Amblyopia 👁️
  • Ameloblastoma
  • Amenorrhoea
  • American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease)
  • Amiloride
  • Amino acids
  • Aminoglycosides 💊
  • Aminophylline 💊
  • Aminosalicylates 💊
  • Amiodarone and Thyroid disease
  • Amiodarone 💊
  • Amitriptyline 💊
  • Amlodipine 💊
  • Ammonia Encephalopathy
  • Amnestic syndromes and Memory Disorders
  • Amoebiasis Amoebic (Entamoeba histolytica)
  • Amoxicillin 💊
  • Amphetamine toxicity⚠️
  • Amphotericin B 💊
  • Ampicillin 💊
  • Amputations
  • Anaemia (Child Health)
  • Anaemia (Pregnancy)
  • Anaemia in Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Anaemia of Chronic Disease ✅
  • Anaemia: Assessment ✅
  • Anaesthetics and Critical Care Revision Guide ✅
  • Anagrelide 💊
  • Anakinra 💊
  • Anal Cancer ✅
  • Anal Fissure
  • Analgesic Nephropathy
  • Anaromy and Physiology of the Brain
  • Anatomy and Phsyiology of the Ear
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Pituitary
  • Anatomy and Physiology of Cilia
  • Anatomy and Physiology of Female Genitalia and Reproduction
  • Anatomy and Physiology of Male Genitalia
  • Anatomy and Physiology of Nerves
  • Anatomy and Physiology of Ribs and Chest Wall
  • Anatomy and Physiology of Small Bowel
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Abdomen
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Adrenal Gland
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Basal Ganglia
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Biliary system
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Bladder
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Bone Marrow
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Brainstem
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Breast
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Cauda equina
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Cerebellum
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Cerebral Cortex
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Coronary Arteries
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Diaphragm
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Glomerulus
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Kidneys
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Large Bowel (Colon, Rectum, Anal Canal)
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Larynx
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Liver
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Lungs
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Nose
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Oesophagus
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Ovary
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Pancreas
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Parathyroid Gland
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Pelvis
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Pharynx
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Rectum
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Spinal Cord
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Spine
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Spleen
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Stomach
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Thorax
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Thymus Gland
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Thyroid Gland
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Uterus and Fallopian Tubes
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the Vascular System
  • Anatomy and Physiology of the vagina
  • Anatomy and Physiology: Human
  • Anatomy of Cells and Physiology
  • Anatomy of Dentistry
  • Anatomy of the Hand
  • Anatomy of the Inguinal and Femoral canal
  • Anatomy of the Muscles
  • Anatomy of the Skin
  • Anatony and Physiology of the Nephron
  • Andexanet alfa
  • Androgen insensitivity syndrome
  • Aneurysms, ischaemic limb and occlusions
  • Angina bullosa haemorrhagica
  • Angiodysplasia
  • Angiomyolipoma
  • Angioneurotic Oedema
  • Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Angiotensin Converting enzyme (ACE) 💊
  • Angular Stomatitis - Cheilitis
  • Anion Gap and Metabolic Acidosis
  • Ankle-Brachial Pressure Index (OSCE focused)
  • Ankylosing spondylitis
  • Anogenital Warts (HPV) ✅
  • Anomalous Coronary Arteries
  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Anosmia
  • Antacid medication
  • Anterior / Medial Medullary Infarct (Dejerine Syndrome)
  • Anterior Choroidal Artery Ischaemic Stroke
  • Anterior Cruciate ligament injury
  • Anterior Horn Cell diseases
  • Anterior Spinal Cord syndrome
  • Anterior circulation Brain
  • Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
  • Anti microbial stewardship ✅
  • Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody (ACPA)
  • Anti-D immunoglobulin
  • Anti-Hu antibodies
  • Anti-NMDA (NMDAR) receptor encephalitis
  • Anti-OKT3 antibodies
  • Anti-RNP Antibody
  • Anti-Yo antibodies
  • Anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
  • Antiarrhythmic agents
  • Antibiotic Guidelines✅
  • Antibiotics Mechanisms
  • Antibiotics for Abdominal Infections
  • Anticholinergic Burden
  • Anticholinergic syndrome
  • Anticipation
  • Anticoagulation and Antithrombotic
  • Antidiuretic hormone (Vasopressin)
  • Antigen presenting cells
  • Antimicrobial Choices
  • Antimicrobial agents
  • Antimuscarinic drugs 💊
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome
  • Antithrombin III deficiency (AT3)
  • Anuria and Oliguria
  • Anxiety Phobias and OCD
  • Anxiety disorder: generalised (GAD)
  • Aortic Dissection ✅
  • Aortic Regurgitation ✅
  • Aortic Sclerosis
  • Aortic Stenosis ✅
  • Aortoenteric fistula
  • Apathetic thyrotoxicosis
  • Apixaban 💊
  • Aplastic anaemia ✅
  • Apomorphine 💊
  • Apoptosis
  • Appendix Cancer Tumours
  • Approach to the Child with Respiratory Distress
  • Apraxia
  • Arachnoid cyst
  • Arnold Chiari malformation
  • Arrhythmias
  • Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
  • Artemisinins 💊
  • Arterial blood gas sampling
  • Arterial thrombosis
  • Arteriovenous Malformations
  • Artery of Percheron stroke
  • Artery-to-artery embolic stroke
  • Artesunate
  • Arthritis Diagnosis Compared
  • Arthrocentesis and Synovial fluid analysis
  • Asbestos Related Lung disease
  • Ascites ✅
  • Aspergilloma
  • Aspergillus fumigatus
  • Aspirin 💊
  • Aspirin/Salicylate Toxicity
  • Assessing Hearing Loss
  • Assessing Significance
  • Assessing a Patient who is Shocked
  • Assessing and Painful Red eye
  • Assessment of Causes of Nausea 🤢
  • Assessment of causes of Vaginal Discharge
  • Asteatotic eczema
  • Asthma COPD overlap syndrome
  • Asthma✅
  • Astigmatism
  • Astrocytomas
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia
  • Atazanavir 💊
  • Atenolol 💊
  • Atherosclerosis ❤️
  • Atorvastatin 💊
  • Atracurium
  • Atrial Ectopic beats
  • Atrial Fibrillation and Rhythm Control ✅
  • Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP)
  • Atrial myxoma ❤️
  • Atrial septal defect (ASD) ✅
  • Atrioventricular Block
  • Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia AVNRT ❤️
  • Atrophic vaginitis
  • Atropine Sulfate 💊
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Auditory hallucinations
  • Autism spectrum disorder
  • Autoimmune Haemolytic anaemia (AIHA) ✅
  • Autoimmune Hepatitis ✅
  • Autoimmune Liver Disease Table ✅
  • Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes
  • Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD)
  • Autonomic Nervous System
  • Autonomic neuropathy ✅
  • Autosomal Dominant
  • Autosomal Recessive
  • Avascular Necrosis of Femoral head
  • Axillary Nerve
  • Azathioprine 💊
  • Azithromycin 💊
  • B lymphocytes
  • BRASH syndrome
  • BRCA genes (Familial Breast Cancer)
  • Bacillary Dysentery
  • Bacillus cereus poisoning
  • Back pain ✅
  • Backpain / Backache
  • Baclofen 💊
  • Bacteria and their Infections
  • Bacterial Vaginosis
  • Bacteroides fragilis
  • Baker's (Popliteal) Cyst
  • Balanitis (Adults)
  • Balanitis (Children)
  • Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN)
  • Balsalazide (Aminosalicylate) 💊
  • Barrett's oesophagus ✅
  • Barthel Index
  • Bartonella
  • Bartonella henselae (Cat Scratch Disease)
  • Bartters syndrome
  • Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) ✅
  • Basic Chemistry for Medicine
  • Basic Concepts of Pregnancy
  • Basic Neuroscience
  • Basic Neuroscience
  • Basic Physics for Medicine
  • Basic Statistics
  • Basics of Endocrinology
  • Basilar artery thrombosis
  • Bayes' Theorem
  • Becker Muscular dystrophy
  • Beclometasone (Beclomethasone) 💊
  • Beer Potomania
  • Behaviour/personality change ✅
  • Behavioural and Psychological (BPSD) Symptoms of Dementia
  • Behavioural difficulties in Adults ✅
  • Behavioural difficulties in childhood
  • Behcet's Syndrome
  • Bejel ( Treponema pallidum subspecies endemicum)
  • Belantamab mafodotin (Blenrep)
  • Bell's Palsy (Facial nerve palsy)
  • Bendroflumethiazide (Bendrofluazide) 💊
  • Benign Breast Disease
  • Benign Eyelid Conditions
  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia✅
  • Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis
  • Benzodiazepine Toxicity
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Benzylpenicillin Sodium (Penicillin G) 💊
  • Berg Balance Scale
  • Beriplex 💊
  • Berylliosis
  • Beta Agonists 💊
  • Beta Antagonists/Blockers
  • Beta Blocker toxicity⚠️
  • Beta Thalassaemia ✅
  • Beta-2 Microglobulin
  • Beta-lactamases 💊
  • Betahistine (Serc) 💊
  • Bezafibrate 💊
  • Bezafibrate 💊
  • Biceps tendon rupture
  • Bilateral Pontine Infarction due to Basilar Artery Thrombosis
  • Bile salt malabsorption (BAM)
  • Biliary atresia
  • Bilirubin
  • Biochemical Lab values
  • Biochemistry and Physiology of Globins
  • Biological Agents
  • Bioterrorism
  • Bipolar disorder: mania and hypomania ✅
  • Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome
  • Bisacodyl 💊
  • Bisoprolol 💊
  • Bisphosphonates 💊
  • Bites and stings
  • Blackouts and faints (TLOC)
  • Bladder Cancer
  • Bladder Stones
  • Blank Templates
  • Bleeding Antepartum
  • Bleeding or High INR on Warfarin or other Anticoagulation
  • Bleomycin
  • Blindness - global causes
  • Blood
  • Blood Pressure
  • Blood Transfusion Reactions
  • Blood cultures
  • Blood film interpretation
  • Blood transfusion
  • Blotting Techniques: Gel Electrophoresis
  • Body Mass Index
  • Bone Pain
  • Bone Physiology
  • Bone disease Lab results
  • Bone metabolism RANK RANKL OPG pathway
  • Bone scintigraphy (Bone scan)
  • Bordetella pertussis (Whooping cough)
  • Borrelia burgdorferi
  • Borrelia recurrentis
  • Bortezomib
  • Botulism
  • Boxer's fracture
  • Brachial neuritis (neuralgic amyotrophy) Parsonage-Turner syndrome
  • Brain Abscess
  • Brain CT Collection
  • Brain Embryology
  • Brain Herniation syndromes
  • Brain MRI
  • Brain MRI Collection
  • Brain Metastases
  • Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP)
  • Brain Tumours in Children
  • Brain Tumours ✅
  • Branchial cleft cyst
  • Breaking Bad News (OSCE)
  • Breast Cancer ✅
  • Breast Cysts
  • Breast Lump Evaluation
  • Breast abscess and Mastitis and Fat Necrosis
  • Breast tenderness/pain
  • Breathlessness
  • Bretylium 💊
  • Brighton Mobility Score
  • Broad Complex Tachycardia
  • Bromocriptine 💊
  • Bronchial adenoma
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Bronchiolitis
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Brown-Sequard Spinal Cord syndrome
  • Brucella
  • Brucellosis
  • Brugada syndrome ✅
  • Bruising
  • Budd-Chiari syndrome ✅
  • Budesonide 💊
  • Buerger disease (Thromboangiitis obliterans) ✅
  • Bulbar vs Pseudobulbar palsy
  • Bulimia Nervosa
  • Bullous Pemphigoid ✅
  • Bumetanide
  • Bunions
  • Buprenorphine 💊
  • Bupropion 💊
  • Burkholderia cepacia
  • Burkitt's lymphoma
  • Burns Management Guide
  • Busulphan (Busulfan)
  • Byssinosis
  • C Programming
  • C# programming
  • C++ Programming
  • CADASIL
  • CARASIL
  • CNS fungal Infections
  • CNS infections
  • CSF Interpretation
  • CSF Rhinorrhoea
  • CT Basics for Stroke
  • CT Pulmonary angiogram (CTPA)
  • Cabergoline
  • Caesarean Section (CS)
  • Café-au-lait spots
  • Caisson Disease Decompression sickness (The Bends)
  • Calcific Uraemic Arteriolopathy (Calciphyalxis)
  • Calcitonin
  • Calcitriol (1,25 Dihydroxycholecalciferol) 💊
  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • Calcium Chloride or Gluconate
  • Calcium Physiology
  • Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition (Pseudogout)
  • Calcium Resonium
  • Calcium channel blockers toxicity⚠️
  • Calot's triangle
  • Campylobacter jejuni
  • Canaliculitis 👁️
  • Cancer Pathology
  • Cancer and Stroke
  • Cancer of Unknown Primary
  • Candesartan 💊
  • Candida Skin Infections ✅
  • Candidiasis
  • Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS)
  • Cannabis toxicity⚠️
  • Cannonball Metastases
  • Capacity in Older Adult
  • Capecitabine 💊
  • Caplacizumab 💊
  • Capnocytophaga canimorsus
  • Capnography
  • Capreomycin
  • Capsular and Pontine Warning Syndromes
  • Captopri 💊
  • Carbamazepine 💊
  • Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae
  • Carbimazole 💊
  • Carbohydrates
  • Carbon Monoxide Toxicity
  • Carbon Tetrachloride Toxicity
  • Carbon dioxide embolism
  • Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)
  • Carcinoid Heart Disease ❤️
  • Carcinoid Tumour Syndrome
  • Carcinoma of the Bile Duct
  • Carcinoma of the Gallbladder ✅
  • Cardiac Amyloid heart disease
  • Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy
  • Cardiac Catheter ablation
  • Cardiac Crib Sheets
  • Cardiac Echocardiography: Basics and Uses
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia management
  • Cardiac Embryology
  • Cardiac MRI ❤️
  • Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) Pacemaker
  • Cardiac Syndrome X (Microvascular Angina)
  • Cardiac Troponins
  • Cardiac Troponins
  • Cardiac and Respiratory Rehabilitation
  • Cardioembolic stroke
  • Cardiogenic shock
  • Cardiological Emergencies: Revision ✅
  • Cardiology Examination (OSCE)
  • Cardiology Investigations
  • Cardiology Revision Guide ✅
  • Cardiology: Cardiology Emergencies
  • Cardiology: Anatomy Physiology and Pharmacology
  • Cardiology: Heart Failure (Complete) ✅
  • Cardiology: History and Examination
  • Cardiology: Infective Endocarditis
  • Cardiology: Ischaemic Heart Disease (ACS)
  • Cardiology: Pericardial Disease
  • Cardiology: Valvular heart disease
  • Cardiology: Venous Thromboembolism and Pulmonary Vascular Disease
  • Cardiology:Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Cardiology:Cardiomyopathies
  • Cardiology:Congenital heart disease
  • Cardiology:Heart Failure
  • Cardiology:Hypertension, Blood Pressure and Prevention
  • Cardiopulmonary bypass
  • Cardiorenal Syndromes ✅
  • Cardiorespiratory Arrest
  • Caring for Patients with Dementia
  • Carmustine 💊
  • Caroticocavernous Fistula
  • Carotid Artery Dissection
  • Carotid Body Tumour
  • Carotid Endarterectomy ✅
  • Carotid Sinus Syncope
  • Carotid Web
  • Carotid sinus massage
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Carvedilol 💊
  • Caspases
  • Castleman's disease
  • Cataract
  • Catheter Related UTI
  • Catheter related Blood stream infection
  • Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES)
  • Caudate Nucleus
  • Causes of Eosinophila
  • Causes of Fatigue
  • Causes of Gradual Visual Loss over weeks and months
  • Causes of Ketoacidosis
  • Causes of Limp in Children
  • Causes of Neck Pain/Stiffness
  • Causes of Precious Puberty in Children
  • Causes of Ptosis
  • Causes of Short Stature in Children
  • Causes of Stroke
  • Causes of Tall Stature in Children
  • Causes of Tremor
  • Causes of Vertigo
  • Causes of a high Erythrocyte Sedimentation rate (ESR)
  • Causes of abnormal Vaginal bleeding
  • Causes of delayed Onset of Puberty in Children ✅
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  • Raloxifene 💊
  • Raltegravir 💊
  • Ramipril 💊
  • Ramsay Hunt syndrome
  • Ranitidine 💊
  • Ranolazine 💊
  • Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI)
  • Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
  • Rasagiline 💊
  • Rasburicase
  • Rate limiting steps in metabolism
  • Raynaud's Phenomenon Primary and Secondary
  • Reactive Arthritis
  • Rectal Foreign Body
  • Rectal Pain (Proctalgia)
  • Rectal Prolapse ✅
  • Rectal examination (OSCE)
  • Red Blood Cell Maturation
  • Red cell aplasia
  • Reduced/change in fetal movements
  • Refeeding syndrome
  • Referring to Level 2 or 3 care (ITU ICU HDU)
  • Reflex anoxic attacks in Children
  • Refractive Errors
  • Refsum disease
  • Regular Broad Complex Tachycardia ❤️
  • Rehabilitation in a Nutshell of older patients
  • Relapsing Polychondritis
  • Remdesvir (Veklury)
  • Renal Artery Stenosis Renovascular Disease
  • Renal Emergencies: Revision ✅
  • Renal Papillary Necrosis
  • Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT)
  • Renal Top Tips
  • Renal Transplantation
  • Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)
  • Renal Vein Thrombosis ✅
  • Renal cell carcinoma ✅
  • Renal syndromes
  • Renal: Basics
  • Renal: Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Renal: Dialysis and Transplant
  • Renal: Emergencies
  • Renal: Glomerular Disease
  • Renal: Tubular Inherited Stones
  • Renin and Aldosterone Renin ratio (ARR)
  • Renin-angiotensin system
  • Respiratory Examination (OSCE)
  • Respiratory : Airways Disease
  • Respiratory : Interstitial Lung disease
  • Respiratory : Investigations
  • Respiratory : Lung Cancer
  • Respiratory Acidosis
  • Respiratory Alkalosis
  • Respiratory Arrest
  • Respiratory Crib Sheets
  • Respiratory Disease Investigations
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Neonates)
  • Respiratory Emergencies: Revision✅
  • Respiratory Failure
  • Respiratory Revision Guide ✅
  • Respiratory Spirometry and Flow Volume Loops
  • Respiratory: Basics
  • Respiratory: Emergencies
  • Respiratory: Infections
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  • Respiratory: Sleep and Breathing (Complete)
  • Restless legs syndrome
  • Restriction enzymes
  • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
  • Resus: Septic Shock and Sepsis
  • Resuscitation - Acute Haemorrhage
  • Resuscitation - Adult Bradycardia Algorithm
  • Resuscitation - Adult Tachycardia Algorithm
  • Resuscitation - Advanced Life Support Cardiac Arrest
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  • Resuscitation - Choking Algorithm
  • Resuscitation - Newborns and Children
  • Resuscitation - Post Resuscitation Algorithm
  • Reteplase 💊
  • Reticulocytes
  • Retinal detachment
  • Retinitis pigmentosa
  • Retinoblastoma 👁️
  • Retinoids 💊
  • Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) 👁️
  • Retroperitoneal fibrosis
  • Rett Syndrome
  • Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) ✅
  • Revision Core Syllabus Guide for Medical Students ✅
  • Reye syndrome
  • Rhesus haemolytic disease
  • Rheumatic fever ❤️
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis ✅
  • Rheumatology Anatomy Physiology Pharmacology
  • Rheumatology Autoantibodies
  • Rheumatology Drugs
  • Rheumatology Lab values
  • Rheumatology Revision Guide ✅
  • Rheumatology: Crystal arthritis, osteoarthritis and soft tissue pain
  • Rheumatology: Emergencies, pregnancy and other systemic diseases
  • Rheumatology: Inflammatory arthritis
  • Rheumatology: Vasculitis, GCA and PMR
  • Rheumatology: assessment, investigations and drugs
  • Rheumatology:Connective tissue diseases
  • Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Mucormycosis
  • Rhinosinusitis
  • Rhodococcus equi
  • Ribavirin 💊
  • Ribosomes
  • Ricin Toxicity
  • Rickettsia (General Principles)
  • Rickettsia africae (Tick Bite Fever)
  • Rickettsia akari (Rickettsial pox)
  • Rickettsia conorii (Mediterranean Spotted Fever)
  • Rickettsia prowazekii (Epidemi/Louse-borne Typhus)
  • Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
  • Rickettsia tsutsugamushi (Scrub typhus)
  • Rickettsia typhi (Murine/Endemic typhus)
  • Rifampicin (Rifabutin Rifampin) 💊
  • Rifaximin 💊
  • Right Iliac Fossa Pain
  • Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Tachycardia (RVOT)
  • Right Ventricular ST Elevation MI (RVMI)
  • Right heart valve disease
  • Rilipivirine (Edurant) RVP 💊
  • Riluzole (Rilutek)
  • Risedronate (Bisphosphonate) 💊
  • Risperidone 💊
  • Ritonavir (Norvir) RTV 💊
  • Rituximab (Mabthera) 💊
  • Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) 💊
  • Rivastigmine (Exelon) 💊
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • Rocuronium 💊
  • Role of Urinary Catheters in the Elderly
  • Rosacea ✅
  • Rotavirus
  • Rotigotine Transdermal Patch (Neupro) 💊
  • Rubella (German Measles) Notifiable
  • Ruptured Ovarian Cyst ✅
  • Rust Programming
  • SCL70 Antibody
  • SCOFF questionnaire screening tool
  • SQL programming
  • SUSS test for eating disorder examinations
  • Saccular Berry Cerebral Aneurysms
  • Sacubitril with Valsartan 💊
  • Safeguarding Adults and Children
  • Safety Surgical checklist WHO
  • Salivary Gland Disease
  • Salivary glands
  • Salmonella enterica
  • Salmonella typhi
  • Sampling in Medical Statistics
  • Samter's Tiad
  • Saquinavir (Invirase) SQV 💊
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Saxagliptin (Onglyza) 💊
  • Scabies
  • Scaphoid fracture
  • Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)
  • Scarring
  • Schamberg disease
  • Schistosomiasis
  • Schizophrenia
  • Schmidts syndrome
  • Sciatic nerve
  • Sciatica ✅
  • Scleritis
  • Scleroderma perforans of the sclera (scleromalacia perforans),
  • Scrotal/testicular pain/lump/swelling ⚠️
  • Seborrheic Dermatitis
  • Seborrheic Keratosis ✅
  • Secondary Hypertension
  • Secondary Messengers
  • Secondary Pulmonary hypertension - Cor pulmonale
  • Secondary dysmenorrhoea
  • Secondary hyperparathyroidism
  • Secondary prevention Post Acute Coronary Syndrome
  • Sedation and Analgesia on ITU
  • Selective IgA deficiency
  • Selective Serotonin reuptake Inhibitor toxicity⚠️
  • Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) 💊
  • Selegiline 💊
  • Selenium deficiency
  • Self assessment form
  • Self-harm / Suicidal thoughts / Suicide ✅
  • Senior Self Assessment
  • Senna 💊
  • Septic Abortion ✅
  • Septic arthritis ✅
  • Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
  • Serotonin syndrome
  • Serplulimab
  • Serratia
  • Sevelamer 💊
  • Severe combined immunodeficiency disorders
  • Shaft of Ulna Fracture
  • Sheehans syndrome
  • Shigella characteristics
  • Shigellosis (Bacillary Dysentery)
  • Shock in Pregnancy
  • Short QT Syndrome
  • Short Synacthen test (SST)
  • Shortness of Breath History (OSCE focused) 🫁
  • Shoulder Anterior Dislocations
  • Shoulder Joint Structure and Form
  • Shoulder: Posterior Dislocation
  • Sick Child/Neonate
  • Sick Euthyroid Syndrome ✅
  • Sick Sinus Syndrome (Tachy-Brady syndrome) 🫀
  • Sickle Cell Disease
  • Sideroblastic Anaemia
  • Sigmoid and Caecal Volvulus Adults
  • Sildenafil (Viagra) 💊
  • Silicosis
  • Simple Needle Aspiration for Spontaneous Pneumothorax
  • Simvastatin 💊
  • Sinus Bradycardia
  • Sinus Node disease
  • Sinus Tachycardia
  • Sinus arrhythmia 🫀
  • Sitagliptin 💊
  • Sitosterolemia
  • Sjögren’s syndrome
  • Skin Infections due to Fungi 🦠
  • Skin Pathology and Description and Examination
  • Skin Treatments
  • Skin Ulcers
  • Skin and soft tissue and bone infections ✅
  • Skin or subcutaneous lump
  • Skull Anatomy
  • Sleep physiology
  • Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphysis (SUFE)
  • Small Bowel Obstruction (Adults)
  • Small for Gestational Age (SGA)
  • Small vessel disease
  • Smallpox
  • Smoke Inhalation
  • Smoking and Its Consequence
  • Smooth and Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
  • Smouldering Myeloma
  • Snake Bites
  • Sneddon Syndrome
  • Sodium Bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
  • Sodium Nitroprusside 💊
  • Sodium Physiology
  • Sodium Picosulfate 💊
  • Sodium Potassium ATPase pump
  • Sodium Thiopental - Sodium Thiopentone 💊
  • Sodium Valproate (Epilim Depakote) 💊
  • Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate (Lokelma)
  • Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate 💊
  • Soft Tissue Injury
  • Soft tissue : Cut finger
  • Soft tissue injuries (sprains, strains)
  • Solifenacin 💊
  • Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
  • Somatisation
  • Somatisation/ medically unexplained physical symptoms
  • Sore throat
  • Sotalol Hydrochloride 💊
  • Speech and language problems
  • Spina Bifida
  • Spinal Cord Arteriovenous Malformations
  • Spinal Cord Compression
  • Spinal Cord Haematoma
  • Spinal Cord Infarction
  • Spinal Cord Injury / Malignant Spinal Cord Compression (MSCC)
  • Spinal Fracture
  • Spinal Fractures: assessment & management
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) 🧠
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Spinal Tracts
  • Spinal and Epidural Anaesthesia
  • Spironolactone 💊
  • Splenectomy
  • Splenectomy and Hyposplenism
  • Splenic Rupture
  • Splenomegaly Examination (OSCE)
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
  • Spontaneous Pneumothorax
  • Spontaneous intracranial hypotension
  • Sprained Ankle ✅
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Squint
  • St John's Wort 💊
  • Staphylococcal Infections
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis
  • Staphylococcus saprophyticus
  • Statin 💊
  • Status Epilepticus (Epilepsy/Seizure) ✅
  • Stavudine (Zerit) d4T 💊
  • Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Sterno-Clavicular Joint Dislocation
  • Steroid Sick-Day Rules
  • Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto's Encephalopathy)
  • Stiff Person Syndrome
  • Strabismus (Lazy Eye)
  • Streptobacillus moniliformis
  • Streptococcal Infections
  • Streptococcus - anaerobes
  • Streptococcus Pneumoniae (Pneumococcus)
  • Streptococcus agalactiae Group B
  • Streptococcus milleri
  • Streptococcus pyogenes Group A
  • Streptococcus viridans
  • Streptokinase 💊
  • Streptomycin 💊
  • Stridor
  • Stroke
  • Stroke - Epidemiology and risk factors
  • Stroke - General Management
  • Stroke Collaterals
  • Stroke Crib sheets
  • Stroke MRI Basics
  • Stroke Mimics And Chameleons
  • Stroke Penumbra
  • Stroke Recrudescence
  • Stroke Related Cerebral Perfusion
  • Stroke Risk Factors
  • Stroke Thrombolysis
  • Stroke Vascular Anatomy
  • Stroke and Vision
  • Strongyloides stercoralis (threadworm)
  • Strontium 💊
  • Sturge Weber syndrome
  • Subacute Thyroiditis
  • Subarachnoid Haemorrhage ✅
  • Subclavian Steal Syndrome
  • Subclavian Vein Thrombosis (SCVT)
  • Subdural haematoma
  • Subfertility in Men
  • Subfertility in Women
  • Substance misuse
  • Substance use disorder
  • Sucralfate 💊
  • Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD)
  • Sudden Sensorineural Hearing loss (SNHL)
  • Sugammadex 💊
  • Suicidal thoughts
  • Suicide
  • Sulfasalazine - Sulphasalazine 💊
  • Sumatriptan
  • Summary of Emergency Conditions in Oncology
  • Superior Mesenteric Artery (SMA) Syndrome
  • Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis
  • Superior Vena Caval Obstruction syndrome
  • Superior and Inferior Vena Cava
  • Supracondylar Femur Fractures
  • Supracondylar Humerus Fractures
  • Supraspinatus tendonitis
  • Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
  • Surgery :Hernias and the abdominal wall
  • Surgery Revision Guide ✅
  • Surgery: Acute abdomen and emergency general surgery
  • Surgery: Cardiothoracic, neurosurgery and plastic surgery
  • Surgery: Colorectal and anal surgery
  • Surgery: Major trauma and burns
  • Surgery: Surgical principles and perioperative care
  • Surgery: Upper GI, hepatobiliary and bariatric surgery
  • Surgery: Vascular surgery
  • Surgey: Breast and endocrine surgery
  • Surgey: Trauma and orthopaedics
  • Surgey: Urology
  • Surgical Cricothyroidotomy
  • Surgical Liaison in Older Patients Quality & Silver Trauma (UK)
  • Surgical Stomas
  • Surgical prophylaxis
  • Surgical site infection
  • Susac syndrome
  • Suxamethonium 💊
  • Sweat Test
  • Swiss Cheese Model of Patient Harm
  • Sydenhams chorea
  • Sympathetic Ophthalmia 👁️
  • Synchronised DC Cardioversion
  • Syncope
  • Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH (SIADH) secretion
  • Syphilis
  • Syringobulbia
  • Syringomyelia
  • Systemic Amyloid in Pathology
  • Systemic Amyloidosis
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) ✅
  • Systemic Mastocytosis
  • Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
  • T lymphocytes
  • TMN Staging tumours
  • TNF Blockade
  • TNF receptor-associated periodic syndrome
  • TO DO
  • TORCH infections
  • TURP Hyponatraemia syndrome
  • Tabes dorsalis
  • Table showing Visual Field Changes for Examination
  • Tacrolimus 💊
  • Tafamidis
  • Takayasu arteritis (pulseless disease)
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ❤️
  • Tamoxifen
  • Tamsulosin (Flomax) 💊
  • Tangier Disease
  • Tardive Dyskinesias
  • Tay-Sachs disease
  • Tazocin (Tazobactam - Piperacillin) 💊
  • Teicoplanin 💊
  • Telogen Effluvium
  • Telomeres
  • Temazepam 💊
  • Temozolomide (Temodal) 💊
  • Temporal (Giant Cell GCA) Arteritis ✅
  • Tenecteplase 💊
  • Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis)
  • Tensilon test
  • Tension Headache
  • Tension Pneumothorax
  • Teplizumab (Tzield)
  • Terbutaline
  • Teriparatide 💊
  • Terlipressin
  • Tertiary hyperparathyroidism
  • Testicular Cancer
  • Testicular Torsion ✅
  • Testing
  • Testosterone
  • Tests in Liver Disease: Usefulness and Interpretation
  • Tetrabenazine
  • Tetracosactide (Synacthen)
  • Tetracyclines 💊
  • Tetralogy of Fallot ✅
  • Thalamic Haemorrhage
  • Thalamic Pain Syndrome or Dejerine–Roussy Syndrome
  • Thalamic Strokes
  • Thalamus
  • Thalidomide 💊
  • The Aorta
  • The Axillary Artery
  • The Brachial Artery
  • The Brachial plexus
  • The Carotid Artery
  • The Cell Nucleus
  • The Cell membrane
  • The Circle of Willis
  • The Deteriorating Patient
  • The Eye and Systemic Disease
  • The Face 😀
  • The Femoral Artery
  • The Fetal Head and Vaginal Birth
  • The Iliac arteries
  • The Popliteal artery
  • The Radial and Ulnar Arteries
  • The Subclavian Artery
  • The Vertebral and Basilar Arteries
  • The unconscious (comatose) patient
  • Theophylline toxicity⚠️
  • Theophylline 💊
  • Thiamine 💊
  • Thoracic outlet syndrome
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Thrombocytosis (High Platelets)
  • Thrombophilia (Prothrombotic) testing
  • Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
  • Thunderclap Headache ✅
  • Thyroglossal Cyst (Children)
  • Thyroid Cancer
  • Thyroid Eye Disease
  • Thyroid Function Tests and antibodies
  • Thyroid Storm - Thyrotoxic crisis
  • Thyroid Surgery (Thyroidectomy)
  • Thyroid nodules ✅
  • Thyrotoxicosis and Hyperthyroidism
  • Tiagabine 💊
  • Ticagrelor
  • Tick Paralysis
  • Tick-borne relapsing fever (Borrelia duttonii)
  • Tilt Table Testing in Reflex Syncope
  • Timolol
  • Tinea Corporis and Tinea faciei(Ringworm) ✅
  • Tinea capitis
  • Tinea imbricata
  • Tinidazole
  • Tinnitus
  • Tinzaparin (Innohep)💊
  • Tiotropium (Spiriva) 💊
  • Titre - Titer
  • Tocilizumab 💊
  • Tolbutamide
  • Tolcapone 💊
  • Toll-like Receptors (TLRs): Recognition Receptors and Triggers of Innate Immunity
  • Tolosa Hunt Syndrome
  • Tolterodine 💊
  • Tolvaptan
  • Tongue tie - ankyloglossia (Children)
  • Tonsilitis
  • Tonsillectomy Adenoidectomy
  • Topical Steroids
  • Topiramate (Topamax) 💊
  • Torsades de pointes TdP (Polymorphic VT)
  • Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage ❤️
  • Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) and Stevens-Johnson syndrome
  • Toxic Megacolon
  • Toxic Shock Syndrome ✅
  • Toxic Thyroid Adenoma
  • Toxicological Emergencies
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Tramadol 💊
  • Tranexamic Acid 💊
  • Transcatheter aortic valve implantation/replacement (TAVI/R)
  • Transcutaneous Pacing
  • Transfer Factor (TLCO / DLCO)
  • Transferrin
  • Transfers of folder frail or disabled patients
  • Transient Global Amnesia (TGA)
  • Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
  • Transient Monocular Blindness (TMB)
  • Transjugular Intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)
  • Transposition of the great arteries (TGA)
  • Transvenous Pacing (Temporary)
  • Transverse myelitis
  • Trastuzumab (Herceptin) 💊
  • Trauma
  • Trauma : Haemorrhage ✅
  • Trauma Physiology
  • Trauma: Cardiac Arrest
  • Trauma: Epilepsy - Post Traumatic
  • Trauma: Flail Chest Rib fractures
  • Trauma: Initial Assessment and Management
  • Trauma: Post traumatic stress disorder
  • Trauma: Resuscitative Thoracotomy
  • Trauma: Silver Trauma in older patients
  • Trauma: Spinal Injury
  • Trauma: Thoracic Assessment and Management
  • Trauma:Prehospital
  • Traumatic Auricular Haematoma (Cauliflower ear)
  • Travel health advice
  • Travellers Diarrhoea
  • Trazodone 💊
  • Treatment Escalation Plans (TEP) in the Elderly
  • Treponema
  • Tretinoin (All-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) )
  • Triangles of the neck
  • Trichinellosis
  • Trichomoniasis Vaginalis ✅
  • Tricuspid Atresia
  • Tricuspid Regurgitation
  • Tricuspid Stenosis ❤️
  • Tricyclic Antidepressant Toxicity
  • Tricyclic antidepressants
  • Trigeminal Nerve (Vth Nerve)
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • Trihexyphenidyl (benzhexol)
  • Trimethoprim 💊
  • Trinucleotide (triplet) Repeat Disorders
  • Trochlear Nerve (VIth nerve)
  • Tropheryma whipplei (Whipple disease)
  • Tropical Sprue
  • Truncus Arteriosus (Children) ❤️
  • Tuberculosis
  • Tuberculous Meningitis
  • Tuberous sclerosis
  • Tularaemia (Francisella tularensis)
  • Tumour Lysis Syndrome
  • Tumour Necrosis Factor
  • Tumour Suppressor Genes
  • Tumour markers
  • Turcot's syndrome (Brain tumor polyposis syndrome)
  • Turners syndrome (Children)
  • Twins
  • Tympanic (Eardrum) membrane perforation
  • Types of Hypersensitivity Reactions
  • Types of Joints
  • Types of Organ Transplant Rejection
  • Tyrosine Kinase receptors
  • USMLE High Yield
  • USMLE Lab Values
  • Ubiquitin
  • Ulcerative Colitis ✅
  • Ulnar nerve
  • Ultrasound Physics & Imaging
  • Undifferentiated Inflammatory Arthritis (Children)
  • Unintentional weight loss (Adults)
  • Unprotected Sex and Emergency Contraception (EC)
  • Unsteadiness
  • Unwanted pregnancy and termination
  • Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed ✅
  • Upper Limb fractures and injuries
  • Upper and Lower Limb Neurology (OSCE)
  • Upper and Lower Motor Neuron signs
  • Upper limb Soft Tissue Injuries
  • Upper respiratory tract infection
  • Urea Cycle defects
  • Urethral Discharge (Urethritis)
  • Urethral syndrome
  • Urinary Catheterisation
  • Urinary Incontinence ✅
  • Urinary Obstruction
  • Urinary Tract Infection (UTI Children)
  • Urinary Tract Obstruction
  • Urinary symptoms
  • Urothelial carcinoma (Bladder cancer plus others) ✅
  • Urticaria
  • Usher syndrome
  • Uterine fibroids
  • Uveitis ✅
  • VIPomas
  • VTE Prophlyaxis✅
  • Vaccine in Older Patients
  • Vaginal Candidiasis
  • Vaginal Carcinoma
  • Vaginal Prolapse
  • Vagus Nerve (Cranial Nerve X)
  • Valaciclovir 💊
  • Valsartan 💊
  • Vancomycin 💊
  • Variable rate intravenous insulin infusion VRIII 💊
  • Variant (Prinzmetal) Angina
  • Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease
  • Varicella Cerebral Vasculopathy
  • Varicose veins ✅
  • Variegate Porphyria
  • Vasa Praevia
  • Vascular Dementia
  • Vascular Surgery: Introduction
  • Vascular access for haemodialysis
  • Vasculitis - General Issues and Classification
  • Vasopressin (AVP) Antidiuretic hormone
  • Vasovagal syncope (OSCE focused)
  • Vaughan-Williams Classification
  • Vecuronium 💊
  • Vedolizumab (Entyvio)
  • Venepuncture (Blood tests)
  • Venlafaxine 💊
  • Venous Insufficiency and Leg Ulcers
  • Venous Supply of the leg
  • Venous Thromboembolism Pregnancy and Puerperium
  • Venous access Cannulas OSCE
  • Venous and Arterial Ulcers and Other Lower Limb Ulcers
  • Venous and Arterial and Pressure Ulcers
  • Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)
  • Ventricular Fibrillation
  • Ventricular Septal defect (VSD) ❤️
  • Ventricular Tachycardia VT ✅
  • Ventricular ectopic beats
  • Verapamil 💊
  • Vertebral artery dissection
  • Vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) (Children)
  • Vestibulocochlear Nerve (Cranial Nerve VIII)
  • Vexas Syndrome
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  • Vibrio vulnificus
  • Vibrio vulnificus
  • Vigabatrin (Sabril) 💊
  • Vinblastine
  • Vincent's angina
  • Vincristine
  • Violence Aggression and Conflict Resolution
  • Viral Gastroenteritis and other causes
  • Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers (VHF)
  • Viral Meningitis
  • Viral exanthema ✅
  • Viral hepatitides
  • Viruses and their infections
  • Visual Basic Programming
  • Visual Hallucinations in the elderly
  • Visual acuity
  • Vitamin A Deficiency
  • Vitamin B1 Thiamine deficiency
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency
  • Vitamin B12 excess
  • Vitamin C deficiency (Scurvy)
  • Vitamin D (1,25 OH2)
  • Vitamin D 25 (OH) D Testing
  • Vitamin D Physiology
  • Vitamin D Replacement
  • Vitamin D resistant rickets (Children)
  • Vitamin K (Phytomenadione)
  • Vitamin K deficiency
  • Vitiligo
  • Vocal Cord Dysfunction / Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction (ILO) ✅
  • Voltarol (Diclofenac)
  • Volvulus (Children)
  • Vomiting
  • Von Gierke Disease (Children)
  • Von Hippel Lindau
  • Von Willebrand Disease
  • Vulval itching and lesions
  • Vulval/vaginal lump
  • Waardenburg's syndrome
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinaemia
  • Warfarin 💊
  • Water Physiology
  • Waterlow pressure ulcer risk assessment score
  • Watershed Infarcts
  • Waveform CO₂ capnography
  • Weakness in Adults – Causes, Features, and Diagnosis 🧑‍⚕️
  • Weight Gain Adults
  • Wellbeing Checks in General Practice for GPs
  • Wellens Syndrome
  • Werdnig–Hoffman Disease (Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1)
  • Wernicke Korsakoff Syndrome
  • Wheeze: Clinical Approach and Considerations
  • White Blood Cells
  • Williams Syndrome (Children)
  • Wilson disease
  • Windows Powershell
  • Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (Children)
  • Wolff-Parkinson White syndrome (WPW) AVRT ✅
  • Wolfram syndrome (DIDMOAD)
  • Wound Management
  • Wound healing
  • Wrist Injury: Smith’s Fracture
  • Wrist Joint Structure and Form
  • X linked Agammaglobulinaemia (Bruton)
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    Clinical Immunology: Autoimmunity, autoantibodies and complement

    🛡️ Autoimmunity, autoantibodies and complement - page 5 of the Clinical Immunology chapter. Autoimmune diseases affect about 1 in 10 people in the UK, mostly women. Autoantibody tests are ordered every day - but many are positive in healthy people, and a test sent without a clear question often causes more confusion than help. This page is a practical guide to which antibody to request, what a result means, and the complement and immune complex diseases that cross every specialty. Detailed disease management is in the Rheumatology, Renal, Neurology and other chapters.
    Your four questions for every autoantibody result: What clinical question was it sent to answer? How specific is this antibody, and at what titre? Does it fit the clinical picture? Will the result change management - or should it be repeated, confirmed or ignored?


    How Autoimmunity Develops
    • Loss of tolerance - failure of central (thymic and bone marrow) or peripheral (regulatory T cells, anergy, checkpoints) tolerance allows self-reactive lymphocytes to cause damage.
    • Genetic susceptibility - HLA genes (e.g. HLA-DR3, DR4, DQ2, B27) and many non-HLA genes (PTPN22, CTLA4); rare single-gene causes (AIRE, FOXP3, complement deficiency).
    • Environmental triggers:
      • Infection - molecular mimicry (e.g. rheumatic fever after group A streptococcus; Guillain–Barré after Campylobacter), bystander activation; EBV (multiple sclerosis, SLE).
      • Smoking - rheumatoid arthritis (anti-CCP), Goodpasture's syndrome.
      • UV light - lupus flares.
      • Drugs - drug-induced lupus (hydralazine, procainamide, isoniazid, minocycline, anti-TNF), drug-induced ANCA vasculitis (propylthiouracil, hydralazine, levamisole-contaminated cocaine), checkpoint inhibitors, alemtuzumab, interferon.
      • Hormones - female predominance (SLE about 9:1), flares in pregnancy or postpartum (thyroiditis).
    • Mechanisms of damage - autoantibodies against cells or receptors (type II - ITP, myasthenia, Graves'), immune complexes (type III - SLE), T-cell destruction (type IV - type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis).
    • Clustering - one autoimmune disease raises the risk of others (e.g. type 1 diabetes with coeliac and thyroid disease; autoimmune polyglandular syndromes).
    • Autoantibodies often precede disease by years (anti-CCP before RA; islet antibodies before type 1 diabetes; ANA and dsDNA before SLE).
    Organ-specific and Systemic Autoimmune Disease
    TypeExamples
    Organ-specificHashimoto's thyroiditis, Graves' disease, type 1 diabetes, Addison's disease, pernicious anaemia, coeliac disease, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, vitiligo, pemphigus, membranous nephropathy
    SystemicSLE, Sjögren's disease, systemic sclerosis, myositis, rheumatoid arthritis, ANCA vasculitis, antiphospholipid syndrome, mixed connective tissue disease
    CytopeniasImmune thrombocytopenia, autoimmune haemolytic anaemia, Evans syndrome, autoimmune neutropenia, acquired haemophilia (factor VIII inhibitor), pure red cell aplasia
    Autoinflammatory (innate, no autoantibodies)Periodic fever syndromes, adult-onset Still's disease, gout, Behçet's (overlap), VEXAS
    • Associations to remember:
      • Type 1 diabetes - screen for coeliac disease and thyroid disease.
      • Autoimmune thyroid disease - pernicious anaemia, vitiligo, coeliac disease.
      • Sjögren's - lymphoma (MALT), primary biliary cholangitis.
      • Myasthenia gravis - thymoma, thyroid disease.
      • Addison's disease - other endocrine autoimmunity (polyglandular syndrome type 2 - Addison's with thyroid disease and/or type 1 diabetes).
    Using Autoantibody Tests Well
    • Request targeted tests for a specific clinical question - e.g. ANA for suspected connective tissue disease, ANCA for suspected vasculitis with renal or lung involvement, anti-tTG for suspected coeliac disease.
    • Pre-test probability matters - a positive ANA in a well woman with tiredness and no other features is likely a false positive (low positive predictive value).
    • Sensitivity vs specificity:
      • Sensitive but not specific - ANA (SLE about 95% positive, but positive in many healthy people), rheumatoid factor.
      • Specific but less sensitive - anti-dsDNA and anti-Sm (SLE), anti-CCP (RA), anti-centromere (limited systemic sclerosis), anti-GBM.
    • Titre and pattern - higher titres are more meaningful (ANA 1:160 or more); patterns (homogeneous, speckled, centromere, nucleolar) suggest specific antibodies.
    • Monitoring - only some antibodies track disease activity: anti-dsDNA (with complement) in SLE, anti-GBM, anti-PLA2R (membranous), anti-TSH receptor; ANA, ANCA and RF titres usually don't guide treatment - don't repeat ANA routinely once positive.
    • False results - infections (endocarditis, HIV, hepatitis C, TB) and cancer can produce autoantibodies; IVIG and blood products can cause passive positivity; IgA deficiency gives false-negative IgA-based tests.
    • Treat the patient, not the test - a negative test doesn't exclude disease (seronegative RA, ANCA-negative vasculitis) and a positive test doesn't confirm it.
    ANA and Extractable Nuclear Antigens
    • Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) - screened by indirect immunofluorescence on HEp-2 cells (or immunoassay):
      • Positive in about 95% of SLE - a negative ANA makes SLE unlikely.
      • Also positive in Sjögren's, systemic sclerosis, myositis, MCTD, drug-induced lupus, autoimmune hepatitis, autoimmune thyroid disease, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (uveitis risk).
      • Positive in up to 10–20% of healthy people (low titre), more in older women; also infections and cancer.
    • If ANA is positive - the lab tests for extractable nuclear antigens (ENA) and dsDNA:
      AntibodyAssociation
      Anti-Ro (SSA)Sjögren's disease, SLE (photosensitive subacute cutaneous lupus); in pregnancy - neonatal lupus and congenital heart block (fetal heart monitoring; hydroxychloroquine reduces risk)
      Anti-La (SSB)Sjögren's disease, SLE, neonatal lupus
      Anti-SmHighly specific for SLE (low sensitivity)
      Anti-U1 RNPMixed connective tissue disease (high titre), SLE
      Anti-Scl-70 (topoisomerase I)Diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis - interstitial lung disease
      Anti-centromereLimited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (CREST) - pulmonary arterial hypertension
      Anti-RNA polymerase IIIDiffuse systemic sclerosis - scleroderma renal crisis, cancer association
      Anti-Jo-1 (and other anti-synthetase)Anti-synthetase syndrome - myositis, ILD, arthritis, mechanic's hands, Raynaud's
      Anti-histoneDrug-induced lupus (also in SLE)
      Anti-ribosomal PSLE - neuropsychiatric lupus
    • ANA patterns - homogeneous (dsDNA, histone - SLE, drug-induced), speckled (ENA), centromere (limited SSc), nucleolar (systemic sclerosis), DFS70 pattern (dense fine speckled - usually not associated with systemic autoimmune disease - reassuring).
    Lupus Serology - dsDNA and Complement
    • Anti-double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) - specific for SLE (about 60–70% sensitive); associated with lupus nephritis; levels rise with disease activity (with falling complement).
    • Complement C3 and C4 - low in active SLE (classical pathway consumption), especially nephritis and haematological disease; normalise with treatment.
    • Monitoring SLE activity - dsDNA, C3, C4, FBC (cytopenias), U&E, urine dipstick and protein:creatinine ratio (nephritis), ESR (CRP usually normal unless infection or serositis).
    • Classification - EULAR/ACR 2019 criteria require ANA 1:80 or more as an entry criterion, then weighted clinical (fever, cytopenias, rash, arthritis, serositis, nephritis, neuropsychiatric) and immunological domains (antiphospholipid antibodies, low complement, anti-dsDNA or anti-Sm).
    • Drug-induced lupus - arthralgia, serositis, rash; anti-histone positive, dsDNA usually negative (except anti-TNF-induced), kidneys and brain spared; resolves after stopping the drug.
    • Coombs-positive haemolysis, lymphopenia and thrombocytopenia are typical lupus blood findings.
    • Pregnancy in SLE - check anti-Ro/La and antiphospholipid antibodies; continue hydroxychloroquine; low-dose aspirin (pre-eclampsia prevention).
    Antiphospholipid Antibodies
    • Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) - thrombosis and/or pregnancy morbidity with persistent antiphospholipid antibodies.
    • Tests (repeat after at least 12 weeks to confirm persistence):
      • Lupus anticoagulant (clotting-based - dilute Russell's viper venom time - affected by anticoagulants; paradoxically prolongs APTT in the lab but causes thrombosis).
      • Anticardiolipin antibodies (IgG or IgM, moderate to high titre).
      • Anti-beta-2 glycoprotein I antibodies.
      • "Triple positivity" - highest thrombotic risk.
    • Clinical features:
      • Venous thrombosis (DVT, PE, unusual sites - cerebral venous sinus, Budd–Chiari) and arterial thrombosis (stroke or TIA in young people, MI).
      • Pregnancy morbidity - recurrent early miscarriage (3 or more before 10 weeks), fetal death after 10 weeks, early severe pre-eclampsia or placental insufficiency before 34 weeks.
      • Other - livedo reticularis, thrombocytopenia, heart valve thickening (Libman–Sacks), nephropathy, cognitive problems.
      • Catastrophic APS - rapid multi-organ microvascular thrombosis - anticoagulation, steroids, plasma exchange or IVIG.
    • Primary APS or secondary (with SLE in about a third of cases).
    • Treatment:
      • Thrombosis - long-term warfarin (INR 2–3); DOACs are not recommended in APS, especially triple-positive or arterial disease (MHRA - higher recurrence).
      • Obstetric APS - low-dose aspirin plus prophylactic LMWH in pregnancy; warfarin is teratogenic (switch to LMWH before 6 weeks).
    ANCA and Anti-GBM Antibodies
    • Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) - tested by immunoassay for PR3 and MPO (immunofluorescence patterns c-ANCA and p-ANCA):
      ANCAAssociations
      PR3-ANCA (c-ANCA)Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) - sinusitis, nasal crusting, saddle nose, lung nodules and cavities, glomerulonephritis
      MPO-ANCA (p-ANCA)Microscopic polyangiitis (kidneys and lungs - alveolar haemorrhage), EGPA (asthma, eosinophilia - ANCA positive in under half), renal-limited vasculitis; drug-induced (propylthiouracil, hydralazine, cocaine/levamisole)
      Atypical p-ANCA (not MPO)Ulcerative colitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, autoimmune hepatitis - no vasculitis
    • Request ANCA urgently in suspected rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (rising creatinine with blood and protein on dipstick) or pulmonary–renal syndrome (haemoptysis plus AKI) - many labs offer same-day results.
    • Anti-GBM antibodies - anti-GBM disease (Goodpasture's) - antibodies against type IV collagen (alpha-3 chain) in glomerular and alveolar basement membranes:
      • Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis ± pulmonary haemorrhage (more in smokers); linear IgG on renal biopsy.
      • Double-positive (anti-GBM plus ANCA) in up to a third - behaves like anti-GBM acutely but may relapse like vasculitis.
      • Treatment - plasma exchange, steroids and cyclophosphamide - an emergency.
    • ANCA vasculitis treatment - steroids plus rituximab or cyclophosphamide; avacopan (C5a receptor inhibitor) as a steroid-sparing option; plasma exchange in selected cases (see Rheumatology and Renal chapters).

    ⚠️ Safety Pearl: Haemoptysis with AKI, or a rising creatinine with blood and protein on the dipstick, is a renal emergency. Send ANCA and anti-GBM antibodies urgently, phone the lab and nephrology the same day - waiting days for a routine result can cost the kidneys.

    Rheumatoid, Myositis and Scleroderma Antibodies
    • Rheumatoid factor (IgM against IgG Fc) - positive in about 70% of RA but not specific - also Sjögren's, cryoglobulinaemia (hepatitis C), endocarditis, older age, chronic infection.
    • Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) - highly specific for RA (about 95%); predicts erosive disease; can appear years before arthritis (especially in smokers).
    • Myositis-specific antibodies:
      AntibodyAssociation
      Jo-1, PL-7, PL-12Anti-synthetase syndrome - ILD, myositis, arthritis, mechanic's hands, fever
      Mi-2Classic dermatomyositis - good prognosis
      TIF1-γDermatomyositis with cancer in adults - screen for malignancy
      NXP2Dermatomyositis - calcinosis; cancer in adults
      MDA5Amyopathic dermatomyositis with rapidly progressive ILD, skin ulcers
      SRP and HMGCRImmune-mediated necrotising myopathy - very high CK; anti-HMGCR after statins
    • Systemic sclerosis antibodies - anti-centromere (limited - PAH), anti-Scl-70 (diffuse - ILD), anti-RNA polymerase III (renal crisis, rapid skin progression, cancer), anti-PM/Scl (overlap with myositis).
    • Sjögren's disease - anti-Ro and anti-La, RF, ANA; hypergammaglobulinaemia; lymphoma risk (parotid swelling, low C4, cryoglobulins).
    • Seronegative spondyloarthritis - RF and anti-CCP negative; HLA-B27 associated.
    Gut and Liver Autoantibodies
    • Coeliac disease:
      • IgA tissue transglutaminase (tTG) - first-line test, with total IgA (IgA deficiency gives false negatives - then use IgG tTG, IgG DGP or IgG EMA).
      • IgA endomysial antibodies (EMA) - very specific - confirms weakly positive tTG.
      • The patient must be eating gluten (at least one meal a day for 6 weeks) before testing.
      • Children with tTG over 10 times the upper limit plus positive EMA on a second sample can be diagnosed without biopsy (BSPGHAN); adults usually need duodenal biopsy (a no-biopsy pathway is used in some adults - local policy).
    • Pernicious anaemia - intrinsic factor antibodies (specific - about 50% sensitive) and gastric parietal cell antibodies (sensitive, not specific).
    • Autoimmune hepatitis - anti-smooth muscle (anti-actin) and ANA (type 1 - adults); anti-LKM-1 (type 2 - children); anti-SLA (severe); raised IgG; interface hepatitis on biopsy.
    • Primary biliary cholangitis - anti-mitochondrial antibody (AMA M2) (over 90%), raised IgM and ALP; anti-gp210 and anti-sp100 (AMA-negative PBC).
    • Primary sclerosing cholangitis - atypical p-ANCA (not diagnostic); diagnosis by MRCP; associated with ulcerative colitis.
    • Inflammatory bowel disease - atypical p-ANCA (UC), ASCA (Crohn's) - limited clinical use.
    • Autoimmune gastritis - parietal cell antibodies; B12 and iron deficiency; gastric NET risk.
    Endocrine Autoantibodies
    • Thyroid:
      • Anti-thyroid peroxidase (TPO) - Hashimoto's thyroiditis (and many with Graves'); predicts progression to hypothyroidism in subclinical disease; postpartum thyroiditis risk.
      • TSH receptor antibodies (TRAb) - Graves' disease (stimulating) - diagnosis, predicting relapse after antithyroid drugs, and in pregnancy (cross the placenta - fetal and neonatal thyrotoxicosis - check in the third trimester if positive or previous Graves' treated with radioiodine or surgery).
      • Anti-thyroglobulin - interferes with thyroglobulin as a thyroid cancer marker.
    • Type 1 diabetes - GAD, IA-2, ZnT8 and insulin autoantibodies - support type 1 or LADA (latent autoimmune diabetes in adults - slim adults with diabetes progressing to insulin dependence); teplizumab (anti-CD3) can delay onset in antibody-positive people (approved in the US; UK availability under review).
    • Addison's disease - 21-hydroxylase (adrenal cortex) antibodies - the commonest cause of primary adrenal insufficiency in the UK.
    • Hypophysitis - pituitary antibodies (limited use); immune checkpoint inhibitors cause hypophysitis (see page 6).
    • Premature ovarian insufficiency - adrenal and ovarian antibodies (autoimmune cause in some).
    • Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes - type 1 (APECED - candidiasis, hypoparathyroidism, Addison's) and type 2 (Addison's with thyroid disease and/or type 1 diabetes - adults, HLA-associated).
    Neurological Autoantibodies
    AntibodyCondition and clues
    Acetylcholine receptorMyasthenia gravis (about 85% of generalised); thymoma - CT chest
    MuSKSeronegative myasthenia - bulbar and neck weakness, poorer response to pyridostigmine; rituximab works well
    Voltage-gated calcium channel (P/Q)Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome - proximal weakness improving with exercise, autonomic symptoms, absent reflexes; small cell lung cancer in about half
    Aquaporin-4 (AQP4)Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder - severe optic neuritis, longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis, area postrema syndrome (intractable hiccups and vomiting)
    MOGMOG antibody-associated disease - optic neuritis, ADEM (children), myelitis
    NMDA receptorAutoimmune encephalitis - young women, psychiatric symptoms, seizures, dyskinesias, autonomic instability, reduced consciousness; ovarian teratoma
    LGI1 (VGKC complex)Limbic encephalitis in older men - memory loss, faciobrachial dystonic seizures, hyponatraemia
    CASPR2Neuromyotonia, Morvan syndrome, limbic encephalitis
    GAD (high titre)Stiff person syndrome, cerebellar ataxia, epilepsy
    Anti-Hu (ANNA-1)Paraneoplastic sensory neuronopathy, encephalomyelitis - small cell lung cancer
    Anti-Yo (PCA-1)Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration - ovarian and breast cancer
    Anti-Ri (ANNA-2)Opsoclonus–myoclonus - breast and lung cancer
    Anti-Ma2Limbic and brainstem encephalitis - testicular germ cell tumour
    Anti-ganglioside (GQ1b, GM1)Miller Fisher syndrome (GQ1b - ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, areflexia); multifocal motor neuropathy (GM1); axonal GBS
    Anti-MAGDemyelinating neuropathy with IgM paraprotein
    • Paraneoplastic antibodies - a positive result means search for cancer (CT chest, abdomen and pelvis; PET-CT; mammography; testicular or pelvic ultrasound) and repeat screening if negative.
    • Autoimmune encephalitis - test serum and CSF; treat early (steroids, IVIG, plasma exchange; rituximab or cyclophosphamide); remove a tumour if found.
    Kidney, Skin and Blood Autoantibodies
    • Kidney:
      • Anti-phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) - primary membranous nephropathy (about 70–80%) - supports diagnosis without biopsy in some, tracks activity and treatment response (rituximab).
      • Anti-THSD7A - some PLA2R-negative membranous nephropathy (cancer association).
      • ANCA and anti-GBM (above); anti-dsDNA and complement (lupus nephritis); C3 nephritic factor (C3 glomerulopathy); anti-factor H antibodies (atypical HUS).
    • Skin (with skin biopsy and direct immunofluorescence):
      • Pemphigus vulgaris - anti-desmoglein 3 (and 1) - fragile flaccid blisters and mucosal erosions; Nikolsky sign positive; intraepidermal; "chicken wire" IgG on DIF.
      • Bullous pemphigoid - anti-BP180 and BP230 (hemidesmosome) - tense blisters on itchy urticarial plaques in older people; mucosa usually spared; linear IgG and C3 at the basement membrane (subepidermal); gliptins can trigger it.
      • Dermatitis herpetiformis - anti-tTG and epidermal transglutaminase - itchy vesicles on extensor surfaces - coeliac disease; dapsone and gluten-free diet.
      • Linear IgA disease, epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (anti-type VII collagen).
    • Blood:
      • Direct antiglobulin (Coombs) test - warm (IgG - SLE, CLL, drugs, idiopathic) or cold (IgM, complement - Mycoplasma, EBV, lymphoma - cold agglutinin disease) autoimmune haemolytic anaemia.
      • Immune thrombocytopenia - a diagnosis of exclusion (platelet antibody tests have limited value).
      • Acquired haemophilia A - factor VIII inhibitor - sudden extensive bruising in older people or postpartum with an isolated prolonged APTT that doesn't correct on mixing.
      • Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia - anti-PF4/heparin antibodies; vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) - anti-PF4.
      • Acquired TTP - anti-ADAMTS13 antibodies (ADAMTS13 under 10%) - plasma exchange, caplacizumab, rituximab.
    Complement-mediated Diseases
    • Atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS) - uncontrolled alternative pathway activation (variants in factor H, factor I, CD46, C3; or anti-factor H antibodies) - microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia, thrombocytopenia and AKI without Shiga toxin E. coli; triggers - pregnancy, infection, drugs; ADAMTS13 normal (excludes TTP) - eculizumab or ravulizumab.
    • C3 glomerulopathy (dense deposit disease and C3 glomerulonephritis) - low C3, C3 nephritic factor; C3-dominant staining on biopsy; iptacopan and other complement inhibitors emerging.
    • Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria - acquired PIGA variant in stem cells - loss of CD55 and CD59 - complement-mediated intravascular haemolysis (dark morning urine, raised LDH, haemosiderinuria), thrombosis in unusual sites (hepatic, mesenteric, cerebral veins), marrow failure - flow cytometry (FLAER) - C5 inhibitors (eculizumab, ravulizumab), proximal inhibitors (pegcetacoplan, iptacopan).
    • Post-infectious glomerulonephritis - low C3 (normal C4) after streptococcal throat or skin infection - recovers in 6–8 weeks (persistently low C3 - think C3 glomerulopathy).
    • Lupus nephritis - low C3 and C4.
    • Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis - immune complex (hepatitis C, cryoglobulins, SLE, paraproteins) or complement-mediated.
    • Age-related macular degeneration - complement factor H variants (pegcetacoplan for geographic atrophy - approved in some countries).
    • Myasthenia gravis and NMOSD - complement inhibitors (eculizumab, ravulizumab, zilucoplan) for refractory AChR-positive myasthenia and AQP4-positive NMOSD.
    • Meningococcal risk with all complement inhibitors - vaccinate (ACWY and B) and give prophylactic antibiotics.
    Cryoglobulinaemia
    • Cryoglobulins - immunoglobulins that precipitate in the cold (sample must be kept at 37°C from collection to the laboratory).
    • Types:
      • Type I - monoclonal (myeloma, Waldenström's, MGUS) - hyperviscosity and thrombosis (Raynaud's, digital ischaemia, livedo).
      • Types II and III (mixed) - monoclonal or polyclonal IgM rheumatoid factor bound to IgG - immune complex vasculitis - hepatitis C (most), Sjögren's, SLE, lymphoma, HIV, hepatitis B.
    • Mixed cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis - palpable purpura (legs), arthralgia, weakness (Meltzer's triad), peripheral neuropathy, MPGN glomerulonephritis, leg ulcers.
    • Tests - cryoglobulins (warm sample), very low C4 (with normal or low C3), positive rheumatoid factor, hepatitis C serology and RNA, protein electrophoresis.
    • Treatment - treat the cause (direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C - often curative); rituximab for vasculitis; plasma exchange for severe disease; avoid cold.
    IgG4-related Disease
    • A fibro-inflammatory condition - often in older men - forming tumour-like masses in one or more organs (often mistaken for cancer).
    • Organs:
      • Pancreas - autoimmune pancreatitis type 1 - painless obstructive jaundice, "sausage-shaped" pancreas, diabetes.
      • Biliary tree - IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis (mimics PSC and cholangiocarcinoma).
      • Salivary and lacrimal glands - bilateral swelling (formerly Mikulicz's disease), orbital disease.
      • Retroperitoneal fibrosis - ureteric obstruction and AKI, aortitis.
      • Kidneys (tubulointerstitial nephritis), lungs, thyroid (Riedel's thyroiditis), lymph nodes, meninges.
    • Tests - raised serum IgG4 (supportive but neither sensitive nor specific), raised IgE and eosinophils, low complement in some; biopsy - dense IgG4-positive plasma cell infiltrate, storiform fibrosis, obliterative phlebitis; exclude cancer and lymphoma.
    • Treatment - glucocorticoids (rapid response - e.g. prednisolone 0.6 mg/kg tapering); rituximab for relapse; inebilizumab (anti-CD19) reduces flares; biliary stenting if obstructed.
    Principles of Treating Autoimmune Disease
    • Induction then maintenance - control active disease quickly (often with high-dose steroids plus another agent), then maintain remission with the lowest effective treatment and taper steroids.
    • Glucocorticoids - rapid and broad; side effects (infection, diabetes, osteoporosis, hypertension, weight gain, mood, cataracts, adrenal suppression) - use bone protection, PCP prophylaxis when indicated, and steroid-sparing agents; steroid emergency card for long-term use.
    • Conventional immunosuppressants - methotrexate, azathioprine (check TPMT), mycophenolate (teratogenic), cyclophosphamide (infertility, bladder toxicity, infection), hydroxychloroquine (SLE backbone - annual retinal screening after 5 years), calcineurin inhibitors.
    • Targeted biologics - anti-CD20 (rituximab), anti-BAFF (belimumab - SLE), anti-IFN receptor (anifrolumab - SLE), IL-6, IL-17 and TNF inhibitors, complement inhibitors, JAK inhibitors (see page 6).
    • Removing antibodies:
      • Plasma exchange - rapid removal of pathogenic antibodies or complexes - anti-GBM disease, TTP, myasthenic crisis, Guillain–Barré, hyperviscosity, catastrophic APS, severe ANCA vasculitis (selected).
      • FcRn inhibitors (efgartigimod, rozanolixizumab) - increase IgG breakdown - myasthenia gravis.
    • High-dose IVIG (immunomodulation, 2 g/kg over 2–5 days) - ITP, Guillain–Barré, CIDP, multifocal motor neuropathy, Kawasaki disease, myasthenic crisis, dermatomyositis, autoimmune encephalitis - NHS England commissioning criteria apply.
    • Vaccination and screening before immunosuppression (see page 3); reproductive planning (teratogenic drugs - methotrexate, mycophenolate, cyclophosphamide, leflunomide).
    • Shared care - specialist initiation, GP monitoring (blood tests) under agreed protocols.
    Autoantibodies at a Glance
    AntibodyDisease
    ANAScreen for SLE (95%) and CTDs - non-specific
    dsDNA, SmSLE (dsDNA - nephritis and activity)
    Ro, LaSjögren's, SLE, neonatal lupus, congenital heart block
    U1 RNPMixed connective tissue disease
    HistoneDrug-induced lupus
    Centromere / Scl-70 / RNA pol IIILimited SSc (PAH) / diffuse SSc (ILD) / renal crisis
    Jo-1Anti-synthetase syndrome
    HMGCRStatin-associated necrotising myopathy
    Anti-CCP / RFRheumatoid arthritis (CCP specific)
    PR3 / MPO ANCAGPA / MPA and EGPA
    Anti-GBMGoodpasture's disease
    Lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin, beta-2 GP1Antiphospholipid syndrome
    tTG, EMACoeliac disease (check total IgA)
    Intrinsic factorPernicious anaemia
    Smooth muscle / LKM-1Autoimmune hepatitis type 1 / type 2
    AMA M2Primary biliary cholangitis
    TPO / TRAbHashimoto's / Graves'
    GAD, IA-2, ZnT8Type 1 diabetes, LADA
    21-hydroxylaseAddison's disease
    AChR / MuSK / VGCCMyasthenia gravis / MuSK myasthenia / Lambert–Eaton
    AQP4 / MOGNMOSD / MOGAD
    NMDAR / LGI1Autoimmune encephalitis (teratoma) / limbic encephalitis with hyponatraemia
    Hu / Yo / Ma2Paraneoplastic - SCLC / ovary and breast / testis
    GQ1bMiller Fisher syndrome
    PLA2RMembranous nephropathy
    Desmoglein / BP180Pemphigus / bullous pemphigoid
    ADAMTS13 antibodyAcquired TTP
    Spot the Diagnosis
    ClueDiagnosis
    Positive ANA 1:80 in a well woman with fatigue and no other featuresLikely incidental - don't chase
    Arthralgia and pleurisy on hydralazine; anti-histone positiveDrug-induced lupus
    Baby with complete heart block; mother has dry eyes and mouthNeonatal lupus - maternal anti-Ro
    Rising dsDNA and falling C3 and C4 with proteinuriaLupus nephritis flare
    Three early miscarriages and a lupus anticoagulant on two tests 12 weeks apartObstetric antiphospholipid syndrome
    Young stroke, livedo reticularis and triple-positive aPLAntiphospholipid syndrome - warfarin (not DOAC)
    Haemoptysis, AKI and PR3-ANCA with nasal crustingGranulomatosis with polyangiitis
    Pulmonary haemorrhage and RPGN in a smoker; linear IgG on biopsyAnti-GBM disease
    MPO-ANCA vasculitis in a woman on propylthiouracilDrug-induced ANCA vasculitis
    ILD, myositis and cracked fingertipsAnti-synthetase syndrome (Jo-1)
    Proximal weakness and CK 9,000 on atorvastatin that persists after stoppingAnti-HMGCR necrotising myopathy
    Heliotrope rash, Gottron's papules and TIF1-γ antibodies in a 60-year-oldDermatomyositis - screen for cancer
    Negative tTG-IgA with low total IgA in suspected coeliac diseaseUse IgG-based coeliac tests
    Itch, raised ALP and IgM, AMA positivePrimary biliary cholangitis
    Ptosis worse in the evening; anterior mediastinal massMyasthenia gravis with thymoma
    Proximal weakness improving after exercise, dry mouth, heavy smokerLambert–Eaton syndrome - SCLC
    Intractable hiccups, then longitudinal transverse myelitisNMOSD (AQP4)
    Young woman with psychosis, seizures and orofacial dyskinesiasAnti-NMDA receptor encephalitis - look for ovarian teratoma
    Faciobrachial dystonic seizures and sodium 126 in a 65-year-oldLGI1 limbic encephalitis
    Subacute cerebellar ataxia in a woman; anti-Yo positiveParaneoplastic - ovarian or breast cancer
    Tense blisters on itchy plaques in an 85-year-old on sitagliptinBullous pemphigoid
    Oral erosions and flaccid blisters; Nikolsky positivePemphigus vulgaris
    Purpura, arthralgia, neuropathy, very low C4 and hepatitis CMixed cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis
    Dark morning urine, raised LDH and hepatic vein thrombosisParoxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria
    MAHA, low platelets and AKI with normal ADAMTS13 and no diarrhoeaAtypical HUS - eculizumab
    Painless jaundice, sausage-shaped pancreas and raised IgG4Autoimmune pancreatitis (IgG4-related disease)
    Exam-style Scenarios

    1. A 28-year-old woman has a malar rash, painful joints and ankle swelling. Urine: blood 2+, protein 3+. ANA 1:640, dsDNA strongly positive, C3 and C4 low.
    Answer: SLE with probable lupus nephritis.

    • Urine protein:creatinine ratio, U&E, BP; urgent nephrology referral for renal biopsy (class guides treatment).
    • Induction - steroids plus mycophenolate (or cyclophosphamide); hydroxychloroquine for all; consider belimumab or voclosporin.
    • Check antiphospholipid and anti-Ro/La antibodies; contraception and pregnancy planning; bone and PCP protection.

    2. A 65-year-old man has haemoptysis, fatigue and a creatinine of 380 µmol/L (normal 3 months ago). Urine dipstick: blood 3+, protein 2+.
    Answer: Pulmonary–renal syndrome - ANCA vasculitis or anti-GBM disease.

    • Urgent ANCA (PR3, MPO) and anti-GBM - phone the lab; urgent nephrology.
    • Chest imaging; assess for alveolar haemorrhage (falling Hb, hypoxia); renal biopsy.
    • Treatment - high-dose steroids plus rituximab or cyclophosphamide; plasma exchange if anti-GBM positive (and selected ANCA cases); dialysis if needed.

    3. A 32-year-old woman has had a DVT and two miscarriages at 9 and 11 weeks. Lupus anticoagulant and anti-beta-2 GP1 are positive and still positive at 14 weeks.
    Answer: Antiphospholipid syndrome (thrombotic and obstetric).

    • Long-term warfarin (INR 2–3) - not a DOAC.
    • Pre-conception planning - switch to LMWH before 6 weeks of pregnancy, plus low-dose aspirin; joint obstetric haematology care.
    • Screen for SLE (ANA, dsDNA, complement).

    4. A 24-year-old woman develops anxiety, hallucinations and insomnia over 2 weeks, then seizures, abnormal mouth movements and fluctuating BP. MRI is normal; CSF shows lymphocytes.
    Answer: Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.

    • Serum and CSF NMDA receptor antibodies; EEG; pelvic ultrasound or MRI for ovarian teratoma.
    • Early immunotherapy - IV methylprednisolone, IVIG or plasma exchange; rituximab or cyclophosphamide if poor response.
    • Remove a teratoma if found; critical care support; good recovery is possible but slow.

    5. A 55-year-old man with hepatitis C has palpable purpura on his legs, joint pains, numb feet and proteinuria. C4 is very low; rheumatoid factor positive.
    Answer: Mixed cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis.

    • Cryoglobulins (sample kept at 37°C), HCV RNA, protein electrophoresis, renal function and urine PCR.
    • Direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C; rituximab for active vasculitis; plasma exchange if severe.
    • Renal biopsy if significant kidney involvement (MPGN); monitor for lymphoma.
    Key Points
    • Autoimmunity = genetic susceptibility plus triggers (infection, smoking, UV, drugs, hormones, checkpoint inhibitors).
    • Request autoantibodies to answer a clinical question - low-titre ANA is common in healthy people.
    • ANA is sensitive for SLE; dsDNA and Sm are specific; dsDNA and complement track activity.
    • Anti-Ro in pregnancy - congenital heart block; anti-histone - drug-induced lupus.
    • APS - confirm antibodies at 12 weeks; warfarin, not DOACs; LMWH and aspirin in pregnancy.
    • PR3-ANCA - GPA; MPO-ANCA - MPA and EGPA; anti-GBM - Goodpasture's - urgent tests and plasma exchange.
    • Anti-CCP is specific for RA; RF is not.
    • Myositis antibodies define phenotype and cancer risk (TIF1-γ) - anti-HMGCR after statins.
    • Coeliac - tTG-IgA with total IgA, while eating gluten.
    • Paraneoplastic antibodies - search for cancer (Hu - SCLC; Yo - ovary and breast; NMDAR - teratoma).
    • Complement diseases - aHUS, C3G, PNH - complement inhibitors; vaccinate against meningococcus.
    • Cryoglobulinaemia - hepatitis C, very low C4, warm sample.
    • IgG4-related disease - tumour-like masses, raised IgG4, steroid-responsive.
    Guidelines and Further Reading
    • EULAR/ACR 2019 classification criteria for SLE; EULAR recommendations for SLE and lupus nephritis
    • British Society for Rheumatology: Guidelines for SLE, ANCA vasculitis, systemic sclerosis and myositis
    • British Society for Haematology: Guidelines on the investigation and management of antiphospholipid syndrome
    • KDIGO: Glomerular diseases guideline (2021) and lupus nephritis update
    • NICE NG20: Coeliac disease - recognition, assessment and management
    • Association of British Neurologists: Autoimmune encephalitis and myasthenia gravis guidance
    • Royal College of Pathologists / UK NEQAS: Autoantibody testing and interpretation
    • BNF - for current doses

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