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A 14-year-old boy with a history of epilepsy complains of progressive lower limbs weakness and tngling sensaton since last two days. His face, trunk and upper limbs are not involved. He has had fever and runny nose 10 days ago. On physical examinaton, there is 3/5 muscle strength in both lower limbs with absent refexes. Blood pressure 120/80 mmH Heart rate 85 /min Respiratory rate 18 /min Temperature 37.4° C Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Polymyosits
B. Multple sclerosis
C. Acute poliomyelits
D. Guillain-barre syndrome
D. Guillain-barre syndrome
A 5-year-old boy is brought to the Emergency Department afer an episode of convulsion that involved all limbs 1 hour ago. It contnued for 3 minutes and associated with drooling and loss of consciousness. He had runny nose, mild cough and fever for last 3 days. On physical examinaton, he was fully actve with mild congested throat. Blood pressure 120/80 mmHg Heart rate 98 /min Respiratory rate 22 /min Temperature 37.9° C Which of the following is the most appropriate treatment?
A. Phenytoin
B. Diazepam
C. Amoxicillin
D. Paracetamol
D. Paracetamol
Which of the following measures would decrease the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome?
A. Pacifer at bedtime
B. Sleep in prone poton
C. Sof sleeping matress
D. Sleep positon support device
A. Pacifer at bedtime
In which conditons circumcision should be avoided?
A. Phimosis
B. Hypospadias
C. Unilateral Cryptorchidism
D. Posterior urethral valve
B. Hypospadias
A 6-year-old girl presents with sudden involuntary abnormal movement in her limbs that started 10 minutes ago. It was associated with inability to speak. Few hours ago, she took metoclopramide, hyoscine butylbromide and oral rehydraton soluton afer being diagnosed with viral gastroenterits. The physical examinaton showed facial grimacing and protrusion of tongue. Which of the following is most appropriate treatment?
A. Tizanidine
B. Epinephrine
C. Cyproheptadine
D. Diphenhydramine
D. Diphenhydramine
A 4-month-old boy presents to the clinic with rash over the neck for 3 days. The rash is not itchy (see image). Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Cellulits
B. Candidal intertrigo
C. Erythema Multform
D. Seborrheic dermatts
B. Candidal intertrigo
A 3-year-old boy presents to the clinic with blood in his diapers for 2 days. There is no associated abdominal pain or constpaton. He had similar presentaton 3 months ago. The physical examinaton shows pale conjunctva and dry oral mucosa. Blood pressure 130/75 mmHg Heart rate 124 /min Respiratory rate 35 /min Temperature 37.4° C which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Juvenile polyp
B. Intussusceptons
C. Hirschsprung disease
D. Meckel’s divertculum
D. Meckel’s divertculum
A 6-year-old boy presents to the Outpatent Department with frequent and brief episodes of rapid eyes blinking for 2 weeks. The episodes are not associated with pain, redness, tearing or discharge. During the episode, he communicated well with his parents. The physical examinaton shows normal visual acuity. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Tic disorder
B. Pett mal seizure
C. Dry eye syndrome
D.Tourete syndrome
A. Tic disorder
A 2-week-old girl presents with persistent vomitng since birth. She vomits about 1 hour afer feeding. She passes stool 3 tmes per day. The physical examinaton shows a small non-tender mass in the epigastrium. Blood pressure 95/55 mmH Heart rate 135 /min Respiratory rate 35 /min Temperature 37.1° C Which of the following is the most appropriate investgaton?
A. Barium swallow
B. Abdominal X-ray
C. Abdominal CT scan
D. Abdominal ultrasound
D. Abdominal ultrasound
A 13-year-old boy comes to clinic complaining of fatgue, non-productve cough, low-grade fever and night sweats over the past 7 weeks. He also mentoned that he has had 2 episodes of hemoptysis. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Tuberculosis
B. Bronchiectasis
C. Lung neoplasm
D. Mycoplasma pneumonia
A. Tuberculosis
A 6-year-old child presents with a high-grade fever, malaise, conjunctvits, coryza, and a cough. A rash of discrete pink macules recently began on the face and extends to the hands and feet. The child also had small, whitsh spots inside the mouth before the rash appeared. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Toxic shock syndrome
B. Gonococcal bacteremia
C. Measles
D. Rubella
C. Measles
A 40-year-old Healthy Primigravida with a history previous deep venous thrombosis Which of the following is the most appropriate management?
A. Aspirin
B. Heparin
C. Enoxaparin
D. No anticoagulation
D. No anticoagulation
A 29-year-old G4 P3003 at 12 weeks’ gestaton. Her current pregnancy has been uneventul. One week ago she has notced swelling of her ankles and feet (see lab results). Blood pressure 150/95 mmHg Heart rate 84 /minute Temperature 36.9°C Respiratory Rate 15 /minute Test Result Normal Values Hb 11.9 120-158 g/ Creatnine 65 58-145 mol/L Uric acid 210 140-360 mol/L Urine analysis Trace protein Which of the following is the most appropriate therapy?
A. Methyldopa
B. Atenolol
C. Captopril
D. Losartan
A. Methyldopa
During a difcult forceps delivery, an obstetrician misapplied the blade of the forceps at the child’s lef stylo-mastoid foramen where the forceps crushed its contents. What would be the baby’s residual defect?
A. Inability to close the left eyelid
B. Reduced blood supply to the lef ear
C. Loss of sensaton from the lef side of the face
D. Loss of taste from anterior 2/3rd of the tongue
A. Inability to close the left eyelid
A 34-year-old G4 P0030 at 32 weeks’ gestaton presented to the Emergency Department with tonic clonic convulsions. Temperature 37.2 Blood pressure 140/95 mmHg Respiratory rate 16/ minute Pulse 90/minute What is the most efectve drug to control her seizures?
A. Magnesium sulphate
B. Hydralazine
C. Phenytoin
D. Diazepam
A. Magnesium sulphate
A 27-year-old primigravida had a glucose tolerance test (see lab results). Patent’s results Normal Values Fastng 5.7 3.3 to 5.5 Mmol/ 1 hour 9.4 Less than 11.1 Mmol/ 2hour 9.8 Less than 8.6 Mmol/I 3 hour 7.2 Less than 7.8 Mmol/ Which of the following is the next best step in management?
A. Take a random glucose level
B. Obtain a haemoglobin A1c
C. Adjust the patent’s diet
D. Repeat the GTT
C. Adjust the patent’s diet
A 35-year-old G2 P1001 at 30 weeks’ gestaton with poorly controlled gestatonal diabetes on diet.Which of the following medicatons is the most appropriate treatment?
A. Pioglitazone HCI
B. Metormin HCI
C. Glyburide
D. Insulin
D. Insulin
A 35-year-old nulliparous on treatment for hyperprolactnemia for the past year. When would pituitary imaging be indicated?
A. Prolactn level is twice the normal
B. Persistent galactorrhea
C. Blurred vision
D. Pregnancy
B. Persistent galactorrhea
A 40-year-old woman is on Tamoxifen 20 mg daily as a hormonal treatment of breast cancer. She complains of heavy and prolonged menstrual period. Her transvaginal ultrasound revealed the presence of 28 mm endometrial thickness with cystc changes. Which of the following is the next step in the patent’s evaluaton?
A. Endometrial sampling
B. Cancer cell surface antgen 125
C. Computed tomography of the pelvis
D. Serum follicular and luteinizing hormones
A. Endometrial sampling
A 24-year-old obese woman, no previous pregnancy, complains of irregular menstrual periods Menarche was at age of 14 and her periods were irregular in tming, duraton and fow. The last menstrual fow was scanty 3 months ago. History of weight gain since menarche along with facial acne and mild facial hirsutsm (see lab results). Test Result Normal Values Testosterone 3.4 0.7-2.8 mol/L Sex hormone-binding globulins 9 13-17 mol/L Luteinizing hormone 31 5-22 U/L Follicie-stmulatng hormone 2.1 5-20 IU/L Random Glucose 6.1 3.9-5.5 mmol/L Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Turer’s syndrome
B. Exogenous obesity
C. Premature ovarian failure
D. Polycystic ovary syndrome
D. Polycystic ovary syndrome
A 25-year-old breasteeding mother, who delivered a month ago, presents with fever and pain in the right breast for the past 2 days. The fever comes with chills and malaise. On examinaton, the right breast shows a skin wound on the areolar with a reddened and indurated surrounding area. Blood pressure 110/70 mHg Heart rate 86 /min Respiratory rate 18 /min Temperature 39.0° C Which of the following is the most likely causing pathogen?
A. Escherichia coli
B. Staphylococcus aureus
C. Haemophilus infuenzae
D. B-haemolytc streptococci
B. Staphylococcus aureus
A 22-year-old woman has multple small cysts within the ovary, as well as excessive androgen producton from the ovaries, anovulaton, insulin resistance, hypertension, and hirsutsm. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Gynecomasta
B. Kailman’s syndrome
C. Klinefelter’s syndrome
D. Stein-leventhal syndrome
D. Stein-leventhal syndrome
A 22-year-old woman has multple small cysts within the ovary, as well as excessive androgen producton from the ovaries, anovulaton, insulin resistance, hypertension, and hirsutsm. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Gynecomasta
B. Kailman’s syndrome
C. Klinefelter’s syndrome
D. Stein-leventhal syndrome
D. Stein-leventhal syndrome
A 28-year-old woman presents to the Maternal Health Clinic and reports that she has not had a menstrual period for the past 2 months. Human chorionic gonadotropin tested positve. Her signifcant health history included a needle-stck injury 1 year ago from a patent with hepatts C. She was treated with interferon and has received monthly screening examinatons. She asked if she would be able to breasteed her newborn. Which of the following complicatons would most likely prevent breasteeding?
A. Lack of routne newborn immunizations
B. Neonatal oral candidiasis
C. Materal anaemia
D. Cracked nipples
D. Cracked nipples