11.8.2013(NEJM)

Question 0

cfDNA testing is done at

Answer 0

9 weeks

Question 1

Non invasive prenatal testing for trisomies

Answer 1

Cell free fetal DNA testing(cfDNA)

Question 2

Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor

Answer 2

Ibrutinib

Question 3

BTK inhibitor is used in treatment of

Answer 3

Mantle cell lymphoma

Question 4

Cord colitis syndrome

Answer 4

Colitis after umbilical cord hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Question 5

Causative organism in cord colitis syndrome

Answer 5

Bradyrhizhobium enterica

Question 6

Biomarkers for GVHD

Answer 6

Systemic GVHD
 interleukin-2 receptor alpha
 Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1
 Hepatocyte growth factor
 Interleukin 8
Skin GVHD
  Elafin
GIT GVHD
  Regenerating islet derived 3alpha

Question 7

Glucose levels and dementia

Answer 7

Elevated glucose levels is a risk factor for dementia in both diabetics and non diabetics

Question 8

Features of rubella infection

Answer 8

Rash
Fever
Palatal petechiae
Arthralgia

Question 9

Asthma,gender predilection

Answer 9

Men are more affected

After teenage yrs,women are commonly affected

Question 10

Asthma is common in

Adults or children?

Answer 10

Adults

Question 11

Diagnosis of asthma

Answer 11

Airflow obstruction that is partially reversed by inhaled short acting beta agonists
Increase in FEV1 by 12%
Increase of predicted FEV1 by 20 points
Increase in peak expiratory flow of more than 20%(60L/min)
Diurnal variation in PEF of more than 10%

Question 12

Who is more likely to grow out of asthma?

Answer 12

Boys