13 APR 2017 2026 MIX

Question 1

what is required to confirm the type of leukemia?

Answer 1

bone marrow biopsy

Question 2

the presence of over 25% blasts in a child 2-5 years of age is diagnostic of ________

Answer 2

ALL

Question 3

what are the FETAL complications of post term delivery?

Answer 3

• oligohydramnios
• meconium aspiration
• stillbirth
• macrosomia
• convulsions

Question 4

what does attributable risk percent represent? how is it calculated?

Answer 4

• excess risk in a population that can be explained by exposure to a particular risk factor
• subtracting risk in unexposed population (baseline) from risk in exposed population, and dividing the result by the risk in the exposed population
• (risk in exposed - risk in unexposed) / risk in exposed
• or, (RR - 1) / RR*

Question 5

what are options to manage akathisia?

Answer 5

• reduce antipsychotic and add BB (propanalol)
• benztropine
• benzodiazepine

Question 6

pulsus paradoxus can be seen in what conditions?

Answer 6

• pericardial effusion
• cardiac tamponade
• severe asthma
• COPD

Question 7

what is the first line medical treatment for OCD?

Answer 7

SSRIs

Question 8

what is the hallmark neuro finding as a result of prolonged seizure?

Answer 8

cortical laminar necrosis

Question 9

what is the result of labor induction agent toxicity (eg oxytocin)?

Answer 9

• uterine tachysystole (over 5 contractions in 10 minutes averaged over a 30 minute period)
• tetanic contractions (intense or prolonged)

Question 10

what are all the potential adverse effects of oxytocin toxicity?

Answer 10

• uterine tachysystole
• hyponatremia (due to water retention)
• hypotension

Question 11

what is the vector for chikungunya fever? what are the symptoms?

Answer 11

• mosquito
• flulike illness, symmetric polyarthralgias, macular or maculopapular rash on limbs and trunk, peripheral edema, cervical lyphadenopathy