2017 Flashcards
A 55-year-old patient with a 13 year history of asthma and on inhaled corticosteroids, he presented with 4 week history of hypertension. Which medications should not be given?
A) Propranolol
B) Verapamil
C) Nifedipine
D) Hydrochlorothiazide
A) Propranolol
A previously healthy 14-year-old boy presented with decreased urine output and a rise in serum creatinine to 200 following one tablet of ampicillin for his sore throat. Urine routine and microscopy show RBCs 5-7 WBCs 10-15/HBF with protein +1, How should he be treated?
A) Normal saline
B) Corticosteroids
C) Nothing since it is post streptococcal glomerulonephritis
D) Hemodialysis
C) Nothing since it is post streptococcal glomerulonephritis
A type 1 diabetes patient had hyperglycemia of 26 and Na=130. What is the cause of the hyponatremia?
A) Low aldosterone
B) High blood osmolarity
B) High blood osmolarity
A patient on a medication showed anti-histone antibodies, what will you do?
Stop the medication
20-year-old women presented with weight loss, intermittent right iliac fossa pain, perianal discharge and diarrhea for 6 months. Physical examination showed aphthous ulcer in the mouth and tender right iliac fossa mass. What is the best way to investigate her condition?
A) Colonoscopy
B) Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
C) Pill colonoscopy
D) small bowel enteroscopy
A) Colonoscopy
A patient with fever and sore throat, a radio scan showed diffused reduced uptake. On physical exam she had tenderness of the thyroid gland (+/- with a hard mass in the right lobe), what is the best investigation to confirm the diagnosis?
A) fine needle aspiration cytology
B) increased thyroglobulin
C) increased TSH
A) fine needle aspiration cytology
Myasthenia gravis –> _______ on repeated nerve stimulation?
decrement
Before giving azathioprine, what enzyme should be investigated?
A) Azathioprine dehydrogenase
B) Xanthine oxidase
C) Thiopurine methyltransferase
C) Thiopurine methyltransferase
A 22-year-old man was pulled out of a collapsed building, what is the most important measure to prevent renal failure?
A) Start iv normal saline
B) Start iv calcium carbonate
C) Start dialysis regardless of renal function
A) Start iv normal saline
A patient underwent coronary angiography. Which if the following would you expect to find in contrast induce nephropathy?
A) Proteinuria > 2.6
B) Hematuria
C) Eosinophiluria
D) Increased urine osmolarity
D) Increased urine osmolarity
A 58-year-old lady with symptoms of grade 2 dyspnea on NYHA, the doctor suspected Sjogren syndrome as the patient was also experiencing dry eyes and mouth. Which would support this diagnosis?
A) Anti-CCP
B) Anti ro ssa/la ssa
c) C-ANCA
B) Anti ro ssa/la ssa
20-year old gentleman presented with right lower quadrant pain, diarrhea and weight loss for 6 months. On physical examination he had finger clubbing and palpable mass in the right iliac fossa and perianal discharge, (a different barium enema image was provided in our exam).
A) Acute appendicitis
B) Carcinoma of the colon
C) Chronic amoebiasis
D) Crohn’s Disease
D) Crohn’s Disease
A patient with psoriasis developed severe pain in the back of his ankle. Which of the following is a musculoskeletal manifestation of his disease?
A) Heberden nodules
B) Bouchard Nodules
C) Enthesitis
C) Enthesitis
52 year old male came in for a checkup. He had no symptoms. normal physical exam. relevant past medical history of colorectal carcinoma, normal CBC, he also had positive fecal occult blood. What is your next step of management?
A) Colonoscopy
B) Flexible sigmoidoscopy
C) Reassurance
A) Colonoscopy
Patient presented with prolonged PT and everything else was normal, what factor is deficient?
A) Factor 12 deficiency
B) Factor 13 deficiency
C) Factor 7 deficiency
D) Von-wilebrand factor deficiency
C) Factor 7 deficiency
A young high school student with BP of 160/90. What make the diagnosis essential hypertension rather than secondary hypertension?
A) K = 1.4 (hypokalemia)
B) Ph = 7.4
C) Bilateral renal cyst
D) Proteinuria > 2 mg
B) Ph = 7.4
A patient with hearing loss due to middle ear problem, the air conduction will be?
A) less than the bone
b more than the bone
c) same as the bone
A) less than the bone (conductive deafness?)
A patient was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, and she follows up in rheumatology clinic. What is best used to follow up the patient?
CRP
- Which of the following pathological changes favors UC over Crohn’s?
A) Villous atrophy
B) Granulomas
C) Transmural involvement
D) Crypt abscess
D) Crypt abscess
A patient presented with proximal DVT, she has a history of recurrent abortions and immuno-thrombocytopenia. What could be the reason of current presentation?
A) SLE
B) Aspirin
C) Primary Anti-phospholipid syndrome
D) Estrogen
C) Primary Anti-phospholipid syndrome
A 23 year old female presents with cough and purulent sputum. She has been having chronic respiratory symptoms since childhood including nasal congestion, sinusitis. Two of her siblings have a similar condition. Which organism is associated with exacerbations of her condition?
A) Pseudomonas aeruginosa
B) Streptococcus pneumonia
C) Chlamydia pneumonia
D) Candida albicans
A) Pseudomonas aeruginosa
A 41 year old male with 7 years history of diabetes, hypertension, &obstructive sleep apnea. He now
presents with constipation and colonoscopy showed multiple polyps. He also complains of fatigue, decreased libido, headache and change in vision that progressively worsens over the years. What is the next investigation test?
A) 1 mg dexamethasone suppression test
B) C peptide level
C) Insulin suppression test
D) Insulin like growth factor 1 level
D) Insulin like growth factor 1 level
40-year-old female known case of rheumatoid arthritis was scheduled for abdominal surgery. What investigation should be done prior to intubation?
A) Hand x-ray
B) Foot x-ray
C) Cervical x-ray
D) Lumbar x-ray
C) Cervical x-ray
24-year-old female with malar rash mouth ulcers and symmetrical joints pain. what serological test will you ask for to determine the diagnosis?
A) ANA
B) Anti-CCP
C) Rheumatoid factor
D) Anticardiolipin
A) ANA
What would make you suspect secondary headache in a man in his 40s?
Sudden onset
A diabetic patient with non-proliferative retinopathy, HT, dyslipidemia, neuropathy. He says that he is adherent to his medication (sartan? and statin) and to his
two DM drugs (metformin and empaglifozin), his BMI is 31 and his urine study was normal however his HbcA1 is 7.7. How to manage?
A) switch to basal-bolus
B) Bariatric surgery.
C) Add GLP-1 or SGLT1? not sure
B) Bariatric surgery. not sure
A patient with occasional chest pain on exertion, woke up in the middle of the night feeling dyspneic. ECG shows no changes and high troponin, what is the diagnosis?
A) Unstable angina
B) NSTEMI
B) NSTEMI
A lady with secondary amenorrhea, normal LH & FSH levels, low estradiol level. MRI showed a mass near sella turnica right to the pituitary, what is the likely diagnosis?
A) Lactoadenoma
B) Gonadoadenoma
A) Lactoadenoma
A young nurse presented with 4 days history of sharp central chest pain, worse with activity, lying flat and breathing but better with sitting forward, what is the likely diagnosis?
A) Pleurisy
B) Pericarditis
B) Pericarditis
A 22 years old woman presented with severe hypertension (180/110), she has normal renal function and normal kidney sizes, she denies palpitations or sweating, she did not have cushingoid features, her electrolytes:
Na: 146 (135-145)
K: 2.9 (3.5-5)
Ph: 7.5
What’s the best diagnostic test:
A) Serum catecholamines
B) 24-hour urinary metanephrines
C) Serum cortisol
D) Aldosterone : renin ratio
D) Aldosterone : renin ratio
Which is an extra-articular manifestation of sero-positive rheumatoid arthritis?
A) Myopathy
B) Pleural effusion
B) Pleural effusion
25-year-old male with history of progressive cervical lymph nodes, over the last months. Biopsy showed non-caseating granuloma, what is the likely diagnosis?
A) Sarcoidosis
B) Hodgkin Lymphoma
C) Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
D) Tb
A) Sarcoidosis
A 19 years old patients diagnosed with diabetes two years ago. She is on a healthy diet, exercises regularly, and is on multiple insulin injections. She had multiple low blood glucose readings (2.4-3.2) both while fasting and before her meals. She did not experience any hypoglycemia symptoms excepts once two months ago during which the device reading was OL. What is the most appropriate management?
A) Reduce her basal insulin
B) Reduce her bolus insulin
C) Reduce her meal intake
D) Change the device
A) Reduce her basal insulin
A 65-year-old patient with hip pain and short morning stiffness, what is the first line therapy?
A) Paracetamol
B) Prednisone
A) Paracetamol
A man who is a vegetarian (vegan) had fatigue, weakness and numbness, what is expected to be found?
A) Hyper-segmented neutrophils
B) Low folic acid
A) Hyper-segmented neutrophils
A 64-year-old lady complains of pain in her left knee and morning stiffness that lasts about 15 minutes. What would the X-ray most probably show?
A) Subchondral sclerosis
B) Symmetrical joint narrowing
C) Increased joint space
D) Osteophyte
E) osteopenia
D) Osteophyte
Rheumatic fever case with abnormal cardiac examination, penicillin was administered, what else will you give?
A) Aspirin
B) Prednisone
C) Colchicine
B) Prednisone
29-year-old lady with sickle cell disease and admitted previously for vaso-occlusive crisis recently has been diagnosed with pneumonia and septicemia. What complication predisposed her to having this condition?
A) Splenic atrophy
B) Hypogammaglobulinemia
C) Drug induced neutropenia
D) Weakened T cells
A) Splenic atrophy
which is not a characteristic of cerebellar lesions?
A) Dysdikinokinesia
B) Hypermeteria
C) Hypertonia
D) Ataxia
C) Hypertonia
A patient with hypernatremia, what will happen if the sodium is correct in a fast rate?
A) Cerebral edema
B) Cerebral pontine myelinosis
A) Cerebral edema
A young female with 5 years history of SLE presented with right sided hemiplegia, no active synovitis or cutaneous lesions, MRI showed hypertense T2 lesion in MCA territory. What investigation is important to plan her management?
A) ANA
B) Anti-Jo
C) Anti-cardiolipin
D) CSF of anti-ribosomal p protein antibody
C) Anti-cardiolipin
Chest pain scenario with ECG attached, which artery is affected?
A) Right coronary artery
B) Left anterior descending coronary artery
C) Left circumflex artery
B) Left anterior descending coronary artery
(ANTERIOR WALL)
which of the following is used to lower potassium in a patient with hyperkalemia?
A) NaHCO3
b) Glucose
C) Beta blockers
D) Calcium gluconate
A) NaHCO3
An old man presented with hemoptysis and rapidly progressive renal failure, immunofluorescence shows anti-GBM antibodies, what is the diagnosis?
A) Goodpasture syndrome
B) SLE
C) Wagner granulomatosis
A) Goodpasture syndrome
what is the diagnosis?
A) atrial fibrillation
B) atrial flutter
A) atrial fibrillation
A female from Algeria came to Kuwait 1 year ago. She recently presented with one- month history of cough with yellow to green sputum, intermittent fever, sweating, & 4kg weight loss. She’s a lifetime smoker. Physical examination was unremarkable except for a low-grade fever of 37.8°. Chest X ray showed right upper lobe cavity with surrounding consolidation and CBC was normal. What is the most appropriate initial investigation?
A) CT chest
B) Blood culture with sensitivity
C) Sputum sample for Zeihl-Nelson
D) Treat with broad spectrum antibiotics and repeat chest x ray in two weeks
C) Sputum sample for Zeihl-Nelson
A 25-year-old female presented with urticaria eruption in her trunk and legs. She has fever of 39, sore knee and ankle. There is a history of pharyngitis and otitis media. She was on Cefaclor. Urticarial eruption has resolved, but she still has joint pain, fever, and (something forgotten?). What is the diagnosis?
A) Urticaria
B) Serum sickness
C) Serum sickness-like reaction
D) Urticaria vasculitis
C) Serum sickness-like reaction
How to detect rheumatoid factor?
Nephelometry
A patient recently diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes is having microalbuminuria, how to prevent the progression of diabetic nephropathy?
A) ACEI
B) Beta blocker
C) Thiazides
A) ACEI