4TH BIMONTHLY RECALLS Flashcards
The following are TRUE of Type 1 Diabetes Milletus EXCEPT:
a. utilization of glucose by muscle and fat decreases
b. dependent on insulin to prevent metabolic alkalosis
c. Due to autoimmmune destruction of
pancreatic B cells
d. if uncontrolled, would lead to a nonlabored, rapid breathing
b. dependent on insulin to prevent metabolic alkalosis
The following statements are TRUE about Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus EXCEPT:
a. Non-insulin dependent diabetes
b. Noted peripheral insulin resistance
c. With absolute insulin deficiency
d. non-autoimmune destruction of B cells
c. With absolute insulin deficiency
This is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in children presenting with polyuria, polydypsia and an FBS of
250mg/dL
a. Ketoacidosis
b. Cerebral edema
c. Hyperglycemia
d. Nonketotic Hyperosmolar coma
b. Cerebral edema
The diagnosis of diabetes insipidus is
established when:
a. Serum osmolality is > 200; urine
osmolality is < 200
b. Serum osmolality is > 300; urine
osmolality is > 300
c. Serum osmolality is < 200; urine
osmolality is > 200
d. Serum osmolality is > 300; urine
osmolality is < 300
b. Serum osmolality is > 300; urine
osmolality is > 300
A water deprivation test is indicated when pathologic polyuria and polydipsia are present and serum osmolality is:
a. > 250 mOsm/kg, < 300 mOsm/kg
b. > 260 mOsm/kg, < 300 mOsm/kg
c. > 270 mOsm/kg, < 300 mOsm/kg
d. > 270 mOsm/kg, > 300 mOsm/kg
c. > 270 mOsm/kg, < 300 mOsm/kg
Rapid correction of a person with serum sodium of 115meq/L will cause:
a. Cerebral salt wasting
b. Lateral pontine myelinolysis
c. Central cerebellar myelinolysis
d. Central pontine myelinolysis
d. Central pontine myelinolysis
Vasopressin insufficiency is found in what condition?
a. Central Diabetes insipidus
b. Genetic Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus
c. Acquired Nephrogenic Diabetes
Insipidus
d. Both Genetic, Acquired Nephrogenic
Diabetes Insipidus
d. Both Genetic, Acquired Nephrogenic
Diabetes Insipidus
Chronic SIADH is BEST treated with one of the following :
a. Diuretics
b. Demeclocycline
c. Oral fluid restriction
d. Sodium supplementation
c. Oral fluid restriction
The triphasic response mechanism involved after a surgery or trauma is as follows :
a. Transient Diabetes insipidus —
Permanent Diabetes insipidus—
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH
secretion
b. Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH
secretion — Transient DI — Permanent
DI
c. Transient DI— SIADH — Permanent DI
d. Permanent DI— SIADH — Transient DI
c. Transient DI— SIADH — Permanent DI
This is the mainstay for the management of Central Diabetes Insipidus.
a. Pitressin
b. Fluid therapy
c. Desmopressin
d. Caloric load for osmotic load
b. Fluid therapy
This is the main goal for the treatment of Nephrogenic Diabetes insipidus.
a. Diuretics
b. Treat underlying problem
c. Provide enough calories
d. High dose Desmopressin
b. Treat underlying problem
The following are true in the management of severe Hyponatremia :
a. Fluid restriction
b. Raise serum Na+ @ 0.5mEq/L/Hr using isotonic 3% NaCl
c. Do emergency fluid challenge when
serum sodium is < 130 meq/L
d. Raise serum Na+ no higher than 12
mEq/L/24hrs with hypertonic 3% NaCl
d. Raise serum Na+ no higher than 12
mEq/L/24hrs with hypertonic 3% NaCl
One of the following is NOT part of the
management of diabetic ketoacidosis.
a. Sodium HC03 only if pH is < 7.2
b. Initial hydration fluid of hypertonic 3% NaCl
c. Administration of glucose (5% soln in
0.2 N saline)
d. Give K+ added afte
b. Initial hydration fluid of hypertonic 3% NaCl
A 12- year old female has a 6-month history of hyperactivity with declining school performance. Although her appetite is increased , she doesn’t gain weight. PE showed mild exophthalmos, slight tremors of the fingers and a neck mass. The following are true for this case EXCEPT:
a. Low TSH
b. Thyroxine is increased
c. Thyroid Receptor Antibody confirms the diagnosis
d. Aside from PTU, may give Carbimazole (more potent) as treatment
d. Aside from PTU, may give Carbimazole (more potent) as treatment
A consequence of Radioactive iodine
Ablation in patients with Grave’s disease would be:
a. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
b. Permanent hypothyroidism
c. Transient diabetes insipidus
d. Transient hypoparathyroidism
b. Permanent hypothyroidism
A 2-month old appears to be having
inadequate weight gain. His mother claims that he is constipated. On PE, he has decreased muscle tone, a large fontanel, a large tongue, an umbilical hernia. The most common cause for this case is:
a. Iodine deficiency
b. Thyroid malformation
c. TSH unresponsiveness
d. Defect in thyroid hormone synthesis
e. Maternal Abs: Thyrothropin receptorblocking Ab (TRB Ab)
b. Thyroid malformation
A 2-month old appears to be having
inadequate weight gain. His mother claims that he is constipated. On PE, he has decreased muscle tone, a large fontanel, a large tongue, an umbilical hernia. The earliest manifestation of this patient would have been:
a. Hypotonia
b. Cold, mottled skin
c. Prolonged physiologic jaundice
d. Edematous genitalia, extremities
c. Prolonged physiologic jaundice
A 1-month old presents with vomiting and severe dehydration. PE shows ambiguous genitalia. Lab tests show hyponatremia. One of the following is the most reliable laboratory parameter to diagnose this patient: An increase in serum _________________?
a. 17-hydroxylase
b. 21A-Hydroxylase
c. 17A- OH progesterone
d. 17A-OH pregnenolone
c. 17A- OH progesterone
A 1-month old presents with vomiting and severe dehydration. PE shows ambiguous genitalia. Lab tests show hyponatremia. There is a deficiency in what enzyme/hormone?
a. 11 B-Hydroxylase
b. 17B-Hydroxylase
c. 21A-Hydroxylase
d. 17A-hydroxyprogesterone
c. 21A-Hydroxylase
A patient had recently a menigococcal
infection and manifested the following muscular weakness, malaise, anorexia,
nausea, vomiting, wt loss, with salt-craving. On PE, there are highly pigmented- skin creases, mucosa, scars. The definitive test to confirm diagnosis is:
a. Cathecholmaine levels
b. Water deprivation test
c. Single-dose Dexamethasone
Suppression Test
d. Cortisol levels before and after ACTH
administration
d. Cortisol levels before and after ACTH
administration
Excessive urine excretion and excessive thirst are common clinical manifestations in the following EXCEPT:
a. Primary polydipsia
b. Cushing syndrome
c. Pheochromocytoma
d. Maturity onset Diabetes of the Young
b. Cushing syndrome
The most common cause of patients
presenting with rounded face, prominent cheeks, moon facies, “Buffalo hump”, generalized obesity, abnormal masculinization and Impaired growth with hypertension is:
a. dyshormonogenesis
b. acquired primary adrenal insufficiency
c. autoimmune destruction of pancreatic islets
d. prolonged exogenous administration of glucocorticoid hormones
d. prolonged exogenous administration of glucocorticoid hormones
The following are true of Pheochromocytoma EXCEPT:
a. the lesion involve the right kidney
b. Sx-free in between attacks of HPN
c. Most common site is the adrenal cortex
d. Surgical removal is the mainstay of
management
c. Most common site is the adrenal cortex
The following are true about Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis EXCEPT:
a. presence of thyrothropin receptor blocking Ab (TRB Ab)
b. patients don’t present with normal
serum T4 and TSH
c. in marked hypothyroidism, there is an elevated TSH, low FT4
d. in subclinical hypothyroidism, there is an elevated TSH and normal FT4
a. presence of thyrothropin receptor blocking Ab (TRB Ab)
Diagnostic criteria for Diabetic Milletus
includes the following EXCEPT:
a. FBS >126mg/dL
b. RBS > 100mg/dL
c. HbA1c of >6.5%
d. 2-hour plasma glucose of 200mg/dL
b. RBS > 100mg/dL
Epilepsy is defined as:
a. less than 2 unprovoked seizures
occurring in a time frame of >24 hrs
b. More than 2 provoked seizures in >24 hrs
c. More than 2 unprovoked seizures in > 24 hours
d. More than 2 unprovoked seizures in
less than 24 hours
c. More than 2 unprovoked seizures in > 24 hours
A 3-month old boy presenting with
prolonged seizures at the emergency room was noted to have an occipital
cephalhematoma on palpation of the head. What is the imaging modality of choice to evaluate for intracranial hemorrhage and to rule out skull fracture?
a. Skull xray
b. Cranial ultrasound
c. Cranial CT scan, plain
d. Cranial MRI
c. Cranial CT scan, plain
The imaging modality for vascular
malformations in infants is:
a. Cranial ultrasound
b. Cranial CT scan
c. Cranial MRI
d. MR Angiography
d. MR Angiography
In the evaluation of the first seizure,
Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI) should be seriously considered in all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Children < 1 year old
b. Unexplained acute psychosis
c. Benign partial epilepsy of childhood
d. Electroencephalography showing
secondary generalized epilepsy
c. Benign partial epilepsy of childhood
Which diagnostic procedure is done to a 5- month old with simple febrile seizure:
a. EEG
b. Lumbar puncture
c. Cranial ultrasound
d. Serum sodium, potassium, glucose
e. All of the above
b. Lumbar puncture
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is also known as:
a. Janz syndrome
b. West syndrome
c. Dravet syndrome
d. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
a. Janz syndrome
The triad of Lennox-gastaut syndrome
includes EXCEPT:
a. Developmental delay
b. Myoclonic seizures
c. Polyspike bursts in sleep
d. 1-2 Hz spike and rapid waves
d. 1-2 Hz spike and rapid waves
Triad of West sydrome includes EXCEPT:
a. Infantile spams
b. hypsarrhytmia
c. Developmental regression
d. polyspike burst in wakefulness
d. polyspike burst in wakefulness
Absence seizures are described as the
following EXCEPT:
a. focal type of seizure
b. generalized type of seizure
c. no postictal period
d. may have simple automatisms
a. focal type of seizure
Severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy is also known as:
a. West syndrome
b. Dravet syndrome
c. Ohtahara syndrome
d. Janz syndrome
b. Dravet syndrome
Partial seizures are common in:
a. frontal lobe epilepsy
b. parietal lobe epilepsy
c. occipital lobe epilepsy
d. temporal lobe epilepsy
d. temporal lobe epilepsy
It is also called the infantile epileptic
encephalopathy.
a. West syndrome
b. Dravet syndrome
c. Ohtahara syndrome
d. Janz syndrome
c. Ohtahara syndrome
How will you initially manage a patient
presenting with febrile seizures at the
emergency room?
a. Do lumbar tap
b. Give antipyretics
c. Give anticonvulsants
d. Check for the airway, breathing, circulation
d. Check for the airway, breathing, circulation
Physical Findings of anemia are the ff.
EXCEPT:
a. Pallor in Hb = 10 g/dl
b. Flow murmur
c. Hepatosplenomegaly
d. None of the above
a. Pallor in Hb = 10 g/dl
An initial laboratory tests to be requested on a patient who comes in due to pallor EXCEPT:
a. WBC
b. Bone marrow smear exam
c. Reticulocyte count
d. Red cell indices
b. Bone marrow smear exam