5/14/13

Question 1

What is the most common cause of death in acute myocardial infarction?

Answer 1

ventricular fibrillation

Question 2

What is another name for VF?

Answer 2

reentrant ventricular arrhythmia

Question 3

What is the first-line medical treatment for idiopathic benign intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri)?

Answer 3

acetazolamide

Question 4

The mnemonic SIG E CAPS can be used to remember the criteria (5/9) for diagnosing major depression. What does it stand for?

Answer 4

Sleep
Interest
Guilt
Energy
Concentration
Appetite
Psychomotor agitation/retardation
Suicidality

Question 5

What 3 hormones are deficient in women suffering from secondary amenorrhea due to excessive exercise and undernutrition?

Answer 5

LH, FSH, and ESTROGEN

Question 6

What should be done for low-risk pts w/ ASC-US on Pap smear and CIN I on colpscopic biopsy?

Answer 6

repeat Pap smear in 6 and 12 mos or do HPV testing at 12 mos

Question 7

If a newborn babe presents with hand paralysis and ipsilateral ptosis and miosis, what kind of paralysis is it?

Answer 7

Klumpke’s paralysis (C7, C8, and T1)

Question 8

What are the two most common organisms causing unilateral lymphadenitis in children in order?

Answer 8

S. aureus, GAS

Question 9

What organism tends to cause unilateral lymphadenitis in children, along w/ fever, chills, headache, and malaise after contact with a rabbit, hamster, or blood-sucking arthropod?

Answer 9

Francisella tularensis

Question 10

Pain and decreased visual acuity w/in six weeks of ophthalmic surgery with swollen eyelids and conjunctiva, hypopyon, corneal edema, and infection. Dx?

Answer 10

postoperative endophthalmitis

Question 11

Pt. has proptosis, ophthalmoplegia, chemosis, and visual loss folowing sinus infection. Dx?

Answer 11

cavernous sinus thrombosis

Question 12

Ophthalmology: What is chemosis?

Answer 12

edema/swelling of conjunctiva

Question 13

Ophthalmology: What is hypopyon?

Answer 13

leukocytic exudate in anterior chamber

Question 14

When should a pt w/ FAP undergo proctocolectomy?

Answer 14

at age of Dx

Question 15

What does CREST syndrome stand for again?

Answer 15

Calcinosis
Raynaud's phenomenon
Esophageal dysmotility
Sclerodactyly
Telangiectasias

Question 16

Young womoan w/ bilateral trigeminal neuralgia is a red light for what?

Answer 16

multiple sclerosis

Question 17

What pathogen causes aseptic meningitis?

Answer 17

echovirus

Question 18

What characterizes first-degree heart block?

Answer 18

prolonged PR interval (>0.2 sec)

Question 19

What are the 3 most common causes of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis in children?

Answer 19

Pneumococcus, H. influenzae (non-typeable), and Moraxella catarrhalis

Question 20

What is the treatment of choice for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis?

Answer 20

amoxicillin-clavulanic acid

Question 21

Dysmenorrhea, heavy menses, and an enlarged uterus is classic for _______.

Answer 21

uterine fibroids

Question 22

What causes pelvic congestion syndrome?

Answer 22

varicose vv. in the lower abd.

Question 23

A pt with a dangerously low BP, depressed CO, and elevated PWCP is suffering from what?

Answer 23

cardiogenic shock