Boot Camp Misc

Question 1

What is absorbed in the duodenum?

Answer 1

FIC

folate, iron, calcium

Question 2

Where is B12 absorbed?

Answer 2

Terminal ileum

Question 3

Low sodium, high urine osmol

Answer 3

SIADH

Question 4

Entamoeba hystolytica

Answer 4

only parasite that causes bloody diarrhea (ask about travel hx)

Question 5

Treatment for Entamoeba hystolytica

Answer 5

metronidazole and diloxanide

Question 6

What diuretic can cause hypercalcemia?

Answer 6

thiazide

Question 7

What diuretic can cause hypocalcemia?

Answer 7

loop - lasix

Question 8

Where is Broca’s area?

Answer 8

frontal lobe (usually left sided)

Question 9

Wernicke’s

Answer 9

posterior superior temporal lobe

Question 10

Most common pathogen causing urinary tract infection (UTI) in pregnancy

Answer 10

E coli

Question 11

Where is a pheochromocytoma located?

Answer 11

Adrenal MEDULLA

Question 12

Investigation for pheochromocytoma

Answer 12

24-hour urinary vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) and catecholamine levels

Question 13

Occurrence of malignant mesothelioma has been correlated with industrial exposure

Answer 13

asbestos

Question 14

How do NSAIDS work on the kidney

Answer 14

Decrease renal blood flow (prevents dilation of afferent arterioles by blocking prostaglandin)

Question 15

Most common complication of varicella infection

Answer 15

Pneumonitis, pneumonia

Question 16

Skin sensation over the lower part of the right deltoid muscle

Answer 16

Axillary nerve

Question 17

Travel hx, bloody diarrhea, liver abscess of u/s

Answer 17

Entamoeba hystolytica

Question 18

What does chronic alcohol injection do to P450?

Answer 18

Enhances activity

Question 19

What does acute alcohol injection do to P450?

Answer 19

Paradoxically reduces activity

Question 20

common cause of hemolytic anemia in people with G6PD def

Answer 20

sulfa meds

fava beans

Question 21

the most effective prophylaxis for individuals exposed to meningococcal meningitis

Answer 21

rifampin

Question 22

Propranolol / nadolol

Answer 22

non-selective beta blockers

don’t use with pulmonary edema

Question 23

Anterior pituitary hormones

Answer 23

LH, FSH, TSH, ACTH

Question 24

Symptom B12 def

Answer 24

peripheral neuropathy

Question 25

A congo red special stain demonstrates apple green birefringence

Answer 25

amyloidosis

Question 26

What is Ransen’s criteria

Answer 26

Criteria on admission: 
age >55 years; 
glucose >11.1 mmols/L (200 mg/dL); 
WBC count >16 x 10^9/L (16 x 10^3/microlitre); 
serum AST (SGOT) >250 units/L; 
serum LDH >350 units/L

Criteria after 48 hours of admission: 
Hct fall >10%; 
estimated fluid sequestration >6 L; 
base deficit >4 mEq/L; 
blood urea nitrogen rise >1.8 mmols/L (5 mg/dL); 
serum calcium <2 mmols/L (8 mg/dL); 
PO2 <8 kPa (60 mmHg).

Question 27

Treatment for trigeminal neuralgia

Answer 27

carbamazepine

Question 28

common side effect of long term lasix use

Answer 28

hypokalemia

Question 29

what causes Waterhouse Friederichsen syndrome

Answer 29

neisseria meningitis

Question 30

A stroke in which part of the brain will result in contralateral hemianopia with macular sparing

Answer 30

occipital cortex, (PCA)

Question 31

Renal tubular casts

Answer 31

ATN

Question 32

Fasciculations are found in what motor neuron lesion

Answer 32

LOWER

Question 33

upward Babinski reflex and hyperreflexia in what motor neuron lesion

Answer 33

UPPER

Question 34

upper and lower motor neuron lesions are found in what condition

Answer 34

ALS

Question 35

can you use metformin in a patient with renal failure?

Answer 35

no!

Question 36

MRI of brain, which shows destruction of his mammillary bodies - what deficiency

Answer 36

B1

Question 37

episodic ataxia, difficulty speaking, and bladder incontinence

Answer 37

MS

Question 38

demyelinating disease associated with HLA haplotypes A3, B7, DR2, and DW2

Answer 38

MS

Question 39

another name for Autoimmune lymphocytic adrenalitis

Answer 39

Addison’s disease

(primary etiology for hypotension with decreased serum sodium, chloride, and glucose, along with increased serum potassium and acidosis )

Question 40

Oligoclonal bands are identified in a high resolution electrophoresis of spinal fluid in what condition

Answer 40

MS

Question 41

Optic neuritis is a common presentation in what neuro disorder

Answer 41

MS

Question 42

an adjuvant diabetic medication that can cause increased flatulence and diarrhea

Answer 42

acarbose

Question 43

ADH in made in what area of the pituitary

Answer 43

POSTERIOR