NBME incorrects Flashcards

1
Q

what do ritonavir/lopinavir affect?

A

protein processing

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2
Q

patient has ingested insecticides, what do you give?

A

atropine first, then pralidoxime

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3
Q

simple partial vs complex partial

A

“impaired consciousness”

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4
Q

Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy affects what?

A
  • dystrophin gene

- part of the muscle cytoskeleton

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5
Q

what can antibiotics do to a patient with Salmonella Enteritica?

A

prolong fecal excertion of the bacteria

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6
Q

loop dieuretic will cause what acid/base changes

A

metabolic alkalosis with volume contraction

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7
Q

edema after a bee sting is due to

A

gaps formed in endothelial cell layer

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8
Q

what does IKB do?

A

releases NFkB after undergoing phosphoylation

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9
Q

Insulin increases what enzyme?

A

glucokinase

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10
Q

Tamiflu (Zanamavir) works by?

A

inhibitting NA, which usually cuts sialcylic acid to release virion, therefore this prevents virion release

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11
Q

whats the difference between EPP vs MEPP

A

EPP- is due to discharge of acetylcholine

MEPP- is random quantum discharges from the neuron (botulism wouldnt affect this!)

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12
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cook with furuncle, makes people who eat his food sick within 4 hr? cause? symptoms?

A

cause: possibly staph, possibl exotoxin.. think diarrhea and vomitting

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13
Q

why doesnt ATP levels fall when muscle is contracting

A

it is regenerated by Creatine Phosphate

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14
Q

low Ca2+ and high PTH?

A

osteomalacia

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