NEURO

Question 1

Metoclopramide + Diphenhydramine?

Answer 1

To prevent abnormal motor reaction (Reactions due to its anticholinergic activity)

Question 2

SUCCINYLCHOLINE?

Answer 2

DEPOLARIZING NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT (RAPIDLY HYDROLYZED BY PLASMA PSEUDOCHOLINESTERASE

Question 3

AV Canal defect assoc. with?

Answer 3

Down Syndrome (Autosomal Trisomy)

Question 4

Thiazide diuretics cause ?

Answer 4

Increase the distal tubular reabsorption of Ca2+ ( hight calcium suppress parathyroid hormone)

Question 5

WHERE WE FOUND PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA?

Answer 5

MOST COMMON PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR AND IS TYPICALLY FOUND IN THE CEREBELLUM

Question 6

Histopathologic findings on pilocytic astrocytoma?

Answer 6

Eosinophilic corkscrew- shaped (Rosenthal) fibers and eosinophilic granular bodies

Question 7

EX. OF CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITOR?

Answer 7

ACENTAZOLAMIDE

Question 8

ACETAZOLAMIDE EFFECT?

Answer 8

INCREASE HCO3- EXCRETION, INCREASE URINE PH, MILD METABOLIC ACIDOSIS (WITH COMPENSATORY RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS) , MILD HYPOKALEMIA, AND MILD HYPOCALCEMIA

Question 9

Risk factor of Gastric adenocarcinoma (5)?

Answer 9

HIGH-SALT DIET
N-NITROSO- CONTAINING COMPOUNDS (EG. PROCESSED MEAT, TOBACCO)
CHRONIC HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION
AUTOIMMUNE CHRONIC ATROPHIC GASTRITIS
OBESITY

Question 10

Subarachnoid hemorrhage?

Answer 10

Rupture of the communicating branches of the cerebral arteries

Question 11

AMIODARONE (CLASS III ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUG ) SIDE EFFECT?

Answer 11

Pulmonary fibrosis

Question 12

AMYOTROPIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE) CHARACTERISTICS?

Answer 12

AFFECTS BOTH THE UPPER ANS LOWER MOTOR NEURON