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Q: Which clinical sign can be graded according to the severity of hypocalcemia?   (Select one) A) Chvostek sign B) Trousseau sign Answ...

Q: What is 'absorptive atelectasis'? Answer:  Absorptive atelectasis is one of the "not very much desired" consequence ...

Q; 48 year old male is recovering in your ICU from acute pancreatitis. He asked you his risk of developing any long-term disease from his e...

Q: How long does it take for hepatic encephalopathy to manifest after Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)? Answer: Co...

Q : Folic acid is recommended as an adjuvant therapy in Ethylene Glycol or Methanol poisoning if a patient receives Famipzol as a treatment....

Q: Which one technique during whole lung lavage for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis increases the chance of recovery of the lipoproteinaceou...

Q: 28 year old male student from Brazil, who visited his family during the months of summer is brought to ER with seizures. CT Head showed ...

Q; 52 year old male is admitted to ICU with lower GI bleed and have 2 episodes in last 24 hours. GI service wants to do "hydroflush co...

Q; 24 years old female with 31 weeks pregnancy came to ER with mental status change and diligently diagnosed with acquired thrombotic thromb...

Q: 28 year old diabetic female is transferred from OB/Gyn floor with mental status change. 48 hours before, patient had a prolonged labor c...

Q; What is the "6 days rule" for enteral nutrition in very sick critically ill patients? Answer:   In very sick critically ill ...

Q: Mineralocorticoid administration is mandatory in 'Adrenal crisis' along with Hydrocortisone/Dexamethasone? (Select one) A) Yes ...

Q: 64 year old male with CHF presented to ER with c/o dizziness. Patient on w/u found to have digoxin toxicity. After due consideration, car...

Q: Osler's nodes can be a clinical finding in (select one) A) Infective endocarditis B) Systemic lupus erythematosus  C) Disseminate...

Q : Which most commonly unpredicted drug interaction of warfarin may go unnoticed and may even without a glance of physicians in ICU, inpati...

Q; Aspiration of the amebic liver abscess is usually not recommended but may require under few conditions like danger of the rupture or if d...

Q: CXR finding of tuberculous pleural effusions is mostly? A) Bilateral and small to moderate B) Tend to be unilateral on left and large...

Q: 32 year  old male from South Africa and with history of tuberculosis in his teen who migrated to USA 5 years back presented with  chest ...

Q: What is the implication of using D-5 instead of D-20 as a purge solution in cardiac device Impella?  Answer:  Impella is a percutane...

Q: What is vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) Index?   Answer: Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) Index, accurately...

Q: The third most common aneurysm within the abdomen after aortic and iliac arteries is of?  A) Renal artery  B) Splenic artery  C) Sup...

Q: Why Ampicillin remains the first line of treatment for listeriosis?  Answer: Listeria is universally resistant to cephalosporins. Lis...

Q: 47-year-old male is admitted to ICU with hypertensive crisis. On examination, patient appears to be of tall stature. ENT exam showed a ro...

Q: What does FFP/RBC ratio mean in massive transfusion? Answer:   Trauma literature  regarding  Massive Transfusion Protocol (MTP) lean t...

Q: 34-year-old male with a known history of Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is admitted to ICU with severe abdominal pain and hypovolemic shock. F...

Q: Why it is important to quickly reverse metabolic acidosis in methanol poisoning? Answer:  Ingested methanol is metabolized first to fo...

Q: In factitious hypoglycemia caused by sulfonylureas or meglitinides ingestion  A) Plasma Insulin will be high B) Plasma insulin will b...

Q: Following picture with 2 hints  1) solid nodule lying in the periphery of the lung and  2) linked to a bronchus (bronchus positive sig...

Q: 54-year-old male is transferred from oncology floor to ICU due to high suspicion of Tumor Lysis Syndrome (TLS). Patient has been started ...

Q: What is Sneddon syndrome? Answer:    When patient develop CVA and found to have widespread livedo reticularis on physical exam, it is ...

Parkinsonism–hyperpyrexia syndrome (PHS) is potentially one preventable entity in hospitals including ICUs. It mostly occurs when patient...

Q: What constitutes the fifth generation Cephalosporin? Answer: It covers Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Medicine ...