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 Q: 74 years old male is admitted to ICU with a presumed diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) with vision loss. Pulse steroid is started...

 Q: Which one intervention may make a difference of life and death in "typhoid encephalopathy"?   Answer: Administering IV dexame...

Q: Bedridden status is itself an independent risk factor for infection with resistant Acinetobacter?  A) True  B) False   Answer: A   The...

 Q : 66 years old female is admitted to ICU with urosepsis. CT scan report reads "lobar nephronia". What is lobar nephronia?    An...

 Q: Doripenem is highly effective among all carbapenems in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)?  A) Yes  B) No Answer: B Doripenem...

 Q: Primary upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is more common in? (select one)  A) Younger people  B) Older people    Answer: A  P...

 Q: What are the few beneficial clinical effects of Methadone in hospitalized patients? Answer:  Methadone's use has seen an increased...

 Q: 44 years old male, a recently migrant from southeast Asia is admitted to ICU with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms including pain and lowe...

Q: What is Oculomasticatory Myorhythmia and signifies which disease?  Answer : It is a continuous rhythmic movement of eye convergence with...

 Q: Central nervous system (CNS) toxoplasmosis is more common than extracerebral toxoplasmosis? A) True  B) False   Answer: A Immuno-compro...

Q: A low serum iron in Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS) is (select one)  A) sensitive marker  B) specific marker    Answer: A  NMS is a ...

 Q: The newly transplanted kidney excretes insulin more efficiently than previously failed native kidneys?  A) True  B) False   Answer: A Th...

Q:  Elevated procalcitonin can be used reliably to add antibiotics in hospitalized COVID-19 patients?  A) True  B) False    Answer: B  In a...

Q: 38 years old male is admitted to ICU with an upper GI bleed. Upper endoscopy showed active peptic ulcer disease. Proton pump inhibitor (...

 Q: 64 years old male is admitted to ICU after accidental ingestion of metformin. Patient is found to be in severe metabolic acidosis with a...

 Q: All of the following drugs may increase the serum concentrations of immunosuppressants EXCEPT?  A) Amiodarone  B) Fluconazole C) Phenyto...

 Q: All of the following are risk factors for post-cardiac bypass surgery vasoplegia  Except ? A) pre-operative use of angiotensin-convertin...

Q: All of the following are found to be helpful in myoclonus EXCEPT ?  A) Levetiracetam  B) Phenytoin  C) Clonazepam  D) Valproic acid  ...

Q : Pentoxifylline has a beneficial effect on all of the following diseases except ?  A) claudication  B) alcoholic hepatitis  C)  septic sh...

 Q: Which of the following may have a rocking tenderness on the physical exam? (select one)   A) Pyogenic liver abscess   B) Acute cholecy...

 Q: Which of the following is more of a risk for increased ammonia production, its absorption, or its entry into the brain to exacerbate he...

Q : Serum angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) has a very high sensitivity and specificity to diagnose sarcoidosis? A) True B) False Answer: ...

 Q: All of the following are the components of Mayo scoring to determine the severity of disease in ulcerative colitis  - EXCEPT ? A) Stool ...

Q: Nasogastric Lavage in upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleed is associated with? (select one)  A) shorter time to endoscopy B) reduced mortali...

Q: 74 years old male is admitted to ICU after insertion of subthalamic nucleus Deep Brain Stimulator (STN-DBS) for Parkinson's Disease ...

 Q: Name few non-orthopedic trauma causes of Fat Embolism Syndrome (FES)?   Answer : Although FES is usually associated with either acciden...

  Q: All of the following may have some clinical features of Cushing's Syndrome (CS) EXCEPT ? A) Prolong ICU stay   B) S evere major dep...

 Q: Which of the following has a higher risk of posterior tracheal wall perforation? (select one)  A) Percutaneous tracheostomy   B) Operati...

 Q: The sensitivity of gram stain in septic arthritis is? (select one) A) reliable B) not very reliable Answer: B The gram stain in septic a...

 Q: In Kussmaul's sign - the Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) _____________ during inspiration? (select one)    A) decreases   B) increase...

 Q: 82 years old diabetic female is admitted to ICU with urosepsis. The plain abdominal film showed emphysematous Urinary Tract Infection...

 Q: Radiographic bone loss in chronic periodontitis can be used as a risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD) in? (select one)  A) Youn...