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 Q: Which is more common in thyroid storm? A) Hypercalcemia  B) Hypocalcemia Answer: A There is only one specific laboratory marker in thyr...

  Q:  58 years old male is admitted to ICU with lower gastrointestinal bleed (LGIB). Consulting service requests to add  simethicone to the ...

 Q : What is Griffiths' point?   Answer: The two most high-risk areas in intestinal ischemia are splenic flexure and rectosigmoid junct...

Q: Ingestion of alcohol and acetaminophen together increases the risk of acute acetaminophen toxicity by many folds? A) True B) False Answer...

 Q: What are the five components to define delirium? Answer: Over the last two decades delirium has been identified as one of the most inf...

 Q: What's the formula to correct Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) for age? Answer : Non-specific or benign elevation in ESR can occ...

  Q: All of the following should be avoided as a treatment in serotonin syndrome EXCEPT? (select one)  A) Chlorpromazine  B) Benzodiazepin...

 Q: Remdesivir should be given to patients with caution in? (select one) A) Liver insufficiency B) Kidney insufficiency C) Both liver and k...

 Q: Describe a few associated risk factors in culture-negative endocarditis where Bartonella should be covered with antibiotics? Answer:   B...

Q: Fondaparinux like other low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) may cause heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)?  A) True  B) False Answer ...

 Q : What is the caveat of using corticosteroids during the management of CNS toxoplasmosis? Answer:   It is not absolutely necessary ...

  Q:  EKG changes in lithium toxicity can be fatal?  A) True B) False Answer: B Despite EKG changes, cardiac events are rare in acute or chr...

 Q : Which of the following drug has no role in the management of Carbamazepine acute toxicity? A) sodium bicarbonate  B) diazepam  C) propo...

 Q: Which group of patients is more prone to have vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)? (select one) A) less than 50 years of age B...

 Q: 32 years old female is admitted to ICU with urosepsis. She is also found to be in postpartum thyroiditis. Which should be the first line...

  Q: During abdominal exam which step is preferred to be performed first? (select one) A) Percussion   B) Palpation Answer: A Although the...

 Q:  42 years old male is admitted to ICU with possible polyarticular septic arthritis. Subsequent workup turned it out to be gout instead o...

 Q: V itamin K absorption requires which organ to be properly functional? (select one) A)  Pancreas B) Kidney   Answer: A Once oral Vitamin...

 Q: Why the perforation of proximal ascending aorta can cause cardiac tamponade?  Answer: This is due to the anatomic location of the ao...

 Q: Use of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) in ICU may cause? (select one)  A) hypomagnesemia  B) hypermagnesemia Answer: A There are many reas...

  Q: 52 years old female admitted to ICU with an intentional overdose of metoprolol. IV glucagon has been planned as an antidote. Which one...

 Q: Aspirin is a good adjuvant treatment for Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor (ACE-I) induced angioedema? A) True B) False Answer: B...

 Q:   The removal of ascitic fluid helps in decreasing the odds of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP)?   A) True B) False Answer:  A Re...

 Q: The palmar erythema in cirrhosis is more prominent on? (select one)  A) thenar eminence  B) hypothenar eminence Answer : B The object...

 Q : Patients developing severe thrombosis after the COVID-19 vaccine should be treated with heparin? A) True B) False Answer: B Vaccine-in...

 Q: Insulin resistance in COVID-19 is found to correlate with inflammatory markers?  A) True  B) False   Answer: A  One of the relatively ...

 Q: Tramadol is frequently used in ICUs. It can cause respiratory depression? A) Yes B) No Answer : A Tramadol is a part of various post-op...

 Q: Succinylcholine should be given to a pregnant patient depending on total body weight?  A) True  B) False  Answer: A  Dose of succinylch...

 Q; 19 years old adolescent male with some kind of blood disorder (not known to his roommate) is brought to ICU from a college dorm with se...

  Q: Doxycycline being a tetracycline needs to be adjusted in renal dysfunction?  A) True  B) False Answer : B This is true for most of the ...

Q; Which EKG findings confirm the sinus node origin of bradycardia (sinus bradycardia)? Answer:  A quick glance at the following 2 findings...

Q: Pentoxifylline if used in patients with diabetic nephropathy tends to? (select one)  A) help the kidney  B) hurt the kidney  Answer: A  P...