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Q: What is Uhl's anomaly in the heart? Answer: Uhl's anomaly is also called parchment right ventricle. It was first described seven...

Q: Q: Fever and elevations of the acute phase reactants are indicators for higher risk of vision loss in Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)? A) True...

Q: The first step of management in hyponatremia related to subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is fluid restriction? A) True B) False Answer: B  ...

Q: What is the Center to Advance Palliative Care's definition of palliative care? Answer: For readers' benefit three important defi...

Q: Normalization of the serum aminotransferases signifies resolution of acute Hepatitis C infection? A) True B) False Answer: B Aminotransf...

Q: Why Chloramphenicol is not first-line therapy in treatment of meningitis? Answer:  As it is not a bactericidal antibiotic and only has ba...

Q:   Which of the Clostridium requires higher concentrations of  metronidazole for its inhibition? Answer : Clostridium ramosum Metronidazol...

Q : Which ethnicity has a higher risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery? (select one) A) Caucasian B) Afro-American...

Q : Obesity __________ natriuretic peptide levels? (select one) A) decreases B) increases Answer: A The objective of this question is to hi...

Q : In hyperkalemic emergency, a bolus of 10 units of regular insulin with 1 amp of D-50 glucose is expected to drop potassium by how much?...

Q: Multiple myeloma may lead to? (select one) A) hyperphosphatemia  B) hypophosphatemia  Answer: B In adult patients, multiple myeloma (MM)...

Q: There are how many types of  Amiodarone-Induced Thyrotoxicosis (AIT)? Answer:  Two There are two types of AIT. The distinction plays an ...

Q ; Which of the following is considered the most nephrotoxic aminoglycoside? (select one) A) Gentamicin  B) Tobramycin C) Amikacin D) Netil...

Q : In Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, intravenous (IV) magnesium sulfate (MgSo4) is of benefit even in patients with normal serum magn...

Q: How Driving Pressure (DP) can easily be calculated on the ventilator? Answer:   DP is increasingly used as guiding target in patients wit...

Case : 24 years old female is admitted to ICU with fever, cervical lymphadenopathy and sepsis. Subsequent workup led to the diagnosis of Kik...

Q: Interosseous veins in the forearm are? (select one) A) superficial B) deep  Answer : B Knowing a vein is superficial or deep determines ...

Q: Theophylline toxicity causes? (select one) A) hypercalcemia B) hypocalcemia  Answer: A Theophylline toxicity may cause hypercalcemia. Tr...

Q : At what urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio albuminuria may become significant? Answer : 30 It is recommended that at least 2 out of 3 spe...

Q: Cefepime increases the risk of candida superinfection? A) True B) False Answer : A Cefepime is one of the most frequently used antibioti...

Q:   Describe any three examples where urine odor can help in diagnosis. Answer: Urine odor can be a strong predictor of underlying disease:...

Q: AAST grading criteria for small bowel obstruction divide patients via following of the two criteria? (select one) A) Clinical & oper...

Q: Doxycycline may have a ________________ effect on Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm (TAA)? (select one) A) destructive B) protective Answer:   B ...

Q: What is "down-then-up-maneuver" in airway intubation? Answer: "Down-then-up-maneuver" is usually attempted when a f...

Q: Vancomycin Infusion Reaction (VIR), popularly known as Red Man Syndrome, can be inhibited by simultaneous administration of opioids?  A)...

Q : Orthostatic hypotension may cause transient loss of vision (TLV) in only one eye? A) True B) False Answer : A Hypotension from any reaso...

Q: What is Battle Sign in trauma? Answer : It is called Battle sign not because it occurs in trauma but because it was first described by D...

Q: Blast crisis of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is? (select one) A) ≥20 percent blasts in peripheral blood or bone marrow B) ≥30 percent ...

Q ; High Coffee consumption increases the risk of cirrhosis? A) True B) False Answer: B Coffee consumption actually decreases the risk as we...

Q: Heart Injury Scale from American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) is divided into how many grades? (select one) A) Two B) Thr...

Q: 44 years old male with known history of Brugada syndrome is admitted to ICU with COVID-19. What should be the first priority? Answer: T...

Q: Which of the following is a poor prognostic sign in Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)? A) hyponatremia B) hypernatremia Answer: A There are ...