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Q : What is Wolff-Chaikoff effect? Answer:  Normal human continues to have a wide variation in dietary iodine intake and is normally autoreg...

Q: Male patients using Phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE-5) inhibitors may experience increased urinary frequency and urgency. A) True B) False Answ...

Q: Melatonin is a chronobiotic? A) True B) false Answer: A Melatonin receptor agonists such as Ramelteon are increasingly used in ICUs. Rame...

Q : For infective endocarditis (IE)Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has higher? (select one) A) sensitivity B) specificity Answer : B As...

Q: Tranexamic acid is another very useful drug to improve long-term functional outcomes if given early in hyperacute primary Intra Cerebral ...

Q :  A good pulse-oximetry waveform indicates that the  patient does not have acute compartment syndrome (ACS)? A) Yes B) No Answer: B Desp...

Q: When should daptomycin be considered discontinued in regards to myopathy? Answer: The three major side effects which need to be watched d...

Q : Cancer survivors who do not have active cancer have a higher risk for severe COVID-19?  A) True B) False Answer: A Although data is not ...

Q: 44 years old female is admitted to ICU with acute salicylates toxicity. The patient is complaining of severe tinnitus. Emergent Ear-Nose...

Q: Acetaminophen is the first line of drugs in hyperthermia from acute methamphetamine intoxication. A) True B) False Answer: B Acetaminoph...

Q: Which of the following doesn't occur during Inflation and deflation of the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)? A) Blood is displaced ...

Q : The highest risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) after orthopedic surgery is? (select one) A) 1 - 6 days B) 7- 14 days C) 14 - 30 days An...

 Q: Increased echogenicity and length <10 cm of kidney almost always indicates untreatable disease? A) True B) False Answer : A Ultrasou...

Q: How the purpura of thrombocytopenia and purpura of vasculitis can be differentiated on physical exam? Answer: Physical exam plays an int...

Q: In hyperalbuminemia ____________ is expected? (select one) A) hypocalcemia B) hypercalcemia Answer: B In hyperalbuminemia total serum c...

Q: Which of the following vasopressin receptor antagonists should not be used in patients with liver cirrhosis? A) tolvaptan B) mozavaptan ...

Q: Acetazolamide is an effective way to counteract metabolic alkalosis in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD who requires intubation? ...

Q: Postprandial angina is usually associated with severe coronary vessel disease?  A) True B) False Answer : A Postprandial chest pain is i...

Q: Which one intervention may decrease the risk of torsades de pointes with ibutilide?  Answer: Pretreatment with intravenous (IV) magnesi...

Q: Intravenous Magnesium (IV Mg) potentiates the opioid effect?  A) True B) False Answer : A IV Mg is considered a usual adjuvant with opio...

Q ; Lower extremity blood pressure measurement is usually _________ than upper extremity blood pressure?  A) higher B) lower Answer: A It i...

Q: Skin findings in cholesterol crystal emboli are more pronounced at? (select one) A) arterial area B) venous area Answer: A The classic c...

Q) Hypo or hyperactivity is required to have a diagnosis of delirium? A) True B) False Answer : B Conventionally, delirium has been divided ...

Q : Acetaminophen toxicity corelates in direct proportion with tobacco consumption (means higher the cigarettes per day higher the chances o...

Q: A follow-up CXR despite an uncomplicated ultrasound (US) guided thoracentesis in an unventilated patient should be performed as occult pn...

Q : Stridor is usually predominantly? (select one) A) expiratory B) inspiratory Answer: B The objective of this question is to appreciate t...

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...