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Q: Erythromycin improves gastrointestinal motility by mostly acting at? (select one) A) Gastric fundus B) Duodenum C) Jejunum D) Descending ...

Q : Poncet disease by definition is? (select one) A) an infectious disease B) an inflammatory disease Answer: B Poncet disease is characteri...

Q:  Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors should not be used in patients with a prior history of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)? A...

Q: What are the three clinical subtypes of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in adult patients? Answer: MS is largely categorized into three clinica...

Q: Name at least three "pseudo" abnormalities in the lab that may occur due to thrombocytosis?  Answer: Thrombocytosis in serum c...

Q : All of the following are the signs of acute hypocalcemia EXCEPT? (select one) A) tetany B) papilledema C) seizures  D) basal ganglia cal...

Q: 22 years old male, visiting friends and family on Thanksgiving weekend from college, and 'chilling' at a Hookah bar is brought t...

Q: It is conventionally believed that chest x-ray (CXR) improvement lags behind the clinical improvement in community-acquired pneumonia (C...

Q: Which Beta-Blocker (BB) is usually preferred in Grave's disease? (select one) A) Atenolol B) Esmolol C) Carvedilol  D) Timolol  Answe...

Q: Which radiographic imaging is preferred in necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI)? (select one) A) CT scan B) MRI Answer: A It should ...

Q:  Leukocytosis is usually proportional to the degree of ketonemia in patients with hyperglycemic emergencies. A) True B) False Answer : A ...

Q: Female patients who have experienced spontaneous pregnancy loss have higher chances of having coronary heart disease (CHD)? A) True B) Fa...

Q: 72 years old male with a recent stroke and now s/p tracheostomy is recovering in ICU, and awaiting long-term care transfer. Patient is al...

Q : Which of the following is not considered a part of B symptoms? (Except one) A) Fever B) Sweats C) Weight loss  D) Fatigue Answer : D B s...

Q: Which sign is more specific to acute hypocalcemia? (select one) A) Chvostek's sign  B) Trousseau's sign  Answer: B Chvostek'...

Q : 44 years old cab driver with a history of lung disease secondary to smoking, who also works as an auto mechanic on weekends is admitted ...

Q: Initiation of a ntiretroviral therapy in HIV patients may __________ the risk of Campylobacter diarrhea/infection? (select one) A) decrea...

Q: 62 years old male with recent Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) due to bicuspid Aortic Valve is readmitted due to endocarditis of the new va...

Q: 68 years old male with past medical history of congestive heart failure (CHF) who was recently admitted for episodes of ventricular tachy...

Q: Why do high doses of glucocorticoids work better in some medical emergencies than conventional doses? Answer: It is a common clinical pr...

Case; 58 years old male with history of seizures is admitted to ICU with aspiration pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation along with s...

Q : Pregnancy is a contraindication to percutaneous kidney biopsy? A) True B) False Answer: B In early stages of pregnancy, percutaneous kid...

Q: Somogyi hypothesis is a dangerous phenomenon in patients with brittle blood sugar issues, and should particularly be watched in ICU?  A)...

Q: Which is more common in subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)? (select one) A) Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) ...

Q ; 32 years old female with history of brittle diabetes is admitted to ICU with lower abdominal pain and probable diagnosis of urosepsis. K...

Q : How total urine output per day can be estimated from spot urine analysis? Answer: It can easily be calculated by the following formula ...

Q : 53 years old patient in ICU getting hemodialysis (HD). Nurse reports resistance with flow. ICU resident asked dialysis nurse to reverse ...

Q: If Mannitol is given to a patient with renal failure it may cause? (select one) A) Hyponatremia and hyperkalemia B) hypernatremia and hy...

Q: 22 years old male is admitted to Neuro-ICU after head trauma. Intra-cranial catheter is inserted to monitor intra-cranial pressure (ICP)...

Q: Hepatojugular reflux should be performed with? (select one) A) mouth open B) mouth close Answer : A The hepatojugular reflux can be a us...

Q : Duke treadmill score (DTS) contains all of the following EXCEPT ? (select one) A) Exercise time  B) ST deviation  C) Angina score  D) In...

Q: 48 years old male with previous history of HIV is admitted to ICU with septic shock. The ICU fellow decided to float pulmonary artery (sw...