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Q: Why are patients with head trauma at increased risk for Gastrointestinal bleed (GIB) and require stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP)? Answer: ...

Q : Neutropenia is defined as an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) of less than? -select one A) 500/microL B) 1500/microL Answer: B Neutropen...

Q : Inhaled glucocorticoids (ICS) may cause dysphonia. A) True B) False Answer: A Unfortunately, dysphonia manifested as a hoarse voice is ...

Q : Asthma patients are more prone to get cough from Angiotensin Converting Enzyme inhibitor (ACE-I). A) True B) False Answer: B Patients w...

Q:   What is the difference between an Indium Scan and a Gallium scan? Answer: The indium scan is a procedure in which WBCs (neutrophils)...

Q:  Why its called "End-Tidal" CO2? Answer : It's the point in the respiratory cycle where CO2 is at the highest level (End of...

Q: What is sleeve resection of the lung? Answer : A sleeve resection is a kind of maximum lung/tissue-sparing surgery, or an alternative to ...

Q; Which of the ventilator modes has so far shown that it causes more sleep disturbances in the ICU patients? - select one A) Assist Contro...

Acetazolamide is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor and is frequently used to treat hypercarbia and metabolic alkalosis. Acetazolamide affects t...

Q: Blood Pressure (BP) taken at the wrist level is usually? - select one A) falsely elevated B) falsely lowered Answer: A Measuring non-inva...

Q : Patients with adrenal insufficiency tend to have? - select one A) Hyperchloremia B) Hypochloremia Answer : A Adrenal insufficiency, as d...

Q:  Why, despite no convincing angiographic evidence of nimodipine's effect on Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH), does it continue to be the...

Q : A 64-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and stage-3 renal insufficiency is ad...

Q : What's the best time to remove the stylet from the Endotracheal Tube (ETT) while intubating the patient?  - select one A) Once the t...

Q: One unit of Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) is the plasma taken from a unit of whole blood. How quickly should it be frozen after collection? A...

Q: Cannabis (Marijuana) makes asthma? - select one A) better B) exacerbate Answer: B The objective of this question is to highlight the fa...

  Q: Which 2 relatively non-pharmacologic tricks can work in intractable hiccups in the ICU ? Answer: 1. Give 2 ml Nebulised ...

Q : Mention at least one disease where Magnesium is contraindicated in eclampsia? Answer: Myasthenia gravis High-dose magnesium has remaine...

Q: Ischemic optic neuropathy due to semaglutide is? A) reversible B) irreversible Answer: B The last decade has seen a tremendous rise in t...

Q ; In patients with hyperthyroidism, serum total, low-density (LDL), and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol tends to be? - select o...

Q: Sildenafil may have an antiplatelet effect. A) True B) False Answer : A Sildenafil exerts its mild antianginal effect via four mechanisms...

Case : 32-year-old male, healthy male with no past medical history, presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with dizziness. On telemetry ...

Q : ICU patients, particularly older patients, who sleep more during the day than at night, tend to have greater cognitive impairment during...

With serum sodium concentration even with a little less than 130 mEq/L,  and subtle symptoms like nausea, vomiting, headache, or confusion -...

Q: What is "hyperkalemic Brugada sign"? Answer: Type I Brugada type change on EKG with hyperkalemia  Frequently observed in ICU ...

Q: In advanced systemic mastocytosis (advSM), impaired organ function will be described as? - select one A) A findings B) B findings  C) C ...

Q: What is the "CRAB" of Multiple Myeloma (MM)? Answer:  "CRAB" is an acronym "CRAB" to remember the essentia...

Q: In the Modified Marshall scoring system for organ dysfunction in acute pancreatitis, deterioration of which of the following organs is i...

Q: Which life-threatening pulmonary complication may happen with Daptomycin infusion? Answer: Eosinophillic Pneumonia Accor...

Q: What is "ventricular interdependence" In cardiac tamponade? Answer: Distension of one ventricle alters the distensibility and...

Q : While calculating Effective Plasma Osmolality, particularly in hyperosmotic hyperglycemic nonketotic state (HHNK), which of the sodium (...

Q:  Etomidate? - select one A) decreases the intracranial pressure B) increases the intracranial pressure     Answer: A    Etomidate is a us...