COMAT|Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Achievement Test| Tests Bundle Set

The first principle in the management of trauma patients CORRECT ANSWER the primary survey is ABCDE and stands for: A = airway B = breathing C = circulation D = disability E = exposure. Classification of Shock CORRECT ANSWER SIRS criteria CORRECT ANSWER 2/4 of the criteria -- Temp ...

TIMI score CORRECT ANSWER a prognostic tool for patients with unstabe angina or NSTEMI Categorizes patient's risk of death and ischemic events & helps clinicians with therapeutic decision-making. A point of one for each of the following: 1) apsirin use in the last seven days 2) ST chang...

What is the gold standard diagnosis of GABS pharyngitis? CORRECT ANSWER Throat culture What is the antibiotic of choice for GABS pharyngitis? CORRECT ANSWER Penicillin V = 10-day course What are the 2 MC complications of acute MI? CORRECT ANSWER V-tach + V-fib When ACS/MI is suspected, what...

DSM-IV Axes CORRECT ANSWER *Axis I* = All mental illness EXCEPT personality disorders & mental retardation *Axis II* = Personality disorders & Mental retardation *Axis III* = General medical conditions *Axis IV* = Psychosocial & Environmental problems *Axis V* = Global Assessment of Func...

What is the size guideline for treatment of a spontaneous pneumothorax? CORRECT ANSWER Spontaneous pneumothorax: <2 cm observe >2 cm large and stable = needle aspiration or chest tube 5 W's of Post-op surgery? CORRECT ANSWER 5 W's • Wind ○ Pneumonia, PE, Aspiration • Wound ...

A 25-day-old female is brought into the emergency department by her parents who report the neonate has been fussy and had a fever at home of 101.5°F (38.6°C). Her parents state that she has been having increased difficulty breathing but report that she has been feeding well. Vital signs reveal a t...

OMM COMAT questions with correct answers

treatment for organophosphate poisoning CORRECT ANSWER atropine ST segment elevation in leads V5, V6, I and avL CORRECT ANSWER lateral wall infarction ST segment elevation in leads V3, V4 (also V1 and V2 which would be more septal) ST segment reciprocal depression in leads (II, III, avF) CORR...

Causes of secondary HTN CORRECT ANSWER *renal artery stenosis* → most common cause of 2° HTN endocrine causes: hyperaldosteronism, thyroid or parathyroid disease, Cushing syndrome, pheochromocytoma, hyperthyroidism, acromegaly medications: *oral contraceptives* → most common 2° cause of ...

When can fetal heart tones be detected w/doppler? CORRECT ANSWER 10-12 weeks When is fetal movement appreciated? CORRECT ANSWER 17-18 weeks When should you get a "quantitative" beta-hCG CORRECT ANSWER -to diagnose & follow ectopic pregnancy -monitor trophoblastic dz -screen for fetal aneup...

Bloody discharge in one nipple from one duct in the breast CORRECT ANSWER Intraductal papilloma (in the large subareolar ducts under the nipple) Hepatobiliary scan CORRECT ANSWER Cholescintigraphy (99mTc-hepatic iminodiacetic acid or HIDA scan) - radiiolabeled substances upatke by the liver, gall...

indirect inguinal hernia// Valsalva or cough CORRECT ANSWER What hernia increases in size with increased abd pressure? Done how? 12 or more weeks// 21 day course of Antibiotics (Augmentin or ceph)// less than 4 weeks CORRECT ANSWER Length of chronic sinusitus? Tx? Length of acute? contact d...

AAA screening guidelines CORRECT ANSWER Grade B Men: one time routine abdominal ultrasound is indicated in men 65-75 with a history of smoking Alcohol misuse: screening and counseling CORRECT ANSWER Adults age 18 years or older for alcohol misuse and provide persons engaged in risky or hazardous...

Light's criteria exudative pleural effusion CORRECT ANSWER LDH:Serum LDH > 0.6 fluid protein: serum protein > 0.5 pleural fluid LDH > 2/3 upper limit of normal if none met then exudate is transudative Causes of cardiogenic shock CORRECT ANSWER *Acute MI (most common)* *cardiac tam...