ABFM Knowledge test Exam Toolkit Questions and Verified Marking Scheme 2024/2025
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ABFM Knowledge test Exam Toolkit Questions and Verified Marking Scheme 2024/2025
Pt with ckd has low calcium levels
Which one of the following would you expect to see if her hypocalcemia is secondary to her ckd?
A) elevated parathyroid hormone (pth) and elevated phosphorus
B) elevated pth a...
Abfm Knowledge test Exam Toolkit Questions
and Verified Marking Scheme 2024/2025
Pt with ckd has low calcium levels
Which one of
The following would you expect to see if her hypocalcemia is
secondary to her ckd?
A) elevated parathyroid hormone (pth) and elevated phosphorus
B) elevated pth and low phosphorus
C) low pth and elevated phosphorus
D) low pth and low phosphorus - correct answer a) elevated
parathyroid hormone (pth) and elevated phosphorus
Ckd pts have
-
High phosphorous
Low calcium
In response to this they have
Secondary hyper parathyroidism
--> pth then works to lower phosphorous and increase calcium
levels
Newborn has
,1-cm wide dimple on the sacrum, 1 cm superior to the anus. The
dimple has a tuft of dark hair.
What to order next - correct answer ultrasound
In comarison
Small sacral dimples located far from the anal verge, without
other skin findings such as hair, do not need
Imaging to rule out spinal dysraphism
What sets apart cellulitis from
Charcot's foot - correct answer both have- redness, warmth,
swelling
But charcot's is
Non tender to palpation
And abscence of other signs of infection like fever, high wbc
Tx of charcot's foot - correct answer immbolization
With total contact casting, which
distributing pressure away from
The foot.
=
Typically required for at least 3-4 months
,Wrong ans= antibiotics
Remember affects obese pt's with dm, peripheral neuropathy
Pt with suspected asthma but pft normal
Next best step - correct answer methacholine challenge test
According to the most recent american college of
cardiology/american heart association
Guidelines,
hypertension is defined as a blood pressure reading greater than
- correct answer >130/80
Goal fasting blood glucose level in patients
With gestational diabetes is - correct answer <95 mg/dl
Pt on chronic steroids
Which one of the following is the recommended first-line agent to
prevent
Steroid-induced osteoporosis? - correct answer alendronate=
fosamax
At a routine well child check, the mother of an 18-month-old
female expresses concern about
, The child's development.
Which one of the following should prompt consideration of a
Developmental delay?
A) a vocabulary of less than six words
B) failure to point to pictures or body parts when named
C) inability to follow one-step directions
D) inability to run well
E) inability to copy a vertical line - correct answer c) inability to
follow one-step directions
Pt with chest pain, ekg= stemi
Low bp, high hr
What meds should u administer immediately - correct answer
dual antiplatelet therapy and an anticoagulant
-
Asa, plavix
Wrong ans=intravenous fibrinolytic therapy
Unless more than
A 2-hour delay in percutaneous coronary intervention is
expected, fibrinolytics should not be administered.
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