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What are the typical demographics of a patient with MS (what type of person does this disease normally effect) - correct answer Young, caucasion female of eastern European desent At the onset of alzheimers, what category of medications should be initiated - correct answer Cholinesterase inhibitors What factors contribute to a patient being high risk for falls - correct answer History of falls, medications, vision impairment, heat rate/rhythm abnormalities, footwear issues, home environment...

A 67yo man with a hx of HTN, DM, HLD, and smoking presents to the ED. CC of persistent dizziness q1week that has become so severe he now has double vision, N/V. His wife tells you she noticed a L facial droop and slurring. Pt reports weakness in L arm and leg. He denies HA or SZ. Head CT was negative for acute bleed. Upon returning to the room he has become increasingly obtunded and difficult to arouse. You notice he now has a nystagmus and slightly dysconjugate gaze. His exam appears to be...

ABFM ITE 2021 Exam Updated completely 100% solved correctly Grade A+ (with Explanation) 200Q -A 67-year old male sees you for a Medicare annual wellness visit. He tells you that his best friend had a stroke and he asks about his risk for stroke. He has a family history of cardiovascular disease in his father, who had a myocardial infarction at age 65 and died from a thrombotic stroke at age 71. The patient exercises regularly and has a BMI of 27 kg/m2. His only current medical condition is hype...

Viral conjunctivitis correct answers adenovirus; highly contagious starts in one eye (unilateral) before eventually infecting both (bilateral). Common signs include itchy, red eyes with clear, watery discharge. most common type of conjunctivitis, and what doctors are often referring to when they use the term "pink eye." Bacterial conjunctivitis correct answers produces a thick white, yellow or green discharge from the affected eye(s). Sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhea a...

SCRN Study Questions and Answers with Certified Solutions A 67yo man with a hx of HTN, DM, HLD, and smoking presents to the ED. CC of persistent dizziness q1week that has become so severe he now has double vision, N/V. His wife tells you she noticed a L facial droop and slurring. Pt reports weakness in L arm and leg. He denies HA or SZ. Head CT was negative for acute bleed. Upon returning to the room he has become increasingly obtunded and difficult to arouse. You notice he now has a nystagmus ...

A 67yo man with a hx of HTN, DM, HLD, and smoking presents to the ED. CC of persistent dizziness q1week that has become so severe he now has double vision, N/V. His wife tells you she noticed a L facial droop and slurring. Pt reports weakness in L arm and leg. He denies HA or SZ. Head CT was negative for acute bleed. Upon returning to the room he has become increasingly obtunded and difficult to arouse. You notice he now has a nystagmus and slightly dysconjugate gaze. His exam appears to be...

EENT PANCE Test Questions and Answers Most common organism causing orbital cellulitis? - Answer-Strep and Staph Most common cause of blindness from retinal disease? - Answer-Diabetic retinopathy Acute loss of monocular vision (amaurosis fugax)? - Answer-Retinal artery occlusion Patient complains of floaters or small moving flashes of light then develops loss of vision in one visual field. Dx? - Answer-Retinal detachment Patients with this condition report gradual loss of central vi...

A 67yo man with a hx of HTN, DM, HLD, and smoking presents to the ED. CC of persistent dizziness q1week that has become so severe he now has double vision, N/V. His wife tells you she noticed a L facial droop and slurring. Pt reports weakness in L arm and leg. He denies HA or SZ. Head CT was negative for acute bleed. Upon returning to the room he has become increasingly obtunded and difficult to arouse. You notice he now has a nystagmus and slightly dysconjugate gaze. His exam appears to be wors...

SCRN Study Questions And Answers A 67yo man with a hx of HTN, DM, HLD, and smoking presents to the ED. CC of persistent dizziness q1 week that has become so severe he now has double vision, N/V. His wife tells you she noticed a L facial droop and slurring. Pt reports weakness in L arm and leg. He denies HA or SZ. Head CT was negative for acute bleed. Upon returning to the room he has become increasingly obtunded and difficult to arouse. You notice he now has a nystagmus and slightly dysconjug...

Adenosine deaminase deficiency (ADA-SCID) -autosomal recessive metabolic disorder -immunodeficiency -increase in dATP inhibits ribonucleotide reductase and prevents DNA synthesis -patients receive BM transplant or ERT -Busulfan to condition patient prior to cell reintroduction Beta-thalassemia common blood disorder -mutation in the HBB gene that produces Beta Globin -BE/B0 most common -Be allele point mutation leading to alternative splicing creating B-globin with partial instabi...