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TITLE: EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC PERIOD OWNER: EMILLYCHARLOTTE COPYRIGHT STATEMENT: ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 2024 The answer is B. This patient has classic diverticulosis (saclike protrusions of colonic mucosa through the muscularis) without signs of acute diverticulitis (inflammation of diverticula). Usually these patients can be managed as outpatients with a high-fiber diet and treatments to decrease intestinal spasm. If the patient...

SAEM - Abdominal Pain Questions and Answers 2023 Regarding the diagnosis of acute appendicitis, all the following are true EXCEPT: A. Vital signs are usually abnormal, even early in the course of acute appendicitis. B. Rebound is usually elicited only after the appendix has ruptured or infarcted. C. The psoas sign is pain upon extension of the hip. D. Rovsing's sign is pain in the right lower quadrant upon palpation of the left lower quadrant. E. The obturator sign is pain upon flexion ...

What antiretroviral prevents entry into a CD4+ t-cell - Answer- Enfuvirtide Severe pain after meals (better when she doesn't eat), unintentional weight loss, hx of atherosclerosis + abdominal bruit and absent pedal pulses. What artery could be atherosclerotic? - Answer- Superior Mesenteric What is the inheritance pattern of Fragile X? How does transmission change if the mother has fragile X vs. the father? - Answer- It is X linked dominant (like hypophosphatemic rickets and Alports) Mo...

Male newborn delivered at 28 weeks, neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, ABG shows decreased pH, decreased Po2 increased PCO2. A deficiency in which of the following most likely caused the disorder? A. Diacylglycerol B. Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine C. Phosphatidylserine D. Sphingomyelin E. Surfactant protein D - ANSWER-B. Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine Most important lecithin in pulmonary surfactant! so deficiency in it would lead to neonatal respiratory distress syndrome with gro...

Bell's Palsy - Answer causes cranial nerve 7 dysfunction S/S of Bell's Palsy - Answer Has forehead involvement (whereas a stroke does not affect forehead movement), facial weakness, inability to keep one eye closed Treatment for Bell's palsy - Answer Prednisone 60mg x 5 days, Valcyclovir 1000mg TID x 7 days, artificial tears, lacri lube at night When can I use tPA? - Answer ischemic stroke presenting within <3 hrs and CT head negative How do you treat high BP with stroke? - An...

NBME Step 1 Questions Answered 100% correct Formation of hypnozoites -Pt has malaria → one of the features is that it forms hypnozoites and has the PBS shown Chloroquine resistance -Can happen but it is not a feature A 30M, who is a migrant farm worker presents to the ED b/c of a 1-wk Hx of fever, chills, & severe headache. He immigrated to the midwestern USA from Honduras 1 year ago. He is alert. Temp is 104F, pulse is 101/min, RR are 20/min, BP is 105/62. The lungs are clear to auscul...

All you need to know about liver pathophysiology, symptoms, etiology, diseases, and treatment Pre-hepatic vs intra-hepatic vs. post-hepatic Clinical clues-- ascites, spider angiomata, palmar erythema, asterixis, etc Lab values Imaging to obtain Stages of cirrhosis Portal Hypertension and its pathogenesis Bleeding varices-- how to diagnosis and treat medically Screening guidelines All things ascites Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis-- what is it and how do we treat? Prophylaxis guideli...

PSY 109 PSYCHIATRY RESIDENT IN-TRAINING EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 1. A patient's spouse calls the patient's psychiatrist to ask about the changes in the patient's medication. Which of the following would be an appropriate initial response for the psychiatrist to make? A. Invite the spouse to share information in person. B. Inform the spouse that the psychiatrist cannot accept the call. C. Discuss the rationale for the changes in the patient's medication with the spouse. D. Listen to the...

Dyspnea from a-fib and RA enlargement Leads to HF and intra alveolar transudates -> Dyspnea Fractional excretion of sodium in ATN Increased Failure of rostral fold closure - lateral fold closure Omphalocele, Gastroschisis Sternal defects - ectopia cordis Caudal fold closure - bladder exstrophy Omphalocele associated with chromosomal abnormalities Duodenal atresia associated with Down syndrome Duodenum fails to recanalize during development, Double Bubble sign C...

Man unable to conceive, has ill defined soft masses palpable bilaterally, high in the scrotum. What is the most likely cause -------- Correct Answer --------- bilateral varicoceles -hydroceles don't cause infertility DIRECT inguinal hernias DO NOT ENTER THE SCROTUM 4 yo boy w/ fatigue since viral illness 3 weeks ago, gums bleeding when brushing teeth, cervical, axillary and inguinal adenopathy. hgb is 8, leukocytes are 3K and platelets are 30K. What is the next step in management-transfu...