NBME- Nursing Tests and Exams bundles

1. What is a case series? - ***Description of clinical findings/symptoms for several patients with the same diagnosis, treatment, or outcome. 2. What is a cross-sectional study? - ***Assesses the frequency of disease and risk-related factors in the present. 3. What is a case-control study? - *...

Cell process affected in Reyes syndrome? - ***decrease B-oxidation in mitochondria Borderline personality disorder? - ***unstable mood, self mutilation, sense of emptiness, splitting Histrionic personality disorder? - ***Excessively emotional, excitable, attention seeking, sexuall provocative D...

Progressive weakness, dec strength, hand muscle atrophy, diffuse hyperreflexia and fascicultations on hands and arms, normal sensory exam; - ***amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) --death of both upper and lower motor neurons in the motor cortex of the brain, the brain stem, and the spinal cord...

TRYPTASE MAST CELL TRYPSIN PANCREAS - ***Tryptase Mast Cell Specific marker mast cell activation type 1 hypersensitvity uriticaria angioedema visceral edema hypotension Length Constant = Myelination - ***Demylination in MS Decreases Length Constant A-Delta Fibers thin myelinated fibers - ***T...

What are sentinel lymph nodes? First group of lymph nodes draining a specific organ Describe the lymph node drainage of the GI tract *Trachea and esophagus => Mediastinal *Liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, upper duodenum => Celiac *Lower duodenum, jejunum, ilecum, colon to splenic flexure...

Chronic inflammatory disease of spine and sacroiliac joints, uveitis, aortic regurge - ***Ankylosing spondylitis imaging of uterus shows "snow storm" - ***hydatidiform mole what atypical cells are seen in EBV - ***CD 8 T cells subacute combined degeneration (degeneration of dorsal columns, la...

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 immigra...

Mitotic cyclin synthesis G2 phase Vitamin E def anemia Hemolytic anemia~ red antioxidants vs B12 def (megaloblastic macrocytic anemia) Hemolysis~ dec Hgb/hematocrit, inc LDH (normal MCV), and neurologic symptoms vs B12 def: dec Hgb/hematocrit, inc MCV, and neurologic symptoms (dorsal column) V...

Wide pulse pressure and bounding peripheral pulses - PDA Echo findings in dilated cardiomyopathy - Diffuse hypokalemia and dilation of the ventricles Causes of dilated cardiomyopathy - Viral illness, alcohol, ischemia Tx for life threatening hyperkalemia - Calcium chloride or calcium gluconate X...

A 2 year old girl who is exposed to the sun has progressive development of dryness of the skin, excessive freckling, and keratoses. Skin fibroblasts cultured from this child are most likely to be defective in which of the following? Nuclear excision repair of pyrimidine dimers a 65 year old ma...

1. Patient had anaphylaxis following the transfusion of fresh frozen plasma. What is the genetic deficiency? IgA deficiency. Patient with this disease may have preformed antibodies against IgA 2. How does sitagliptin work? It is a competitive inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4). It preve...

acute kidney injury acute reduction in GFR -GFR represents the sum of the filtration rate -therefore, GFR reflects functioning renal mass RFs -HTN, CKD, dehydration complications -hyperkalemia -metabolic acidosis -CKD AKI -- prerenal decreased renal perfusion hemorrhage, congestive heart...

Stent contain paclitaxel. this drug decrease incidence of restenosis by ? prevention of SM growth over the stent microtubules spindle inhibitors function ? growth inhibitor decrease DHT & 5-a reductase indicates hypoplasia of which organ ? prostate Fibromuscular dysplasia, periumbilical bruit,...