NCCAOM Biomedicine Board Exam Questions And
Accurate Answers
Warfarin-extrinsic pathway, inhibit synthesis of vit k, not in pregnancy
Heparin-intrinsic pathway, activate antithrombin, used in pregnancy also
Advil side effect-renal problem, not before and after surgery, anti-platelet so bleeding
Hypertensive urgency vs hypertensive emergency-emergency: end organ damage,
kidney, bleeding, brain, pupil edema, EKG
Urgency: headache, chest pain, no end organ damage)
confirm prostate cancer with. - Ans biopsy, not PSA
nerves related with eye movement - Ans 3, 4, 6 so (superior oblique:4), lr (lateral
rectus:6), 3 others
Brudzinski's Test - Ans for meningitis, Severe neck stiffness causes a patient's hips and
knees to flex when the neck is flexed.
addison's sxs - Ans dark pigmented skin, fatigue
cause of addison's - Ans def. of adrenal's hormones
conn's synd - Anwer excessive aldestrone due to adrenal tumor
,kernig's sx - Answer positive when the thigh is flexed at the hip and knee at 90 degree
angles, and subsequent extension in the knee is painful leading to resistance. meningitis
test
risk factor of COPD - Answer smoking
copd - Answer emphysema, chronic bronchitis
obstructive pulmonary disease vs restrictive pulmonary disease - Answer obstructive
like asthma, restrctive like sarcoidosis
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Answer not asthma
uterine bleeding post menopause - Answer cancer
most risk factor for osteoporosis - Answer smoking
smoking risk factor for - Answer COPD, AAA, osteoprosis, htn,
atrovastatin side effect - Answer myalgia
HMG coA reuctase inhibitor side effect - Answer myalgia
HMG coA reuctase inhibitors - Answer statins
fish oil - Answer decrease triglyciride not ldl
how to increase hdl - Answer exercise
,when BP falls, kidney release. - Answer renin
menorrhagia vs metrohagia - Answer menorhagia: excessive menstruation can cause
iron def anemia
metrohagia: irregular, frequent bleeding
sob on supine, edema of legs, fatigue - Answer CHF
DVT can cause - Answer PE
medication for high chlostrol - Answer statins
muscle injury evaluated by. - Answer MRI
MRI for - Answer soft tissues: spine, brain, joint
excessive licorice increase urinary excretion of - Answer potasium
pre eclampsia+ seizure - Answer eclampsa
tongue, what nerve - Answer 12, hyopglossal for control (move) tongue
taste 7 for 2/3
9 for post 1/3
conductive hearing loss vs sensory hearing loss - Answer conductive: cerumen
sensory: presbycusis
most common site of epistaxis - Answer ant
epistaxis ant vs post - Answer ant visible
post not visible
, most common cause of nose bleeding - Answer external trauma (nose picking)
kisselback's plexus
epistaxis tx - Answer nasal packing////
silver nitrate (burning)
flat, less than 0.5 cm diameter - Answer
flat - Answer macul
patch
elevated, palpable - Answer papul
plaque
elevated, fluid filled - Answer vesicle
bullae
macul vs patch in size - Answer macul less than 0.5 cm
patch more than 0.5 cm
papuls vs plaque size - Answer papul less than 0.5
plaque more than پالک طال بزرگه
vesicle vs buallae size - Answer vesicle less than 0.5
psoriasis - Answer silvery scaly, extensors, artritis
extensor surface vs flexor surface - Answer extensor (psoriasis) vs flexor (atopic
dermatitis=eczema)
detox for acetaminophen - Answer NAC (N acetyl cystein)