NBME Form 11
Heat exhaustion - correct answer exercise intolerance, increased core body temperatures, and the absence of neurologic disturbances
Heat stroke - correct answer is characterized by hyperthermia, AMS or neurologic deficits, and variable physical signs and symptoms depending on sev...
Heat exhaustion - correct answer exercise intolerance, increased core body temperatures, and the
absence of neurologic disturbances
Heat stroke - correct answer is characterized by hyperthermia, AMS or neurologic deficits, and variable
physical signs and symptoms depending on severity
Stimulus induced or spontaneous myoclonus is specific for? - correct answer Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
What is the first line treatment for narrow complex SVT? - correct answer AV nodal blockage with
adenosine
Bradford Hill Criteria for Causality - correct answer temporal relationship, strength of association, dose-
response relationship, Consistency, biological plossibility, Consideration of alternate explanations,
experiment, Specificity, coherence
BCG and PPD test - correct answer BCG effects wanes 5 years after vaccination
Diagnosis of empyema - correct answer Thoracentesis: frank pus or cloudy fluid in pleural space. Pleural
fluid: leukocytosis, pH <7.20, glucose <60 mg/dL, high LDH, elevated protein, maybe infectious
organisms.
Recommendation of treatment is with chest tube placement
What is the initial management of mild carpal tunnel syndrome? - correct answer ergonomic changes to
relieve the pressure ( Ex. Wrist pad for keyboard) or splinting
What are the risk factors for in-hospital mortality in a patient with a PE? - correct answer Advanced age
and obstructive shock
, Pediatric Hypertension - correct answer measurement of serum renin and aldosterone, serum and urine
metanephrinphrines, and renal US with doppler to assess the patency of the renal arteries
What is a distinguishing feature of opioid intoxication? - correct answer Miosis
CLABSI - correct answer central line associated blood stream infection workup includes drawing blood
from the CVC and another place while starting IV antibiotics
Qualitative study - correct answer used to study social phenomena or how individuals perceive their
disease, barriers to pursuing treatment and social stigma surrounding their disease
When to start screening with serum lipid levels? - correct answer MEN age 35
WOMEN age 45
You can start earlier if there is increased risk factors for CVD including HTN, Type 2 DM and a family
history
Midgut volvulus presentation in an infant - correct answer bilious vomiting, abdominal distention, and
pain
Diagnosis is confirmed via an upper GI series
Treatment of OA of the knee - correct answer NSAIDS
Physical therapy
Corticosteroids if conservative management fails
What is the next step in management to help prevent morbitity and mortality in a patient with VUR? -
correct answer Daily antibiotic prophylatic to help prevent infections and complications
Serum sickness - correct answer systemic injury initiated by antigen-antibody complexes that circulate in
the blood
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