Friday 22 July 2011

MCQ 31

A 38-year-old pregnant woman with a past medical history significant for
chronic hypertension presents with a blood pressure of 158/105 mm Hg. Which
of the following antihypertensive agents would be most suitable for initial therapy in this patient?   
   A. Bumetanide
   B. Fosinopril
   C. Hydrochlorothiazide
   D. Methyldopa
   E. Valsartan



Thursday 21 July 2011

MCQ 30

Organism which causes pancreatitis

a. Mumps
b. Measles
c. Candida
d. Treponema

Answer

Thursday 7 July 2011

MCQ 29

A 35 year old  HIV infected homosexual man presents with fever, pain of the right upper quadrant, and a CT scan of the liver that shows a 10 cm, oval, hypoechoic cyst in the right lobe. An ELISA assay detects the presence of antibodies to Entamoeba histolytica; cysts from the same organism are found in a stool specimen. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in the management?

a. Administration of metronidazole
b. Administration of chloroquine
c. Drainage of the hepatic lesion for therapeutic purposes
d. Aspiration of the hepatic lesion for diagnosis
e. Hepatic resection

Answer and explanation

Tuesday 5 July 2011

MCQ 28

A 45 year old man says that for the past year he occasionally has regurgitated food particles eaten several days earlier. His wife complains that his breath has been foul smelling. He has had occasional dysphagia for solid foods. The most likely diagnosis is

a. Gastric outlet obstruction
b. Scleroderma
c. Achalasia
d. Zenker's diverticulum
e. Diabetic gastroparesis

Answer and explanation