A 47 year old man came with the complaint of cough. The cough began
approximately 3 months prior to this appointment and it has become more
annoying to the patient. The cough is non-productive, 2-3 times/day, worse at
night, 3 times at night/week. He recently restarted an aexercise program after
approximately 2 years of a more sedentary lifestyle and says he is having a
much harder time with the exertion. He just run out of breath earlier than he
used to and cough a great deal. He has not had any blood-tinged sputum or
weight loss. He does not smoke and has no significant medical history. His
examination is notable for a blood pressure 130/70 mmHg and lungs that are
clear to auscultation bilaterally, except for an occasional expiratory wheeze on
forced expiration. A chest radiograph is read as normal.
1. What is the most likely diagnosis?
a. RBC
b. Asthma
c. Pneumonia
d. Bronchiectasis
e. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
2. What is the classification?
a. Acute asthma
b. Mild intermittent
c. Mild persistent
d. Moderate persistent
e. Severe persistent
3. What is the best daily medication for this patient?
a. No daily medication
b. Leukotriene modifier
c. Low dose inhaled steroids
d. Medium dose inhaled steroids and long acting B2 agonist
e. High dose inhaled steroids, long acting B2 agonist and oral steroids
A female, 18 years old, came to the clinic with hair fallen. She had pain at all
joints, reddish at her cheeks, with painless oral ulcer. She also felt fatigue. In
physical examination, there was pale at her conjunctivas.
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conjunctiva was pale. Hb 7.8 g/dl with MCV 75 (low), leukocytes count 6800/mm 3
and platelet 168,000/L.
15.What is the hematologic problem in this patient?
a. Macrocytic anemia
b. Normocytic anemia
c. Microcytic anemia
d. Anemia of chronic disorder
e. Sideroblastic anemia
16.What do you need to perform to establish the diagnosis?
a. Serum Iron
b. Ferritin
c. Total iron binding capacity
d. Reticulocytes
e. Coombs test
17.What is the most likely diagnosis in this patient?
a. Iron deficiency anemia
b. Anemia of Chronic disorder
c. Thallasemia
d. Aplastic anemia
e. Hypoplastic anemia
A 49-year-old woman presents to emergency room complaining of a 4-week
history of progressive abdominal swelling and discomfort. She has no other
gastrointestinal symptoms, and she has normal appetite and normal bowel
habits. Her medical history was three pregnancies, one of which was complicated
by excessive blood loss, requiring blood transfusion. She is happily married for
20 years, exercises, does not smoke, and drinks only occasionally. On pointed
questioning, however, she does admit that she was wild in her youth, and she
had snorted cocaine once or twice at parties many years ago. She does not use
drugs now. She was HIV negative at the time of the birth of her last child.
On examination, her temperature is 37.9C, heart rate 88 bpm, and blood
pressure 94/60 mmHg. She is thin, her complexion is sallow, her sclerae are
icteric, her chest is clear, and her heart rhythm is regular with no murmur. Her
abdomen is distended, with mild diffuse tenderness, hypoactive bowel sounds,
shifting dullness to percussion, and a fluid wave. She has no peripheral edema.
Laboratory studies are normal except for Na 129 mEq/L, albumin 2.8 mg/dL, total
bilirubin 4 mg/dL, prothrombin time 15 seconds, haemoglobin 12 g/dL with MCV
102 fL, and platelet count 78,000/mm3.
18.What is the most likely diagnosis?
a. Ascites caused by hepatic cirrhosis
b. Ascites caused by hypoalbumin
c. Ascites caused by malignancy
d. Ascites caused by alcoholic hepatitis
e. Ascites caused by acute viral hepatitis
19.What is your next step?
a. Diuretics
b. USG work up
c. Albumin transfusion
d. Perform a paracentesis
e. Serologic examination
20.What are the other possible physical examination findings in this patient?
a. Palmar erythema, spider nevi, epigastric pain
b. Gynecomastia, palmar erythema, epigastric pain
c. Gynecomastia, palmar erythema, spider nevi
d. Gynecomastia, spider naevi, hyperemic conjunctiva
e. Palmar erythema, epigastric pain, hyperemic conjunctiva
21.What are the tests for Hepatitis C?
a. Low serum ceruloplasmin
b. Anti-HCV Ab, presence of HCV RNA
c. Persistent HbsAg, presence of HbeAg
d. ANA, anti-LKM (liver kidney microsome)
e. High transferrin saturation (>50%), high ferritin
A 46 year old woman presents for her yearly physical examination. She has been
fine and has no complain today. With her full-time job and three children, she
finds it difficult to exercise, and she admits that her family eat out frequently.
Today her blood pressure was 140/95 mmHg. Body weight 65 kg, height 155 cm.
The patient has not eaten yet today, so on your preceptor recommendation, a
fasting plasma glucose test is performed, and the result is 140 mg/dL.
22.Which of the following is the most appropriate next step?
a. Reassurance that these are normal blood sugars
b. Diagnose diabetes mellitus and start a biguanide agent
c. Recommend cardiac stress testing
d. Obtain start arterial blood gas and serum ketone levels
e. Recommend repeated fasting or random blood glucose
23.Her last HbA1c was 7.9%. She states that she conscientiously follows her
diet and walk 30 minutes to 1 hour daily. What is the best next step in her
care?
a. Add insulin pump
b. Add metformin
c. Add NPH insulin
d. Hospitalize her urgently
e. Recommend weight loss
24.30 years later, she is brought into the hospital by her daughter for follow
up and her creatinine level is 2.2 mg/dL. She currently takes glimepiride
for her diabetes and captopril. Her daughter reports that, in the past 2
weeks, her mother became sweaty, shaky, and confused. Her random
blood glucose is 90 mg/dL. Which of the following conditions is most likely
to be contributing to these episodes?
a. Excess caloric oral intake
b. Interaction between the ACE inhibitory and the sulfonylurea agents
c. Worsening renal function
d. Hyperglycemic amnesia
e. Prolonged hypoglycemia
25.A 45 year old asymptomatic woman has a random serum glucose level of
165 mg/dL on routine examination. Which of the following studies should
be used next to evaluate this finding?
a. Urine glucose
b. Oral glucose tolerance test
c. Fasting serum glucose
d. 2 hour postprandial serum glucose