Random AMBOSS QBANK Knowledge

Question 1

COPD, is typically associated with ______ lung compliance

Answer 1

increased

Question 2

Decreased lung compliance is a common finding in individuals with:
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Answer 2

pulmonary fibrosis, pneumothorax, pneumonia, or absence of surfactant (e.g., premature infants).

Question 3

Tearing of the posterior urethra has as signs and symptoms:

Answer 3

inability to void despite urge, suprapubic pain, blood at the urethral meatus, scrotal and perineal ecchymoses, and a high-riding prostate,

Question 4

Tearing of the posterior urethra Specific trauma Causes can be:

Answer 4

high-risk pelvic fractures like : (fractures of all four pubic rami)

Question 5

Rupture of the bladder CxFx

Answer 5

urinary retention and suprapubic pain

gross hematuria

Question 6

Rupture of the bladder causes

Answer 6

Pelvis Fracture

Abdominal Trauma

Question 7

Tearing of the ureter cxfx

Answer 7

flank pain, a palpable flank mass (urine and blood), hematuria, and fever,

Question 8

Tearing of the ureter causes

Answer 8

“very rarely by pelvis fracture” amboss

me: I think mainly abdominal trauma

Question 9

Rupture of the tunica albuginea of the corpus cavernosum is the cause of__________

Answer 9

penile fracture, caused by traumatic bending to an erect penis.

Question 10

Rupture of the tunica albuginea of the corpus cavernosum

Answer 10

penile hematoma or blood at the meatus in the case of concomitant urethral injury

Question 11

Tearing of the anterior urethra CxFx

Answer 11

may cause inability to void, blood at the meatus, scrotal and perineal ecchymoses, and perineal tenderness.

Question 12

Tearing of the anterior urethra Vs Posterior. CxFx. What’s the difference?

Answer 12

All like same except for Posterior Has: high-riding prostate!!!

Question 13

An EV drug user individual who has infective endocarditis, is more likely to have as a complication:

Answer 13

Septic pulmonary embolism

Question 14

___________ is the most common cause of acute infectious endocarditis in almost all groups of patients, including IV drug users

Answer 14

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 15

foreign body infections such as prosthetic joint infections, endocarditis of prosthetic heart valves (within the first 60 days after surgery), and even intravenous drug users.
Are caused by:

Answer 15

Staphylococcus epidermidis.

But: this is not the most common cause for IV drug ussers.

Question 16

Streptococcus gallolyticus is an uncommon cause of endocarditis that is associated with an increased risk of_____

Answer 16

colorectal cancer.

Question 17

Enterococcus faecalis can be found in the colon and causes infections such as urinary tract infections, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and endocarditis in some cases, especially after ___________

Answer 17

genitourinary or gastrointestinal interventions

Question 18

Streptococcus sanguinis. is the most common cause of infectious endocarditis of what kind?

Answer 18

Subacute.
This type occurs more often in patients with cardiac valve abnormalities.
Its insidious onset takes weeks or months.

Less commonly S. aureus and HACEK organisms can cause this kind of IE.

Question 19

the classic triad of situs inversus, recurrent sinusitis, and bronchiectasis has to make you think about

Answer 19

Kartagener Syndrome.

A subtype of Primary ciliary dyskinesia

Question 20

Primary ciliary dyskinesia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by absent or dysmotile cilia caused by a defect in the _________.

Answer 20

dynein arm of microtubules.

You can memorize the cause of Kartagener syndrome by thinking of Kartagener’s restaurant that only has ‘take-out’ service because there is no dine-in (dynein).

Question 21

Infertility is also associated with Kartagener syndrome: in women due to ciliary defects in______, and in men due to ___________.

Answer 21

the fallopian tubes

immotile sperm.*******