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Question 1

follow up testing after myasthenia gravis diagnosis

Answer 1

CT chest to check for thymoma

Question 2

treatment for ethylene glycol poisoning

Answer 2

fomepizole (inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase)

Question 3

drug causing crystal induced AKI

Answer 3

acyclovir

Question 4

condition causing bilateral trigeminal neuralgia

Answer 4

MS - demyelination of nucleus of nerve

Question 5

bug causing contact related keratitis

Answer 5

pseudomonas

Question 6

association with primary sclerosing cholangitis

Answer 6

UC

Question 7

med contraindicated in pulmonary edema

Answer 7

beta blocker

Question 8

best drug for stone passages

Answer 8

alpha blocker - tamulosin

Question 9

LP in MS

Answer 9

oligoclonal bands

Question 10

livedo reticularis post MI

Answer 10

atherosclerotic plaque

Question 11

bone disease in RA

Answer 11

osteoporosis

Question 12

anticoagulant in severe kidney disease

Answer 12

heparin

Question 13

major secondary effect of EPO

Answer 13

hypertension

Question 14

lung disorders with pulsus paradoxus

Answer 14

COPD and asthma

Question 15

common cause of constrictive pericarditis in developingcountries

Answer 15

TB

Question 16

cause of persistent ST segment changes post MI

Answer 16

ventricular aneurysm

Question 17

bone problem in long term steroid use

Answer 17

avascular necrosis

Question 18

med used in torsades with hemodynamic stability

Answer 18

mag sulfate

Question 19

chronic cough that worsens overnight

Answer 19

asthma

Question 20

LES in scleroderma

Answer 20

hypomotility and incompetence of LES

Question 21

elevated intracranial pressure in HIV

Answer 21

cryptococcus

Question 22

calcium and ph changes

Answer 22

with rising ph, less H+, more spots on albumin are filled up leading to a decrease in serum calcium

Question 23

medistianal tumors

Answer 23

anterior = thymoma
middle = bronchogenic cysts
posterior = neurogenic

Question 24

highest sensitivity for heart failure diagnosis

Answer 24

pro-BNP

Question 25

mechanism for dobutamine

Answer 25

increases cardiac contractility

Question 26

how to prevent clacium stones

Answer 26

low calcium leads to increase in sodium reabsorption and less stones