CDM

Question 1

Tension pneumothorax treatment

Answer 1

needle decompression –> chest tube

Question 2

DKA treatment

Answer 2

• normal saline
• insulin aspart
• oral potassium chloride (if <5.3)

Question 3

myasthenia gravis treatment

Answer 3

oral pyridostigmine

Question 4

confirmatory test for myasthenia gravis

Answer 4

acetylcholine / acetylcholine receptor

Question 5

myasthenia gravis definitive treatment

Answer 5

surgical removal of thymoma

Question 6

bacterial prostatitis treatment

Answer 6

oral trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole

Question 7

abdominal abscess treatment

Answer 7

IV metronidazole

Question 8

emperic treatment for aspiration PNA

Answer 8

IV amoxicillin-clavulanate

Question 9

treatment for pericarditis

Answer 9

• oral NSAIDS
• oral colchicine
• IV pantoprazole

Question 10

what cells are seen in Hodgkin lymphoma?

Answer 10

Reed-Sternberg cells (owl eye nuclei w/ clear cytoplasm)

Question 11

antibiotics for diverticulitis

Answer 11

• IV ciprofloxacin
• IV metronidazole

Question 12

treatment for symptomatic bradycardia

Answer 12

IV atropine

Question 13

treatment for 3rd degree heart block

Answer 13

temporary pacemaker

Question 14

antibiotics for cholecystitis

Answer 14

• IV ceftriaxone
• IV metronidazole

Question 15

initial treatment for unstable angina

Answer 15

• sublingual nitroglycerin
• IV heparin
• oral aspirin
• IV morphine
• IV metoprolol
• oral atorvastatin

Question 16

autoantibody in celiac disease

Answer 16

TTG-IgA

Question 17

antibiotics for COPD exacerbation

Answer 17

• IV ceftriaxone
• IV azithromycin

Question 18

tuberculosis antimicrobials

Answer 18

• oral rifampin
• oral pyrazinamide
• oral ethambutol
• oral isoniazid

Question 19

initial treatment in STEMI

Answer 19

• oxygen
• IV morphine
• sublingual nitroglycerin
• oral aspirin
• oral metoprolol
• oral atorvastatin
• oral clopidogrel

Question 20

heart failure treatment

Answer 20

• oral furosemide
• oral metoprolol
• oral lisinopril

IF symptomatic at rest, add:
* oral spironolactone
* oral digoxin

Question 21

preventative medication in sickle cell anemia

Answer 21

oral hydroxyurea (increases fetal Hgb)

Question 22

antibiotics for PNA in cystic fibrosis

Answer 22

IV pipercillin-tazobactam