most common

Question 1

MC fast Hb (electrophoresis)

Answer 1

HbH, Hb Barts (can be mimicked by hyperbilirubinemia)

Question 2

Only factor unique to extrinsic pathway

Answer 2

f VII

Question 3

MC congenital cause of platelet type bleeding

Answer 3

von Willebrand disease

Question 4

MC inherited bleeding diathesis

Answer 4

von Willebrand disease

Question 5

MCC of severe hemophilia

Answer 5

hemophilia A

Question 6

MC type of vWD

Answer 6

type 1

Question 7

MC AR factor deficiency

Answer 7

f VII def

Question 8

MC inherited combined factor deficiency

Answer 8

fV and fVIII def

Question 9

most sensitive test for DIC

Answer 9

D-dimer

Question 10

most specific test for DIC

Answer 10

fibrinogen

Question 11

vit K dependent factor with shortest half life

Answer 11

fVII (2-5hrs)

Question 12

MCC of hereditary thrombophilia

Answer 12

factor V Leiden

Question 13

2nd MCC of hereditary thrombophilia

Answer 13

prothrombin G20210A mutation

Question 14

MCC of heparin resistance

Answer 14

antithrombin deficiency

Question 15

antidote: unfractionated heparin overdose

Answer 15

protamine sulfate

Question 16

IgG subtype w/ lowest conc

Answer 16

IgG4

Question 17

most abundant immunoglobulin

Answer 17

IgG

Question 18

MC Ig isolated isotope deficiency

Answer 18

IgA deficiency

Question 19

MC inherited immunodeficiency

Answer 19

IgA deficiency

Question 20

MC extra intestinal form of amebiasis

Answer 20

amebic liver abscess

Question 21

largest protozoan parasite

Answer 21

Balantidium coli

Question 22

smallest tapeworm infecting humans

Answer 22

Hymenolepis nana

Question 23

only human tapeworm that can complete its entire life cycle in a single host

Answer 23

Hymenolepis nana

Question 24

MC acquired hemochromatosis

Answer 24

repeated blood transfusions

Question 25

most important exogenous mediator for chemotaxis

Answer 25

bacterial products

Question 26

only protein that undergoes final modification in the rER (not Golgi)

Answer 26

collagen

Question 27

MC primary hyper coagulable state

Answer 27

factor V leiden mutation

Question 28

MCC of mar antic endocarditis

Answer 28

S. bovis

Question 29

MC location of Libman-Sacks endocarditis

Answer 29

mitral valve

Question 30

MC & most deadly plasma cell neoplasm

Answer 30

multiple myeloma

Question 31

MC anemia worldwide

Answer 31

IDA

Question 32

MCC of IDA overall

Answer 32

GI bleeding

Question 33

MCC of anemia among hospitalized patients

Answer 33

anemia of chronic dse

Question 34

most feared complication of ITP

Answer 34

intracranial bleeding

Question 35

MC hereditary disease associated w/ life-threatening bleeding

Answer 35

Hemophilia A

Question 36

MC bacteria that cause acute bacterial cystitis

Answer 36

E-Escherichia coli P-Proteus E-Enterobacter K-Klebsiella

Question 37

MCC of placental infections

Answer 37

GBS

Question 38

MCC of pyogenic osteomyelitis

Answer 38

S. aureus

Question 39

MCC of osteomyelitis in patients w/ sickle cell anemia

Answer 39

Salmonella

Question 40

MCC of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Answer 40

E. coli

Question 41

leukemia most responsive to chemotherapy

Answer 41

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