I n t e r n a L medicine questions Bank

2. in the ttt of COPD ? except ?

1. 
   Most patient require maintenance of oral corticosteroid
   
2. 
   The dosage of oral theophylline needs to be reduced in patients commenced on erythromycin
   
3. 
   Long term oxygen therapy is indicated in a stable patient with a PaO2 of 63 mmhg
   
4. 
   Long acting long acting b2 agonists are a first line treatment for breathlessness
   
5. 
   Non invasive ventilation should be part of the first line treatment of exacerbation
   

3. All the following are true about hereditary spherocytosis except one ?

1. 
   Splenomegaly
   
2. 
   Gall bladder stone
   
3. 
   Hemolytic anemia
   
4. 
   Howell Jolly bodies inside RBC
   
5. 
   Positive osmotic fragility test
   

4. the most common cause of traveler’s diarrhea is ?

1. 
   Staph aureus
   
2. 
   Clostridium perfrengens
   
3. 
   E . coli
   
4. 
   Bacillus cereus
   
5. 
   Rotavirus
   

5. which one of the following is least recognized as an adverse effect of taking bendroflumethiazide ?

1. 
   Hypokalemia
   
2. 
   Hyponatremia
   
3. 
   Pseudogout
   
4. 
   Impaired glucose intolerance
   
5. 
   Impotence
   

6. all of the following investigation should be done for patients newly diagnosed hypertension except?

1. 
   Urinalysis
   
2. 
   Renal profile
   
3. 
   Ecg
   
4. 
   Chest x ray
   
5. 
   Brain natriuretic peptide
   

7.one of the following is not cause of pericarditis ?

1. 
   TB
   
2. 
   SLE
   
3. 
   Lymphoma
   
4. 
   COPD
   
5. 
   Uremia