PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Advice for a patient taking an oral glucocorticoid. Answer: Take it
with food
⩥ Treatment for enuresis in a child. Answer: Nasal desmopressin
(DDAVP)
⩥ Medication not contraindicated in a patient with sulfa allergy. Answer:
Celecoxib (Celebrex)
⩥ Characteristic elevated in a woman with polycystic ovarian syndrome.
Answer: Insulin
⩥ Medication not prescribed during an acute gout flare. Answer:
Allopurinol
⩥ Action for a Hispanic woman at 26 weeks of pregnancy who has been
eating ice. Answer: Check the patient for anemia
, ⩥ Likely diagnosis for a 40 year old female patient with breasts with a
soft texture, but uneven contour bilaterally. Answer: Cystic breasts
⩥ Best measure of renal insufficiency. Answer: 24 hour creatinine
clearance
⩥ Likely diagnosis for a 63 year old male with decreased chest
expansion, symmetric thorax with moderate kyphosis, and bilateral
diaphragm distention of 2 cm. Answer: COPD
⩥ Cranial nerves assessed when assessing bilateral eye movement.
Answer: III, IV, and VI
⩥ Pathological finding noted in asthma. Answer: Hypertrophy of smooth
muscle
⩥ Type of incontinence most likely in a patient with Alzheimer's disease
who cannot reach the toilet in time. Answer: Functional
⩥ GTPAL nomenclature for a patient currently pregnant with a history
of an uncomplicated term vaginal delivery, preterm delivery of liveborn
twins, and an 8 week elective abortion. Answer: G5 T1 P2 A2 L2
⩥ Part of the circulatory system where the right lymphatic ducts drain.
Answer: Venous