SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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◉ Tx for genital warts. Answer: Topical trichloroacetic acid,
podophyllin resin, imiquimod, cryotherapy
◉ Risk associated with central venous catheter. Answer:
Bloodstream infection--> coagulase-negative staph and S. aureus
◉ Labs with ethylene glycol poisoning. Answer: Metabolic acidosis
◉ Reactive NST. Answer: Greater than 2 accelerations in 20 minutes
◉ Tx for ecthyma gangrenosum. Answer: Antipseudomonal
penicillin
◉ Pulses over both radial arteries that disappear with deep
inspiration. Answer: Pulsus pardoxus--> cardiac tamponade
◉ CSF findings with HSV meningitis. Answer: High WBC, high RBC,
high protein
,Normal glucose
◉ Bibasilar fine crackles. Answer: IPF
◉ Dx of spinal stenosis. Answer: MRI
◉ Classic symptom of spinal stenosis. Answer: Neurogenic
claudication
◉ ACTH hormone type. Answer: Polypeptide
◉ Cushing syndrome. Answer: Wide striae, fatigue, easy bruising,
muscle weakness, hyperglycemia, hypokalemia, HTN
◉ AA-derived hormones. Answer: Serotonin, NE, E
◉ Steroid hormones. Answer: Cortisol
◉ Sterol vitamin. Answer: Vit D
◉ Pt in labor has contractions every 5-7 minutes and unchanged
cervix. Next step?. Answer: Oxytocin infusion
, ◉ Tx for Afib to prevent strokes. Answer: Rivaroxaban or warfarin
◉ Pt presents with fatigue, poor appetite, and WL. 4 weeks of non-
productive cough and SOA. There is dullness to percussion and
decreased breath sounds in the right lower and middle chest. Pleural
fluid shows increased lymphocytes and high protein. Dx?. Answer:
TB
◉ TB effusions. Answer: High protein, low glucose, and lymphocytic
leukocytosis
◉ Vaccines for adults with HIV. Answer: HAV, HBV, HPV, influenza,
Meninigitis, pneumococcal, Tdap
◉ Tx of SVC syndrome. Answer: Radiation therapy
◉ Prevention of aspiration pneumonia. Answer: Elevation of the
head of the bed
◉ Cause of SBP. Answer: Translocation of intestinal bacteria
◉ Subepidermal blisters. Answer: Bullous pemphigoid