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A 65-year-old woman presented with A
a 12-hour history of the sudden onset
of gait unsteadiness, vomiting and
headache, followed by increasing
drowsiness.
What is the most likely diagnosis?
A: acute cerebellar haemorrhage
B: acute subdural haemorrhage
C: frontal subdural empyema
D: herpes simplex encephalitis
E: pituitary apoplexy
,A post-marketing observational E
study of a new drug was conducted
on 5000 patients following clinical
trials.
What best describes the data
generated from this type of study?
A: comparative efficacy
B: cost-benefit
C: cost effectiveness
D: potency
E: profile of adverse effects
,A 79-year-old woman was admitted B
for elective hip replacement surgery.
On examination, she was pale. There
was 2-cm splenomegaly and there
were small discrete axillary lymph
nodes.
haemoglobin 107 g/L (115-165)
white cell count 34.5 × 109/L (4.0-11.0)
platelet count 183 × 109/L (150-400)
What is the most likely diagnosis?
A: acute myeloid leukaemia
B: chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
C: chronic myeloid leukaemia
D: myelodysplasia
E: myelofibrosis
, A 17-year-old boy presented with a D
non-blanching rash over his legs, a
swollen knee and painless, visible
haematuria.
Urinalysis showed blood 3+, protein
1+.
serum creatinine 210 µmol/L (60-110)
urine culture negative ultrasound
scan of kidneys normal
What glomerular abnormality is most
likely to be present at renal biopsy?
A: focal segmental sclerosis
B: foot process fusion
C: linear deposition of IgG on the
basement membrane
D: mesangial deposition of IgA
E: thickening of basement
membranes
questions and verified answers (complete
solutions) GRADE A
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Terms in this set (198)
A 65-year-old woman presented with A
a 12-hour history of the sudden onset
of gait unsteadiness, vomiting and
headache, followed by increasing
drowsiness.
What is the most likely diagnosis?
A: acute cerebellar haemorrhage
B: acute subdural haemorrhage
C: frontal subdural empyema
D: herpes simplex encephalitis
E: pituitary apoplexy
,A post-marketing observational E
study of a new drug was conducted
on 5000 patients following clinical
trials.
What best describes the data
generated from this type of study?
A: comparative efficacy
B: cost-benefit
C: cost effectiveness
D: potency
E: profile of adverse effects
,A 79-year-old woman was admitted B
for elective hip replacement surgery.
On examination, she was pale. There
was 2-cm splenomegaly and there
were small discrete axillary lymph
nodes.
haemoglobin 107 g/L (115-165)
white cell count 34.5 × 109/L (4.0-11.0)
platelet count 183 × 109/L (150-400)
What is the most likely diagnosis?
A: acute myeloid leukaemia
B: chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
C: chronic myeloid leukaemia
D: myelodysplasia
E: myelofibrosis
, A 17-year-old boy presented with a D
non-blanching rash over his legs, a
swollen knee and painless, visible
haematuria.
Urinalysis showed blood 3+, protein
1+.
serum creatinine 210 µmol/L (60-110)
urine culture negative ultrasound
scan of kidneys normal
What glomerular abnormality is most
likely to be present at renal biopsy?
A: focal segmental sclerosis
B: foot process fusion
C: linear deposition of IgG on the
basement membrane
D: mesangial deposition of IgA
E: thickening of basement
membranes
