ALL THE COMSAE COMPLETE EXAM / 716
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
drug for UC/Crohns - Answer: sulfasalazine
pulmonary effects of CF - Answer: chronic bronchitis an dbronchiectasis
osteoporosis affects what parts of bone? - Answer: (spongy and ) trabecular bone
mass loss
imipramine - Answer: TCA
SE: Tri-Cs
convulsions
coma
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,cardiotox
antichol effects- confusion in elderly; (acute glaucoma and orthostatic
hypotension- block alpha1)
viscerosomatic - Answer: visceral disease --> somatic finding
loratidine vs ranitidine - Answer: loratidine: 2nd gen H1 blocker, doesnt cross BBB
--> less sedating
ranitidine: H2 receptor antagonist (like cimetidine)
cells w RBCs inside - Answer: entaemoba histolytica
which type of pneumothorax causes tracheal deviation to the contra side? -
Answer: tension
intracerebral hemorrhage adjacent to a lesion that contains a tangle of numerous
tortuous vessels - Answer: AVM arteriovenous malformation
cavernous hemangioma - Answer: benign tumor of liver, A/W VHL
anti-HepB surface antibody is only present in what pop - Answer: recovered or
immunized
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,not in chronic or
proctalgia fugax - Answer: levator ani syndrome
fasciculus is UMN or LMN lesion? - Answer: LMN
ectopic gastric tissue - Answer: meckels diverticulum
can also have ectopic pancreatic tissue
remnant of vitelline duct
antibodies in hashimotos attacks - Answer: thyroid peroxidase or antithyroglobulin
enlarged non tender thyroid
2 factors that influence starling curve - Answer: x axis- preload (EDV)
y axis- stroke volume or CO
treatment for fibromyalgia - Answer: TCA, SNRIs anticonvulsants
what blocks NE reuptake? - Answer: TCA or SNRIs
possible complication of pagets bone disease - Answer: osteocarcoma
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, what does Hct tell you? - Answer: ratio of volume of RBCs compared to total blood
volume
probenecid - Answer: inhibits reabsoprtion of uric acid in PCT
- also inhibits secretion of PCN
- can ppt uric acid calculi
2 causes of SCID - Answer: ADA deficiency
(adenosine deaminase required for degradation of adenosim and deoxyadenosine
- in ADA deficiency, high levels of dATP --> toxicity in lymphocytes --> SCID
hypoplastic thymus
lithiums effects on urination - Answer: inhibits vasopression/ADH --> increased
urinary frequency
infertility drug that can result in multiple fetuses - Answer: clomiphene (clones-
multiple babies)
antagonist at estrogen R in hypothalamus (thus inhibits normal negative feedback)
upregulates LH and FSH release from pituitary --> ovulation
used to treat PCOS but can cause ovarian enlargement, multiple fetuses
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QUESTIONS & VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
drug for UC/Crohns - Answer: sulfasalazine
pulmonary effects of CF - Answer: chronic bronchitis an dbronchiectasis
osteoporosis affects what parts of bone? - Answer: (spongy and ) trabecular bone
mass loss
imipramine - Answer: TCA
SE: Tri-Cs
convulsions
coma
Page 1 of 98
,cardiotox
antichol effects- confusion in elderly; (acute glaucoma and orthostatic
hypotension- block alpha1)
viscerosomatic - Answer: visceral disease --> somatic finding
loratidine vs ranitidine - Answer: loratidine: 2nd gen H1 blocker, doesnt cross BBB
--> less sedating
ranitidine: H2 receptor antagonist (like cimetidine)
cells w RBCs inside - Answer: entaemoba histolytica
which type of pneumothorax causes tracheal deviation to the contra side? -
Answer: tension
intracerebral hemorrhage adjacent to a lesion that contains a tangle of numerous
tortuous vessels - Answer: AVM arteriovenous malformation
cavernous hemangioma - Answer: benign tumor of liver, A/W VHL
anti-HepB surface antibody is only present in what pop - Answer: recovered or
immunized
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,not in chronic or
proctalgia fugax - Answer: levator ani syndrome
fasciculus is UMN or LMN lesion? - Answer: LMN
ectopic gastric tissue - Answer: meckels diverticulum
can also have ectopic pancreatic tissue
remnant of vitelline duct
antibodies in hashimotos attacks - Answer: thyroid peroxidase or antithyroglobulin
enlarged non tender thyroid
2 factors that influence starling curve - Answer: x axis- preload (EDV)
y axis- stroke volume or CO
treatment for fibromyalgia - Answer: TCA, SNRIs anticonvulsants
what blocks NE reuptake? - Answer: TCA or SNRIs
possible complication of pagets bone disease - Answer: osteocarcoma
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, what does Hct tell you? - Answer: ratio of volume of RBCs compared to total blood
volume
probenecid - Answer: inhibits reabsoprtion of uric acid in PCT
- also inhibits secretion of PCN
- can ppt uric acid calculi
2 causes of SCID - Answer: ADA deficiency
(adenosine deaminase required for degradation of adenosim and deoxyadenosine
- in ADA deficiency, high levels of dATP --> toxicity in lymphocytes --> SCID
hypoplastic thymus
lithiums effects on urination - Answer: inhibits vasopression/ADH --> increased
urinary frequency
infertility drug that can result in multiple fetuses - Answer: clomiphene (clones-
multiple babies)
antagonist at estrogen R in hypothalamus (thus inhibits normal negative feedback)
upregulates LH and FSH release from pituitary --> ovulation
used to treat PCOS but can cause ovarian enlargement, multiple fetuses
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