ABIM IM Boards ITE Exam Bank
,ABIM IM BOARDS ITE
QUESTION
AAA Screening
Answer:
One time abdominal US for men 65-75 who have smoked at least 100 cigarrettes
QUESTION
Abdominal compartment syndrome
Answer:
suspect in patients with oliguria or increasing serum Cr who have had abdominal surgery received
massive fluid transfusion, have a tense abdomen with liver or pancreas disease
diagnose with bladder pressure
QUESTION
Acromioclavicular join degeneration presentation
Answer:
pain on superior aspect of shoulder, tenderness on palpation of A-C joint, pain with shoulder adduction
and abduction >120 degrees
QUESTION
,Additional doses of Pneumococcal polysaccharide caccine (PPSV23)
Answer:
If age <65, 5 years after first dose, then again at age 65 (provided at least 5 years have passed since last
administration)
QUESTION
Adjunctive therapy to bacterial meningitis, suspected to be secondary to streptococcus
Answer:
Dexamethasone, improves outcome. Give 15 mins prior to initiation of antimicrobials
QUESTION
Adverse effect of ethambutol
Answer:
Retrobulbar neuritis, manifesting as red-green color discrimination or decreased visual acuity
QUESTION
Age for live attenuated infleunza vaccine
Answer:
2 to 49 years
, QUESTION
Anaplasmosis
Answer:
Fever, leucopenia, thrombocytopenia , elevated LFTs
Best treated with Doxycycline (amoxicillin not effective)
QUESTION
ANCA associated vasculitides
Answer:
1. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's)
2. Microscopic polyangiitis
3. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (churg-strauss)
QUESTION
Ankylosing spondylitis symptoms not responding to NSAIDs
Answer:
Trial of TNF-alpha inhibitors, e.g adalimumab
QUESTION
Anorexia BMI
Answer:
,ABIM IM BOARDS ITE
QUESTION
AAA Screening
Answer:
One time abdominal US for men 65-75 who have smoked at least 100 cigarrettes
QUESTION
Abdominal compartment syndrome
Answer:
suspect in patients with oliguria or increasing serum Cr who have had abdominal surgery received
massive fluid transfusion, have a tense abdomen with liver or pancreas disease
diagnose with bladder pressure
QUESTION
Acromioclavicular join degeneration presentation
Answer:
pain on superior aspect of shoulder, tenderness on palpation of A-C joint, pain with shoulder adduction
and abduction >120 degrees
QUESTION
,Additional doses of Pneumococcal polysaccharide caccine (PPSV23)
Answer:
If age <65, 5 years after first dose, then again at age 65 (provided at least 5 years have passed since last
administration)
QUESTION
Adjunctive therapy to bacterial meningitis, suspected to be secondary to streptococcus
Answer:
Dexamethasone, improves outcome. Give 15 mins prior to initiation of antimicrobials
QUESTION
Adverse effect of ethambutol
Answer:
Retrobulbar neuritis, manifesting as red-green color discrimination or decreased visual acuity
QUESTION
Age for live attenuated infleunza vaccine
Answer:
2 to 49 years
, QUESTION
Anaplasmosis
Answer:
Fever, leucopenia, thrombocytopenia , elevated LFTs
Best treated with Doxycycline (amoxicillin not effective)
QUESTION
ANCA associated vasculitides
Answer:
1. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's)
2. Microscopic polyangiitis
3. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (churg-strauss)
QUESTION
Ankylosing spondylitis symptoms not responding to NSAIDs
Answer:
Trial of TNF-alpha inhibitors, e.g adalimumab
QUESTION
Anorexia BMI
Answer:
