Exam Part 1 Questions & Correct Solutions
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1. High impulsivity - ANSWER Trait more strongly linked to AN
2. Refeeding Syndrome risk factors - ANSWER Weight less than
70% of expected weight, not eating for 7 or more days, tube
feeding
3. Carotenemia - ANSWER Purple coloring of the skin in AN
4. Potassium and Phosphorous monitoring - ANSWER True
5. Lab finding in patients with AN - ANSWER Mildly elevated AST,
ALT
6. Bone loss prevention - ANSWER True
7. Refeeding Syndrome - ANSWER Hypophosphatemia, heart
failure, seizure, death
8. Metabolic acidosis - ANSWER True
9. Hypokalemia symptoms - ANSWER Palpitations, cardiac
arrhythmia
10. Refeeding hypophosphatemia - ANSWER Most common
complication of refeeding malnourished patient
, 11. Medications increasing cardiac QT interval - ANSWER
Abilify, Zofran, Reglan, Lamictal
12. Bone resorption in AN - ANSWER Estrogen/Progesterone
deficiency
13. Compensatory behavior - ANSWER Laxative abuse in BN
14. Self-help interventions - ANSWER Pure and guided
interventions
15. Neurotransmitters - ANSWER Dopamine and Serotonin in
etiology of eating disorders
16. Serotonin and Norepinephrine - ANSWER Significant role in
etiology of eating disorders
17. Symptoms of AN - ANSWER Hypothermia, Peripheral
Edema
18. Self-help CBT - ANSWER Not effective in treating BED
19. Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) - ANSWER 26 item
questionnaire for screening eating disorder risks
20. Binge-eating episodes - ANSWER May NOT be associated
with eating when hungry in BED
21. Rumination Disorder - ANSWER Persistent eating of non-
nutritive substances
22. Suicide risk factors - ANSWER Excessive exercise,
alexithymia, Borderline Personality Disorder