ACTUAL ACCURATE EXAM COMPLETE
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You see a 63-year-old man with suspected upper
gastrointestinal bleed. Expected laboratory findings would
include:
A. elevated BUN; elevated serum creatinine
B. normal BUN; elevated serum creatinine
C. elevated BUN; normal serum creatinine
D. lower BUN; elevated serum creatinine - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > C. elevated BUN; normal serum creatinine
You are treating a patient in your office whom you suspect has
chronic lung disease, but you are unsure if you should start
treatment today. What do you consider ordering first?
,A. A pulmonary consult
B. A chest x-ray
C. An office spirometry
D. A pulmonary function test - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > C. An
office spirometry
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors can limit the
progression of some forms of renal disease by:
A. increasing intraglomerular pressure
B. reducing efferent arteriolar resistance
C. enhancing afferent arteriolar tone
D. increasing urinary protein excretion - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > B. reducing efferent arteriolar resistance
A 36-year-old afebrile woman with no health problems
presents with dysuria and frequency of urination. Her urinalysis
findings include results positive for nitrites and leukocyte
esterase. You evaluate these results and consider that she likely
has:
A. purulent vulvovaginitis
,B. a gram-negative UTI
C. cystitis caused by Staphylococcus saprophyticus
D. urethral syndrome - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > B. a gram-
negative UTI
The most likely causative organism in community-acquired UTI
in women during the reproductive years is:
A. Klebsiella species
B. Proteus mirabilis
C. Escherichia coli
D. Staphylococcus saprophyticus - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > C.
Escherichia coli
Objective findings in patients with glomerulonephritis include
all of the following except:
A. edema
B. urinary red blood cell (RBC) casts
C. proteinuria
D. hypotension - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > D. hypotension
, An increase in creatinine from 1 to 2 mg/dL is typically seen
with a _____ loss in renal function
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75%
D. 100% - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > B. 50%
Creatinine clearance usually:
A. approximates glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
B. does not change as part of normative aging
C. is greater in women compared with men
D. increases with hypotension - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A.
approximates glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
Creatinine is best described as:
A. a substance produced by the kidney.
B. a product related to skeletal muscle metabolism