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COMLEX 1 Exam Questions and Answers 100%
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febrile, mountain lake/swimming, headache, menigoencephalitis, bug? - ANSWER ✔✔-Naegleria
Fowleri, an amoeba will be found in the CSF.
Use of netipots to cleanse sinuses, crosses the cribiform plate into the subarachnoid space.
India ink stain of the CSF that shows encapsulated yeast, what bug? - ANSWER ✔✔-cryptococcus
neoformans
Gram neg cocci, college-age meningitis and waterhouse-friderchesen syndrome - ANSWER ✔✔-Neisseria
Meningitidis
Spirochetes on CSF - ANSWER ✔✔-neurosyphilis caused by treponema pallidum
Trypomastigotes on blood smear, travel to africa - ANSWER ✔✔-African trypanosomiasis, caused by
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, or T. brucei rhodesiense. Parasite infects the blood stream thru bite of
the tsetse fly and travels to the brain. African sleeping sickness
Adult presenting with Pain/blood on urination, bilateral kidney growths, anemia, increased BUN and Cr
- ANSWER ✔✔-autosomal dom polycystic kidney disease
Most common risk factor for renal cell carcinoma? - ANSWER ✔✔-smoking
Respiratory symptoms, kidney symptoms, blood in the urine with fever and weightloss - ANSWER ✔✔-
Wegners granulomatosis
Lab findings of Wegners granulomatosis? - ANSWER ✔✔-C-ANCA and immune complex depositions in
renal vessels
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Which presentation of polycystic kidney disease will present earlier in life? - ANSWER ✔✔-auto recessive
(Auto dom presents later)
What other major health problem do polycystic kidney disease have? - ANSWER ✔✔-berry annuryism
leading to subarachnoid hemorrhage
Early, wide QRS complexes associated with palpitations but otherwise asymp - ANSWER ✔✔-PVCs
common in young males. usually benign but can give betablocker
What is CROUP also known as? - ANSWER ✔✔-laryngotracheobronchitis
What type of stridor will kids with croup have? - ANSWER ✔✔-insp
What type of stridor will foreign body in airway have? - ANSWER ✔✔-insp and exp
Permanent dilation of the small and medium bronchi because of the decreased elastic tissue in the
bronchi - ANSWER ✔✔-bronchiectasis
MC cause of laryngotracheobronchitis? - ANSWER ✔✔-parainfluenza virus type 1
Cause of the common cause? - ANSWER ✔✔-coronavirus
what coronavirus can be life-threatening and cause interstitual PNA with high fever? - ANSWER ✔✔-
SARS-coronavirus
Common infection in CF pts or ventalator associated? - ANSWER ✔✔-Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Assembly line and navy history - ANSWER ✔✔-asbestosis
iron and protein coated fibers - ANSWER ✔✔-asbetosis (Ferriginous bodies). Common ampibole fibers
are more pathogenic since they are not cleared quickly by the lung
Fibers responsible for development of asbestosis? - ANSWER ✔✔-amphibole fibers
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COMLEX 1 Exam Questions and Answers 100%
Pass
febrile, mountain lake/swimming, headache, menigoencephalitis, bug? - ANSWER ✔✔-Naegleria
Fowleri, an amoeba will be found in the CSF.
Use of netipots to cleanse sinuses, crosses the cribiform plate into the subarachnoid space.
India ink stain of the CSF that shows encapsulated yeast, what bug? - ANSWER ✔✔-cryptococcus
neoformans
Gram neg cocci, college-age meningitis and waterhouse-friderchesen syndrome - ANSWER ✔✔-Neisseria
Meningitidis
Spirochetes on CSF - ANSWER ✔✔-neurosyphilis caused by treponema pallidum
Trypomastigotes on blood smear, travel to africa - ANSWER ✔✔-African trypanosomiasis, caused by
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, or T. brucei rhodesiense. Parasite infects the blood stream thru bite of
the tsetse fly and travels to the brain. African sleeping sickness
Adult presenting with Pain/blood on urination, bilateral kidney growths, anemia, increased BUN and Cr
- ANSWER ✔✔-autosomal dom polycystic kidney disease
Most common risk factor for renal cell carcinoma? - ANSWER ✔✔-smoking
Respiratory symptoms, kidney symptoms, blood in the urine with fever and weightloss - ANSWER ✔✔-
Wegners granulomatosis
Lab findings of Wegners granulomatosis? - ANSWER ✔✔-C-ANCA and immune complex depositions in
renal vessels
Created by Grace Amelia © 2025, All Rights Reserved.
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Which presentation of polycystic kidney disease will present earlier in life? - ANSWER ✔✔-auto recessive
(Auto dom presents later)
What other major health problem do polycystic kidney disease have? - ANSWER ✔✔-berry annuryism
leading to subarachnoid hemorrhage
Early, wide QRS complexes associated with palpitations but otherwise asymp - ANSWER ✔✔-PVCs
common in young males. usually benign but can give betablocker
What is CROUP also known as? - ANSWER ✔✔-laryngotracheobronchitis
What type of stridor will kids with croup have? - ANSWER ✔✔-insp
What type of stridor will foreign body in airway have? - ANSWER ✔✔-insp and exp
Permanent dilation of the small and medium bronchi because of the decreased elastic tissue in the
bronchi - ANSWER ✔✔-bronchiectasis
MC cause of laryngotracheobronchitis? - ANSWER ✔✔-parainfluenza virus type 1
Cause of the common cause? - ANSWER ✔✔-coronavirus
what coronavirus can be life-threatening and cause interstitual PNA with high fever? - ANSWER ✔✔-
SARS-coronavirus
Common infection in CF pts or ventalator associated? - ANSWER ✔✔-Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Assembly line and navy history - ANSWER ✔✔-asbestosis
iron and protein coated fibers - ANSWER ✔✔-asbetosis (Ferriginous bodies). Common ampibole fibers
are more pathogenic since they are not cleared quickly by the lung
Fibers responsible for development of asbestosis? - ANSWER ✔✔-amphibole fibers
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