Peds NBME Form 1 Correct Questions & Answers; Latest
2025
J-wave .....ANSWER.....hypothermia
refers to a sudden, transient episode of syncope, occasionally
featuring seizures. .....ANSWER.....adam strokes attack
cause of recurrent infection .....ANSWER.....impaired humoral
immunity
mixed metabolic acidosis and respiratory alkalosis
.....ANSWER.....salicylate poisoning
patchy irregular uptake of radioisotope
.....ANSWER.....Multinodular goiter
What is another name for multinodular goiter
.....ANSWER.....lymphocytic thyroiditis/ infiltration
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14 day fever headache and green nasal discharge in a 14 year
old. Post pharyngeal wall is erythematous and covered with thin
gray mucous .....ANSWER.....Sinusitis
SCID has an abscence of what cells .....ANSWER.....T cells - leads
to B cell impairment too. Both are low
recurrent infection - bacterial, fungal and viral
.....ANSWER.....SCID
Patient has foreign body, next step .....ANSWER.....bronkoscopy -
take it out
kid has fever and right foot pain. itching rash started between
the second and third toes of both feet. Plays sports in highschool.
Lymphnode in groin is tender .....ANSWER.....Pseudomonas -
because he has fever.
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Keep in mind that athletes foot, Trikofyton rubrum, is a fungus
that is the most common cause of athletes foot, jock itch and
ringworm but IT DOES NOT HAVE FEVER or TENDER LYMPH
NODES
2 days after delivery, a male newborn has dribbling. on physical
exam he has a 6 centimeter round midline suprapubic pelvic
mass .....ANSWER.....Posterior urethral valves
Hep A antibody positive
Hep B core antibody positive
Hep B surface antigen positive
Hep B surface antibody negative .....ANSWER.....Hep A - immune
Hep B - not immune with acute infection
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2 year old boy with anorexia, poor coordination, and sporadic
vomiting over the last month. Lab shows hypochromic microcytic
anemia. .....ANSWER.....led poisoning, not iron deficiency
ashleaf spots - Skin hypopigmentation, four periventricular
nodules - cortical tubers .....ANSWER.....Tuberous sclerosis
what can TMP-SMX Bactrim cause on labs
.....ANSWER.....neutropenia - low segmented neutrophils
14 year old girl patient with suprapubic tenderness for 6 months.
She has a smooth red bulge between the labia. What is the next
step? .....ANSWER.....impreforate hymen - do cruciate incision of
the hymen
patient with anorexia is at risk for what bone morphology?
.....ANSWER.....osteoporosis
A low pitched vibratory murmur is heard through the cardiac
cycle and is most prominent at the left upper sternal border when
the child is in the sitting position. The murmur dissapears when his