Menigococcal meningitis may be associated with
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acute respiratory infection
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petechial rashes on skin and mucosa
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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
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polymorphonuclear leucocytosis in
CSF
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
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1 and 4
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1 and 2
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1, 2 and 3
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2, 3 and 4
Consider the following statements regarding the diagnostic significance of testing the HBe antigen:
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HBeAg positive test suggests that the patient is potentially infectious
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Negative HBeAg test at onset of an acute hepatitis B suggests good prognosis
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Most HBeAg-positive HBsAg carriers have more than 1025 HBV genomes per ml serum.
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HBeAg test is the best indicator of viraemia
Which of these statements are correct?
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1 and 4
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1 and 2
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1, 2 and 3
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2, 3 and 4
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer:
List-I (Species of Malarial parasite) | List-II (Appearance of Red blood cells) |
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- A
- B
- C
- D
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- 3
- 2
- 4
- 1
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1
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- 2
- 3
- 1
- 4
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- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
Consider the following features:
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Oedema
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Scaly cracking of the skin
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Inadequate productions of lipoprotein
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Low total body sodium
Kwashiorkar would include
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1, 2 and 3
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2, 3 and 4
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1, 3 and 4
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1, 2, and 4
A primary hypothyroid patient presents in summer month with features of neurological obturation and behaviour abnormality. The most appropriate investigation would be
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Thyroxine
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Glucose
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Creatinine
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Sodium
Cerebral oedema in a comatosed patient following carbon monoxide poisoning can be effectively reduced by
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Oral glycerol
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Corticosteroids
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Hypothermia
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Hyperbaric oxygen
A 26 year old made develops severe, acute, watery diarrhea of 48 hours duration. He is brought to the casualty in a stuporous state. On examination, he was found to have a fast thready pulse with a systolic BP of 60 mm, Hg. The diastolic was not recordable. He develops suddent cardian rhythm disturbance which settles after a few seconds. The most likely cause of cardiac rhythm disturbance is
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Hyponatremia
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Hypocalcemia
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Hyperkalemia
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Hypomagnesemia
Which of the following statements are true of aortic stenosis?
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Effective aortic orifice less than 0.7 cm2 per square meter of body surface area suggests critical obstruction.
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Large a wave in left atrial pressure pulse indicates severe stenosis.
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association of mitral valve disease favours rheumatic etiology.
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Sudden death is unusual.
Of these statements
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1, 2 and 3 are correct
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2, 3 and 4 are correct
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1, 3 and 4 are correct
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1, 2 and 4 are correct
Diagnostic features of Bronchopulmonary aspergillosis may include
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peripheral blood eosinophilia
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elevated l g E levels
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central bronchiectasis
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history of brownish plug in the sputum
Select the correct answer suing the codes given below:
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1, 2, 3 and 4
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1, 3 and 4
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2 and 3
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1, 2 and 4
Consider the following statements regarding pneumonia:
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The roentgenographic feature of nonsegmental consolidation with air bronchogram is a feature of Pneumococcal pneumonia.
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In Pneumococcal pneumonia, sputum on gram staining may show grampositive lancet shaped diplococci.
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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is common in AIDS patients.
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There may be hypoxemia, hypocarbia and respiratory alkalosis.
Which of these statements are correct >
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1, 2, 3, and 4
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2, 3 and 4
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1, 2 and 3
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1 and 4
Lung abscess is a likely complication of
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection
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Haemophilus influenzae pneumonia
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Legionnaires, pneumophila pneumonia
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Klebsiella pneumonia
Hepatic encephalopathy in a case of portal cirrhosis can be precipi8tated by all the following condition except
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Gastrointestinal bleed
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Severe vomiting
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Metabolic acidosis
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Acute infection
Consider the following statements regarding duodenal ulcer:
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In more than 95 per cent of the cases ulcer occurs in the first portion of duodenum.
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It occurs more frequently in patients with renal dialysis.
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Both basal and maximal acid output may be high in nearly all these patients
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Perforation is associated more with blood group O and male sex.
Which of these statements are correct?
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1, 2 and 3
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2, 3 and 4
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1, 2 and 4
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1, 3 and 4
Gastric erosions are common with all of the following except
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Salicylates
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Indomethacin
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Corticosteriods
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Paracetamol
Consider the following statements: In chronic renal failure due to pyelonephritis, the low and fixed specific gravity (1010) of urine occurs because of
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the inability of renal tubule to concentrate
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the glomerular ultra filtrate having a specific gravity of 1010
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polyuria and polydypsia
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hyperperfusion of the functioning nephrons
Which of the above statements are correct:
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1, 3 and 4
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2, 3 and 4
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1 and 2
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1 and 3