INFECTION WITH PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI SUGGESTS A DEFECT IN WHICH ASPECT OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
A. B lymphocytes B. Phagocytic cells...
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF MALARIA CAN CAUSE RELAPSING ILLNESS AT INTERVALS OVER MONTHS AND YEARS WITHOUT THE PATIENT BEING REINFECTED
A. Plasmodium vivax ✓ B. Plasmodium...
A 78-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH KNOWN HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES PRESENTS WITH A HISTORY OF FIVE ATTACKS OF PALPITATIONS OCCURRING OVER THE PAST 6 MONTHS; THE PALPITATIONS OCCUR RANDOMLY, START SUDDENLY AND LAST 2–10 HOURS. DURING THE ATTACK HE FEELS FAST, IRREGULAR PALPITATIONS BUT NO OTHER SYMPTOMS. THE ATTACKS TERMINATE SUDDENLY. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS TRUE
A. The likely diagnosis is atrial...
A PATIENT AGED 33 YEARS WITH AN UNEXPLAINED SWELLING OF ONE LEG FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS PRESENTS WITH 14 DAYS OF EFFORT INTOLERANCE DUE TO BREATHLESSNESS AND HAEMOPTYSIS. EXAMINATION SHOWS BREATHLESSNESS, A HEART RATE OF 110 BPM, BP 125/65, OXYGEN SATURATIONS ON AIR OF 90%, AND AN ECG SHOWING SINUS TACHYCARDIA AND RIGHT AXIS DEVIATION. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE
A. A D-dimer should be performed...
THE PREGNANT WOMAN COMPLAINS OF NUMBNESS AND “PINS AND NEEDLES” IN HER FINGERS AND HANDS. THE CONDITION IS CALLED AS
A. Carpal tunnel syndrome ✓ B....
BLEEDING DUE TO THROMBOCYTOPENIA OFTEN OCCURS IN SMALL VESSELS, CAUSING
A. Infection B. Pruritus C. Scarring...
