(Single Best Answer) Question 751: A 65-year-old woman with history of Type 2 Diabetes mellitus for the last eight years dies in a hospital. She had no other significant medical history. Which of the following is the most likely cause of her death ?
A) Diabetic ketoacidosis B) Myocardial infarction C) Renal failure D) Stroke Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) Physiologic response to puberty B) Primary hypogonadism C) Primary aldosteronism D) Choriocarcinoma testis Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 753: A 75-year-old lady is diagnosed of having a thyroid malignancy. Her serum calcium is low. What is the most likely explanation ?
A) She has developed metastasis to the parathyroid B) She has Follicular carcinoma C) She has Papillary carcinoma D) She has Medullary carcinoma Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 754: A 25-year-old hypertensive man with a history of recurrent calcium-containing renal calculi presents to the emergency department with excruciating flank pain and blood in the urine. This patient is likely to have which one of the following underlying disorders ?
A) Chronic proteus infection B) Factor VIII deficiency C) Hyperaldosteronism D) Hyperparathyroidism Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 755: Hypercalcaemia caused by which one of the following is most likely to respond to treatment with corticosteroids ?
A) Primary hyperparathyroidism B) Milk alkali syndrome C) Sarcoidosis D) Pagets disease Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 756: For the prevention of Yellow fever a single vaccination with 17 D non-pathogenic strain of virus gives full protection to the individual for at least ?
A) 10 years B) 12 years C) 15 years D) 18 years Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) Metabolic acidosis B) Metabolic alkalosis C) Respiratory acidosis D) Mixed acidosis Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 758: Besides Zidovudine and Lamivudine, which of the following drugs is a reverse transcriptase inhibitor used in the treatment of HIV infection ?
A) Saquinavir B) Indinavir C) Abacavir D) Ritonavir Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 759: Which of the following statements is not true in the cases of infective endocarditis caused by HACEK organisms ?
A) The clinical course of HACEK endocarditis tends to be acute and fulminant B) Cultures of blood from patients with suspect HACEK endocarditis may require up to 30 days to be positive C) Embolisation is common and occurs in around 50% cases of HACEK endocarditis D) Valvular vegetations are seen in up to 85% of patients Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):