COMSAE 108b Exam Questions And Correct Answers
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1. Apgar scale:
2. What is dx test is done to diagnose NRDS?: chest x-ray
3. pulmonary embolism CT findings: Look up more
4. PT has signs and symptoms of mono, but heterophile antibody test is neg-
ative?: CMV mononucleosis
5. Odynophagia: painful swallowing
6. oral thrush: thick white exudate on oropharynx and tongue
easily scraped that reveal mucosal redness or bleeding
odynophagia
aids defining illness
7. Best way to prevent tooth decay in toddlers: wean ott bottles by 12 mo
8. veterinarian w/ fever 104, HA, myalgia and macular petechial rash starting
on wrists spreading to chest. Diminished resonance at bases. Cause? Tx?: likely
tick born
tx w/ doxycycline
9. + drop arm indicates: supraspinatus tear
10. How to start still technique: in position
11. fluent nonsensical speech w/ delirium.:
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, COMSAE 108b Exam Questions And Correct Answers
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12. fluphenazine: High potency Typical Antipsychotic
IM
13. Tizanidine treats: muscle spasms
14. yellow discoloration of CSF indicates: subarachnoid hemorrhage
called xanthochromia which is bilirubin in the fluid if hemorrhage occured >6
15. tx of superior pubic shear: - patient *supine* and examiner stands *on side of d ysfunction*
leg is dangled ott the table.
- patient asked to push knee up into examiners hand against resistance for 3-5 secs
16. number needed to tx: 1/absolute risk reduction
17. Alvarado score (MANTRELS score): score of 4 or less significantly decreases probability of
appendicitis. 7 or more increases probability of appendicitis. Symptoms include migration to rightiliac fossa,
anorexia, nausea and vomiting. Signs - tenderness, RLQ, rebound tenderness, elevation of tempera ture. Lab findings
- leukocytosis, shift to the left (less than 75% neutrophils).
18. CMV retinitis s/s: Often asymptomatic until further involvement of the Fovea, Optic nerve or Retinal
detachment develops
May complain of -
- Floaters
- Scintillating scotoma (quivering blind spots)
- Decreased peripheral visual field
- Metamophopsia
19. dermatome 6: innervates radial side of hand to thumb and index finger
20. 4 month old w/ URI. MCC: bronchiolitis from RSV
21. Clue cell: epithelial cell covered in coccobacillus bacteria (gardnerella vaginalis) BV
22. BV affect on pregnancy: increase risk of preterm labor and miscarriage
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1. Apgar scale:
2. What is dx test is done to diagnose NRDS?: chest x-ray
3. pulmonary embolism CT findings: Look up more
4. PT has signs and symptoms of mono, but heterophile antibody test is neg-
ative?: CMV mononucleosis
5. Odynophagia: painful swallowing
6. oral thrush: thick white exudate on oropharynx and tongue
easily scraped that reveal mucosal redness or bleeding
odynophagia
aids defining illness
7. Best way to prevent tooth decay in toddlers: wean ott bottles by 12 mo
8. veterinarian w/ fever 104, HA, myalgia and macular petechial rash starting
on wrists spreading to chest. Diminished resonance at bases. Cause? Tx?: likely
tick born
tx w/ doxycycline
9. + drop arm indicates: supraspinatus tear
10. How to start still technique: in position
11. fluent nonsensical speech w/ delirium.:
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, COMSAE 108b Exam Questions And Correct Answers
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12. fluphenazine: High potency Typical Antipsychotic
IM
13. Tizanidine treats: muscle spasms
14. yellow discoloration of CSF indicates: subarachnoid hemorrhage
called xanthochromia which is bilirubin in the fluid if hemorrhage occured >6
15. tx of superior pubic shear: - patient *supine* and examiner stands *on side of d ysfunction*
leg is dangled ott the table.
- patient asked to push knee up into examiners hand against resistance for 3-5 secs
16. number needed to tx: 1/absolute risk reduction
17. Alvarado score (MANTRELS score): score of 4 or less significantly decreases probability of
appendicitis. 7 or more increases probability of appendicitis. Symptoms include migration to rightiliac fossa,
anorexia, nausea and vomiting. Signs - tenderness, RLQ, rebound tenderness, elevation of tempera ture. Lab findings
- leukocytosis, shift to the left (less than 75% neutrophils).
18. CMV retinitis s/s: Often asymptomatic until further involvement of the Fovea, Optic nerve or Retinal
detachment develops
May complain of -
- Floaters
- Scintillating scotoma (quivering blind spots)
- Decreased peripheral visual field
- Metamophopsia
19. dermatome 6: innervates radial side of hand to thumb and index finger
20. 4 month old w/ URI. MCC: bronchiolitis from RSV
21. Clue cell: epithelial cell covered in coccobacillus bacteria (gardnerella vaginalis) BV
22. BV affect on pregnancy: increase risk of preterm labor and miscarriage
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