ABFM KSA DIABETES EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
|2026/2027 UPDATED |GUARANTEED PASS.
Patients with advanced heart failure are at higher risk for developing lactic acidosis and renal
impairment, and metformin should consequently be used with caution in such patients.
Metformin contraindications
GFR BELOW WHAT - Answer -eGFR <30 mL/min/1.73 m2
OR IF AKI= HIGH CREATINE
Which of the following can cause a
high anion gap metabolic acidosis? (Mark all that are true.)
Severe diarrhea
Ethylene glycol toxicity
Salicylate toxicity
Alcoholic ketoacidosis
Renal tubular acidosis - Answer -diabetic ketoacidosis,
alcoholic ketoacidosis,
lactic acidosis,
renal failure (acute and chronic), starvation,
salicylate toxicity,
ethylene glycol toxicity,
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, methanol poisoning,
metabolic syndrome DIAGNOSIS CRITERIA - Answer -) obesity, with a waist circumference
exceeding 102 cm (40 inches) in men or 88 cm (35 inches) in women;
(2) blood pressure ≥130 mm Hg systolic and/or 85 mm Hg diastolic;
(3) a fasting glucose level ≥110 mg/dL;
(4) a serum triglyceride level ≥150 mg/dL; and
(5) an HDL-cholesterol level <40 mg/dL in men or <50 mg/dL in women.
OTHER THAN METFORMIN WHAT OTHER MED SHOW TO
delay or prevent the progression of impaired glucose tolerance to type 2 diabetes - Answer -
GLP-1 receptor agonists, ==TIDE
=
exanatide, dulaglutide, lixisenatide and liraglutide
or acarbose
ORLISTAT
DIABETIC SCREENING DONE WHAT AGE - Answer -asymptomatic adults
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|2026/2027 UPDATED |GUARANTEED PASS.
Patients with advanced heart failure are at higher risk for developing lactic acidosis and renal
impairment, and metformin should consequently be used with caution in such patients.
Metformin contraindications
GFR BELOW WHAT - Answer -eGFR <30 mL/min/1.73 m2
OR IF AKI= HIGH CREATINE
Which of the following can cause a
high anion gap metabolic acidosis? (Mark all that are true.)
Severe diarrhea
Ethylene glycol toxicity
Salicylate toxicity
Alcoholic ketoacidosis
Renal tubular acidosis - Answer -diabetic ketoacidosis,
alcoholic ketoacidosis,
lactic acidosis,
renal failure (acute and chronic), starvation,
salicylate toxicity,
ethylene glycol toxicity,
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, methanol poisoning,
metabolic syndrome DIAGNOSIS CRITERIA - Answer -) obesity, with a waist circumference
exceeding 102 cm (40 inches) in men or 88 cm (35 inches) in women;
(2) blood pressure ≥130 mm Hg systolic and/or 85 mm Hg diastolic;
(3) a fasting glucose level ≥110 mg/dL;
(4) a serum triglyceride level ≥150 mg/dL; and
(5) an HDL-cholesterol level <40 mg/dL in men or <50 mg/dL in women.
OTHER THAN METFORMIN WHAT OTHER MED SHOW TO
delay or prevent the progression of impaired glucose tolerance to type 2 diabetes - Answer -
GLP-1 receptor agonists, ==TIDE
=
exanatide, dulaglutide, lixisenatide and liraglutide
or acarbose
ORLISTAT
DIABETIC SCREENING DONE WHAT AGE - Answer -asymptomatic adults
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