MRCP Official Sample Questions | 200 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified | 158 Pages

A 65-year-old woman presented with a 12-hour history of the sudden onset of gait unsteadiness, vomiting and headache, followed by increasing drowsiness. What is the most likely diagnosis? A: acute cerebellar haemorrhage B: acute subdural haemorrhage C: frontal subdural empyema D: herpes simplex encephalitis E: pituitary apoplexy - ANS - A A post-marketing observational study of a new drug was conducted on 5000 patients following clinical trials. What best describes the data generated from this type of study? A: comparative efficacy B: cost-benefit C: cost effectivenessD: potency E: profile of adverse effects - ANS - E A 79-year-old woman was admitted for elective hip replacement surgery. On examination, she was pale. There was 2-cm splenomegaly and there were small discrete axillary lymph nodes. haemoglobin 107 g/L (115-165) white cell count 34.5 × 109/L (4.0-11.0) platelet count 183 × 109/L (150-400) What is the most likely diagnosis? A: acute myeloid leukaemia B: chronic lymphocytic leukaemia C: chronic myeloid leukaemia D: myelodysplasia E: myelofibrosis - ANS - B A 17-year-old boy presented with a non-blanching rash over his legs, a swollen knee and painless, visible haematuria. Urinalysis showed blood 3+, protein 1+.serum creatinine 210 µmol/L (60-110) urine culture negative ultrasound scan of kidneys normal What glomerular abnormality is most likely to be present at renal biopsy? A: focal segmental sclerosis B: foot process fusion C: linear deposition of IgG on the basement membrane D: mesangial deposition of IgA E: thickening of basement membranes - ANS - D A 75-year-old woman developed a spreading cellulitis on her left leg secondary to ulceration. blood cultures MRSA