STEP 2 CK NBME FORM 12 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT 100%
specific subtype of peripheral arterial disease that
presents with claudication, ED, and decreased lower
extremity arterial pulses - ANSWER Aortoiliac occlusion,
iliac occlusive disease (Leriche syndrome)
leading cause of mortality in the US and the risk
increases for postmenopausal women as a result of the
loss of cardioprotective benefits from estrogen
Modifiable risk factors: diet, activity levels, management
of comorbidities, and smoking cessation - ANSWER
Cardiovascular disease
presents with thrombocytopenia, mucosal bleeding, and
petechia, or purpura from cutaneous hemorrhage
Tx: - ANSWER ITP
Tx: steroids, IVIG, or splenectomy (if, refractory)
, most predictive poor prognosis of pancreatic cancer -
ANSWER - contraindication to surgery is encasement of
the SMA
FYI: tumor location of the head is associated with
improved prognosis as the body or tail present at a later
stage
any fetus less than gestational age _____ - _______
weeks will be nonviable, resuscitation efforts would be
inappropriate - ANSWER - less than 22-23 weeks of
gestation
Both endotracheal tubes and NG tubes can decrease the
sinus drainage, which promotes accumulation of
secretions and growth/introduction of bacterial
pathogens
dx:? - ANSWER Acute nosocomial sinusitis
-dx: Ct scan of the sinuses
ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT 100%
specific subtype of peripheral arterial disease that
presents with claudication, ED, and decreased lower
extremity arterial pulses - ANSWER Aortoiliac occlusion,
iliac occlusive disease (Leriche syndrome)
leading cause of mortality in the US and the risk
increases for postmenopausal women as a result of the
loss of cardioprotective benefits from estrogen
Modifiable risk factors: diet, activity levels, management
of comorbidities, and smoking cessation - ANSWER
Cardiovascular disease
presents with thrombocytopenia, mucosal bleeding, and
petechia, or purpura from cutaneous hemorrhage
Tx: - ANSWER ITP
Tx: steroids, IVIG, or splenectomy (if, refractory)
, most predictive poor prognosis of pancreatic cancer -
ANSWER - contraindication to surgery is encasement of
the SMA
FYI: tumor location of the head is associated with
improved prognosis as the body or tail present at a later
stage
any fetus less than gestational age _____ - _______
weeks will be nonviable, resuscitation efforts would be
inappropriate - ANSWER - less than 22-23 weeks of
gestation
Both endotracheal tubes and NG tubes can decrease the
sinus drainage, which promotes accumulation of
secretions and growth/introduction of bacterial
pathogens
dx:? - ANSWER Acute nosocomial sinusitis
-dx: Ct scan of the sinuses
