QUESTIONS WITH SOLVED CORRECT ANSWERS.
_________ reduces rigidity in Supranuclear palsy but improvement is transient -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅levodopa
# of autosomal chromosomes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅22 pairs
1 unit of insulin drops BS _____ mg/dl and covers ____g of cHO - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅drops sugar 20mg/dl and covers 10g CHO
A degenerative disorder of basal ganglia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Parkinson's
disease
achlorhydria - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅lack of hydrochloric acid in the stomach, lack of
absorption of nutrients
After body burns fat for energy, _____ are present in the urine. When unintentional this
is a sign of Type 1 DM - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ketones
ASA is NOT used as a preventative for _________ anymore - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Women w/o CVD
avoid metformin in renal failure, surgery, age >80, and HF because it can cause _____ -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅risk for lactic acidosis
body fat metabolized for energy makes? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ketones
BP goal > 60 w/ DM or CKD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅<140/<90
BP goal: <60 yrs, no diabetes or CKD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅<150/<90
breakdown of dietary protein, excreted by kidneys, increases rapidly with kidney failure
of dehydration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
caloric needs to maintain weight - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅25-30 kcal/kg
can not be mixed with any other insulin and has no peak? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Long acting Insulins
Lantus and Levemir
, carbohydrates - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅main source of energy, 35% of calorie intake
causes of macrocytic anemias - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅liver disease
low b12 or folate
gastrectomy
malabsorption
alcoholism
Characteristics of normocytic anemia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅anemia of chronic
disease, sickle cell, impaired bone marrow, hemolytic anemia, 87-103mm
chemical messenger that carries and balances signals between neurons, nerve cells,
and other cells of the body? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Neurotransmitters
cognitive impairment associated with decline in daily activities - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Dementia
common early symptom in Parkinson's Disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Resting
tremors "pill rolling"
continuous random movement is ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Chorea
daily basal insulin - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅0.6units/kg/day- 50% basal dose, 50%
mealtime
dihydropyridines- CCB - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Nicardipine, amlodipine, nifedipine-
dilates arteries, avoid in CKD
DM Diagnosis criteria - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅FBG >126
BG >200 with s/s
2 hr post meal
>200, A1C >6.5%
do not make basal insulin Ex. Lantus & Levemir? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅type 1 DM
Early Alzheimer's - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅MMSE 22-28, 1-3 yrs from initial
symptoms
end product of metabolism from skeletal muscle and excreted by the kidneys? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Creatinine
Essential tremor is an autosomal ________ trait - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dominant