ABIM Internal Medicine (IM) Boards ITE Exam Complete Exam Material

ABIM IM Boards ITE Exam Bank

,ABIM IM BOARDS ITE
QUESTION


AAA Screening



Answer:

One time abdominal US for men 65-75 who have smoked at least 100 cigarrettes



QUESTION


Abdominal compartment syndrome



Answer:

suspect in patients with oliguria or increasing serum Cr who have had abdominal surgery received
massive fluid transfusion, have a tense abdomen with liver or pancreas disease




diagnose with bladder pressure



QUESTION


Acromioclavicular join degeneration presentation



Answer:

pain on superior aspect of shoulder, tenderness on palpation of A-C joint, pain with shoulder adduction
and abduction >120 degrees



QUESTION

,Additional doses of Pneumococcal polysaccharide caccine (PPSV23)



Answer:

If age <65, 5 years after first dose, then again at age 65 (provided at least 5 years have passed since last
administration)



QUESTION


Adjunctive therapy to bacterial meningitis, suspected to be secondary to streptococcus



Answer:

Dexamethasone, improves outcome. Give 15 mins prior to initiation of antimicrobials




QUESTION


Adverse effect of ethambutol



Answer:

Retrobulbar neuritis, manifesting as red-green color discrimination or decreased visual acuity



QUESTION


Age for live attenuated infleunza vaccine



Answer:

2 to 49 years

, QUESTION


Anaplasmosis



Answer:

Fever, leucopenia, thrombocytopenia , elevated LFTs

Best treated with Doxycycline (amoxicillin not effective)



QUESTION


ANCA associated vasculitides



Answer:

1. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's)

2. Microscopic polyangiitis

3. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (churg-strauss)



QUESTION


Ankylosing spondylitis symptoms not responding to NSAIDs



Answer:

Trial of TNF-alpha inhibitors, e.g adalimumab



QUESTION


Anorexia BMI



Answer: