ABFM FINAL PAPER COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
◉ rx COPD exacerbations
Answer: Prednisone, 40 mg daily for 5 days
◉ pt vs ptt
Answer: Prothrombin Time (PT)
Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)
◉ employees with >50 employees need to have what for nursing
mothers?
Answer: reasonable unpaid break time to express milk
◉ pt with episodic pains in rectum
happening for years
occur 3-6weeks
sharp, cramp-like pain
last 1-15min
no GI sx
,PE normal
dx?
Answer: proctalgia fugax
◉ lesion in forearm
looks like actinic keratosis
horn-like projection
Answer: cutaenous horn
note:
keratoacanthoma- most commonly on the face, grows very rapidly,
and often is more nodular with a central pit.
◉ pt with allergy (hives) with eggs
can they get inactivated flu vaccine
Answer: yes
give it
◉ The Timed Up and Go test is used to evaluate geriatric patients
for?
,Answer: risk of falling
test:
ask the patient to rise from a chair, walk 10 feet, turn, return to the
chair, and sit down.
◉ pt with acute salpingitis (PID)
rx?
Answer: hospitalization + antibiotics
◉ pt with rash in belt region
went walking in woods recently
cause?
Answer: mite larvae - chggers
◉ rx asplenic pt with fever
Answer: Urgent parenteral antibiotic therapy
- to prevent sepsis
◉ pt with migraine HA and unresponsive to nsaids
, what rx?
Answer: IV metoclopramide
◉ 6mo
bronchiolitis
rx?
Answer: Nebulized hypertonic saline
◉ 65 yo with CAP
DP <60mmHg
RR >30/min
BUN <19 mg/dL
rx?
Answer: Hospital admission and treatment with ceftriaxone
(Rocephin) plus azithromycin
◉ lab test for pertussis
Answer: PCR
pertussis does not culture well
◉ when can you introduce peanuts to infant diest
AND ANSWERS
◉ rx COPD exacerbations
Answer: Prednisone, 40 mg daily for 5 days
◉ pt vs ptt
Answer: Prothrombin Time (PT)
Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)
◉ employees with >50 employees need to have what for nursing
mothers?
Answer: reasonable unpaid break time to express milk
◉ pt with episodic pains in rectum
happening for years
occur 3-6weeks
sharp, cramp-like pain
last 1-15min
no GI sx
,PE normal
dx?
Answer: proctalgia fugax
◉ lesion in forearm
looks like actinic keratosis
horn-like projection
Answer: cutaenous horn
note:
keratoacanthoma- most commonly on the face, grows very rapidly,
and often is more nodular with a central pit.
◉ pt with allergy (hives) with eggs
can they get inactivated flu vaccine
Answer: yes
give it
◉ The Timed Up and Go test is used to evaluate geriatric patients
for?
,Answer: risk of falling
test:
ask the patient to rise from a chair, walk 10 feet, turn, return to the
chair, and sit down.
◉ pt with acute salpingitis (PID)
rx?
Answer: hospitalization + antibiotics
◉ pt with rash in belt region
went walking in woods recently
cause?
Answer: mite larvae - chggers
◉ rx asplenic pt with fever
Answer: Urgent parenteral antibiotic therapy
- to prevent sepsis
◉ pt with migraine HA and unresponsive to nsaids
, what rx?
Answer: IV metoclopramide
◉ 6mo
bronchiolitis
rx?
Answer: Nebulized hypertonic saline
◉ 65 yo with CAP
DP <60mmHg
RR >30/min
BUN <19 mg/dL
rx?
Answer: Hospital admission and treatment with ceftriaxone
(Rocephin) plus azithromycin
◉ lab test for pertussis
Answer: PCR
pertussis does not culture well
◉ when can you introduce peanuts to infant diest
