NCCAOM Biomedicine board exam questions and answers with solutions 2024/25

Warfarin - ANSWER extrinsic pathway, inhibit synthesis of vit k, not in pregnancy Heparin - ANSWER intrinsic pathway, activate antithrombin, used in pregnancy also advil side effect - ANSWER renal problem, not before and after surgery (anti platelet, so bleeding) hypertensive urgency vs hypertensive emergency - ANSWER emergency: end organ damage (kidney, bleeding, brain, pupil edema , EKG) Urgency: headache, chest pain, no end organ damage) confirm prostate cancer with ... - ANSWER biopsy, not PSA nerves related with eye movement - ANSWER 3, 4, 6 so (superior oblique:4), lr (lateral rectus:6), 3 others Brudzinski's Test - ANSWER for meningitis, Severe neck stiffness causes a patient's hips and knees to flex when the neck is flexed. addison's sxs - ANSWER dark pigmented skin, fatigue cause of addison's - ANSWER def. of adrenal's hormones conn's syndrom - ANSWER excessive aldestrone due to adrenal tumor kernig's sx - ANSWER positive when the thigh is flexed at the hip and knee at 90 degree angles, and subsequent extension in the knee is painful (leading to resistance). meningitis test risk factor of COPD - ANSWER smoking copd - ANSWER emphysema, chronic bronchitis obstructive pulmonary disease vs restrictive pulmonary disease - ANSWER obstructive like asthma, restrctive like sarcoidosis