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Causes of uveitis include:
- A. Diabetes
- B. Behçet's disease
- C. Ankylosing spondylitis
- D. Rheumatic fever
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Behçet's disease, a systemic vasculitis, is a known cause of uveitis, an inflammation of the uvea in the eye.
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Which of the following has the highest proportion of etiology of congenital malformations?
- A. Maternal infections
- B. Maternal illness
- C. Environmental agents
- D. Monogenic inheritance
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Monogenic inheritance accounts for the highest proportion of congenital malformations.
Factors triggering renin stimulation:
- A. Hyponatraemia
- B. ACTH
- C. Hypovolaemia
- D. ANP
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Hypovolaemia
Which is the incorrect statement regarding effect of dobutamine infusion in patients with heart failure
- A. Left ventricular end diastolic pressure decreases
- B. Mean arterial pressure decreases slightly due to interplay of actions on alpha 1 and alpha 2 receptors
- C. Left ventricular end systolic volume decreases
- D. There is increased myocardial oxygen demand
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Mean arterial pressure typically increases, not decreases, with dobutamine infusion due to its inotropic effects.
Nurse Alice is providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a child, age 4. the nurse should:
- A. Compress the sternum with both hands at a depth of 1½ to 2†(4 to 5 cm)
- B. Deliver 12 breaths/minute
- C. Perform only two-person CPR
- D. Use the heel of one hand for sternal compressions
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: For a 4-year-old, the heel of one hand is appropriate for sternal compressions to achieve the correct depth and avoid injury.
Benign Rolandic seizures:
- A. Usually occurs at night
- B. Are difficult to control with drugs
- C. Centrotemporal spikes in EEG are a recognised feature
- D. Are more common than petit mal
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Centrotemporal spikes on EEG are a hallmark feature of benign Rolandic epilepsy, a common childhood epilepsy syndrome.