Which of the following is NOT part of the histology of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis?
- A. Fatty infiltration in liver
- B. Fibrosis of liver
- C. Inflammatory infiltrates in lobules
- D. Cirrhosis
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: NASH histology includes steatosis (fatty infiltration), lobular inflammation, and fibrosis, per pathology definitions. Mallory bodies (intracellular inclusions) are classic but not universal. Cirrhosis is an advanced NAFLD outcome, not a defining NASH feature progression, not initial histology. This distinction aids physicians in staging chronic liver disease accurately.
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Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? The treatment of diabetes in traditional Chinese medicine involves
- A. Formula for Diabetes (Xiaoke Fang) for the Upper Type: Heat in the Lung which consumes Body Fluid
- B. Jade Maid Decoction (Yunu Jiang) for the Middle Type: excessive Heat in the Stomach
- C. Six Ingredients Rehmannia Pill (Liuwei Dihuang Wan) for the Lower Type: excessive of Kidney Yin and excessive of Yin and Yang
- D. Yam (Dioscorea opposita)
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Traditional Chinese diabetes care Upper, Middle, Lower types nails Lung heat, Stomach fire, but Kidney's Yin deficiency, not excess Yin-Yang, flops. Xiaoke Fang, Yunu Jiang fit; Liuwei Dihuang Wan balances, doesn't overdo; yam's a lone root, not typed. Clinicians spot this, a chronic TCM misstep.
The body has several mechanisms to increase the blood glucose level in case of hypoglycaemia. Question: Which of the following options best describes the role of glucagon and adrenaline in hypoglycaemia?
- A. Glucagon and adrenaline stimulate glycogenolysis in the liver
- B. Glucagon and adrenaline inhibit the insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in the muscles
- C. Glucagon stimulates glycogen synthase and adrenaline stimulates glycogenolysis in the liver
- D. Glucagon and adrenaline stimulate glycogen synthase en adrenaline stimulates glycogenolysis in the muscles
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Hypo hits glucagon and adrenaline rip glycogen apart in liver, sugar surges. No muscle block, no synthase flip straight breakdown's the play nurses watch this, a chronic rescue duo.
Certain drug classes may cause harm in patients with symptomatic (NYHA classes II-IV) reduced ejection Heart failure (HFrEF), and thus should be avoided. If they are strongly indicated, they are to be used with caution, and with close monitoring. Such drugs include all of the following except:
- A. Thiazolidinediones (glitazones, e.g., pioglitazone, rosiglitazone)
- B. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and COX-2 inhibitors
- C. Nutritional supplements (e.g., coenzyme Q10, carnitine, taurine, and antioxidants)
- D. Non-dihydropyridine calcium-channel blockers (verapamil, diltiazem)
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: HFrEF hates fluid and strain glitazones swell, NSAIDs tank kidneys, verapamil/diltiazem slow too much, trastuzumab trashes hearts. Supplements like CoQ10? Neutral or helpful, not harmful, a safe outlier. Clinicians dodge the rest, easing chronic pump woes, not this add-on.
On a population level, differences can be observed between the body composition of people with and people without a disturbed glucose tolerance. Question: Which of the following options describes the body composition of overweight people with a disturbed glucose tolerance compared to that of healthy people without overweight?
- A. More adipose tissue and similar muscle mass
- B. More adipose tissue and less muscle mass
- C. More adipose tissue and more muscle mass
- D. More adipose tissue and less muscle mass, including a change in the ratio of different types of muscle fibres
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Glucose tolerance tanks overweight pile fat, lose muscle, not same or more, no fibre shift specifics. Nurses see this, a chronic lean loss.
The side effects of radiotherapy used in the treatment of cancer do not include which of the following:
- A. Stomatitis
- B. Fatigue
- C. Alopecia
- D. Anorexia
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Radiotherapy zaps mouth sores, tired, appetite drop, but hair's chemo's game, not rays' unless scalp-targeted. Nurses split this, a chronic beam truth.