MCQs in Geriatric Medicine for Postgraduate Examinations
Roger Gabriel
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MCQs in Geriatric Medicine for Postgraduate Examinations
Roger Gabriel
About This Book
Part of the Masterpass series, this highly authoritative guide covers all the required topics, with emphasis on important areas ensuring candidates are thoroughly tested. MCQs in Geriatric Medicine for Postgraduate Examinations is ideal for postgraduate doctors wanting to succeed in elderly medicine biased MCQs such as candidates for the Diploma in Geriatric Medicine and registrars in geriatric medicine reading for their specialty certificates. It is also highly recommended for Part I MRCP candidates requiring a grasp of this rapidly increasing branch of medicine in terms of information, number of patients and cost to the state. The overall proportions of topics are.suggested by the Royal College of Physicians, London but I have added more questions proportional to the importance of some topics.When you have cracked all 350, you will have the MCQ examiners on toast. Roger Gabriel, in the Preface.
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Questions 1â350
- 1 An asymptomatic man of 75 years had some routine blood tests upon joining a new surgery. Results:
Hb | 11.2 |
MCV | 114 |
reticulocyte count | 0.3% |
platelets | 89 |
wbc | 2.9 |
creatinine | 85 |
- A vitamin B12 deficiency
- B haemolysis
- C aplastic anaemia
- D iron deficiency
- E myelofibrosis
- 2 Which one of the following is an infrequent feature of a transient ischaemic attack (TIA)?
- A loss of consciousness
- B aphasia or dysphasia
- C amaurosis fugax
- D hemiparesis
- E hemisensory disturbance
- 3 An elderly person consulted her doctor because for many months she was âalways wetâ. From which of the following list of drug groups could a suitable prescription be chosen?
- A an α-blocker
- B an anticholinergenic
- C an antimuscarinic
- D a 5α-reductase inhibitor
- E none of these
- 4 What is the most likely low energy impact pelvic bone damage in an elderly person?
- A a superior ramus
- B an inferior ramus
- C both
- D separation of the pubic symphysis
- E a sacral insufficiency fracture
- 5 George Gross, bed bound but only 7 years away from the Queenâs telegram, was admitted to a community hospital to allow his wife a period of respite. Over a week he developed a distended, tympanic abdomen. There was anorexia and some retching.
- A ascites
- B aerophagia
- C constipation
- D small bowel obstruction
- E large bowel volvulus
- 6 Emily Green attended her doctor on account of her husband of 60 years, who had been disturbing her sleep because of his involuntary twitching and moving of his legs for the first hours after they retired to bed. The patientâs eyes were sunken and papillary responses to light and accommodation were slow. Deep tendon reflexes were absent in both legs. Edward Greenâs results:
Hb | 10.2 |
MCV | 88 |
ferritin | 100 |
CRP | 7 |
CK | 128 |
- A ferrous sulphate
- B quinine
- C levodopa
- D zopiclone
- E ropinirole
- 7 Tom âBantingâ Best celebrated 60 years of insulin therapy on his 78th birthday. He had developed a deep ulcer on the base of his 5th right metatarsal.
- A skin grafting
- B tight diabetic control
- C compression bandaging
- D expert podiatry
- E prescription of vitamin C and zinc supplements
- 8 A woman of 80 years with diabetes had periods of confusion. She was registered blind due to retinopathy. A district nurse visited each day at 7.30 a.m. to measure blood glucose and give 20 units of insulin glargine. BM figures ranged from 7.7 to 10 mmol/L; HbA1c 6.55% (48 mmol/mol).
- A increase glargine by 4 units
- B decrease glargine by 2 units
- C organise a dementia screen
- D obtain a ...