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ABFM LATEST 2024-2025 COMPLETE 200 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) GRADED A+
pt with colic disease has increased risk of
- Diverticulitis
- Ulcerative colitis
- Crohn's disease
- Colon cancer
- Osteoporosis - Correct Answer - osteoporosis
- decrease vit c and d absorption
Which one of the following would be appropriate to detect endometriosis?
- A CA-125 assay
- Transvaginal ultrasonography
- CT of the pelvis
- MRI of the pelvis
- Colonoscopy - Correct Answer - transvaginal ultrasonography
severity of anorexia nervosa is based on which one of the following?
- Refusal to eat
- The frequency of episodes of binge eating or purging behavior
- Body mass index (BMI)
- The presence or absence of amenorrhea
- Orthostatic changes in pulse or blood pressure - Correct Answer - BMI 1 / 4
pg. 2 >17 mild 16 - 16.9 moderate 15 - 15.9 severe <15 extreme
conditions that increase risk latent TB progress to active disease - Correct Answer - lung cancer DM alcoholism immunosuppression silicosis
when is the only time to give pps antibiotics to prevent bacterial endocarditis with dental/GI procedures - Correct Answer - prosthetic valve hx endocarditis heart transplant pt that develop valvular disease NOTE - NOT mvp or mar
one benefit of treatment of GDM is a decreased risk for
- maternal type 2 diabetes mellitus after delivery
- maternal preeclampsia
- perinatal death
- a small-for-gestational-age infant - Correct Answer - maternal preeclampsia
others:
- decrease risk for operative delivery, large-for-GA infant, shoulder dystocia
A 45-year-old male is seen for a well-demarcated, nonpruritic rash in the right axilla. It is 2 / 4
pg. 3 fine-scaled with a cigarette-paper appearance. The rash has a coral-red fluorescence under a Wood's light.Which one of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
- Candidiasis
- Tinea cruris
- Erythrasma
- Inverse psoriasis - Correct Answer - C) Erythrasma
pt delivers placenta and begins to bleed.... lead to soft boggy uterus, what is this? - Correct Answer - uterine atony and postpartum hemorrhage
these drugs ax uterine atony and postpartum hemorrhage
- Arborist (Hem abate)
- Methylergonovine
- Misoprostol (Cytotec)
- Oxytocin (Pitocin)
when are arborist and methylergonovine CI - Correct Answer - arborist
- CI in asthma
- CI in HTN pts
methylergonovine
rx acute parotitis - Correct Answer - amok/clav asymptomatic pt with aortic stenosis.
Which one of the following should be the next step in the evaluation and management of her aortic stenosis? 3 / 4
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- Exercise treadmill testing
- Right heart catheterization
- Repeat echocardiography in 3 years
- Cardiothoracic surgery consultation
- Initiation of statin therapy - Correct Answer - repeat echo in 3 - 5 years
elderly pt with hx of dementia undergo knee surgery
post-surgery, became confused and agitated, striking out at nurses, and could not be consoled
rx? - Correct Answer - pain control
best diagnostic test for vitamin D deficiency?
- Ionized calcium
- Serum phosphorus
- 24-hour urine for calcium
- 1,25-hydroxyvitamin D
- 25-hydroxyvitamin D - Correct Answer - 25-hydroxyvitamin D
sharply demarcated rash lesions with raised borders surrounding a paler region containing a darker center (target lesions)
what is this?ax? - Correct Answer - erythema multiforme
- hsv
- acyclovir
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