MEDICAL
IN A HEMODYNAMICALLY UNSTABLE GRAVID TRAUMA PATIENT, THE FIRST COURSE OF ACTION SHOULD BE
A. Delivery of the fetus B. Surgical repair of wounds C. Maternal stabilization ✓ D. Initiation of vasopressors In a hemodynamically unstable gravid trauma patient, the first course of action ...
RED BLOOD CELL INDICES DURING PREGNANCY
A. Are unchanged from nonpregnant values ✓ B. Exhibit a decreased mean corpuscular volume (MCV) C. Exhibit an increased mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) D Exhibit a decreased reticulocyte count ...
INCREASED MINUTE VENTILATION DURING PREGNANCY IS DUE TO
A. Increased respiratory rate B. Increased vital capacity C. Increased pulmonary perfusion D. Increased tidal volume ✓ Increased minute ventilation during pregnancy is primarily due to an increase in tidal ...
THANATOPHORIC DYSPLASIA, HYPOCHONDROPLASIA, AND ACHONDROPLASIA ARE CAUSED BY MUTATIONS IN WHICH GENE
A. COMP (cartilage oligomeric matrix protein) B. FGFR3 (fibroblast growth factor receptor 3) ✓ C. COL1A1 D. MATN3 (matrilin-3) E. CDMP1 (cartilage-derived morphogenetic protein 1) Thanatophoric dysplasia, hypochondroplasia, and achondroplasia ...
WHEN A FETUS AFFECTED BY INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION SUDDENLY SHOWS THE PRESENCE OF ASCITES OR GENERALIZED HYDROPS, ONE SHOULD SUSPECT
A. An abdominal teratoma B. Gallbladder calcifications C. Meconium peritonitis ✓ D. Intestinal infarction Meconium peritonitis is a condition that can occur in utero when there is perforation of the ...
DETECTION OF A CHOROID PLEXUS CYST OCCURS MOST FREQUENTLY IN CASES OF ANEUPLOIDY SUCH AS
A. Trisomy 13 B. Trisomy 18 ✓ C. Trisomy 21 D. 45,X A choroid plexus cyst is a small fluid-filled sac that can be detected in the choroid plexus of ...
PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN IS SYNTHESIZED AND RELEASED FROM
A. Zona glomerulosa cells B. Gonadotropes C. Thyrotropes D. Pulmonary neuroendocrine bodies ✓ E. Erythrocytes Pulmonary neuroendocrine bodies, also known as Kulchitsky cells, are specialized neuroendocrine cells found in the ...
THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ESTROGENS IN THE HUMAN FETUS IS
A. The fetal ovary B. The fetal testis C. The fetal zone of the fetal adrenal cortex D. The definitive zone of the fetal adrenal cortex E. The placenta ✓ ...
ANTENATAL STEROID THERAPY RESULTS IN A REDUCTION IN WHICH OF THESE MAJOR COMPLICATIONS OF PREMATURITY
A. Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) ✓ B. IVH and jaundice C. IVH and pneumonia D. IVH and gastroinestinal reflux Antenatal steroid therapy results in a reduction in ...
THE LUNG CELLS RESPONSIBLE FOR SURFACTANT SYNTHESIS ARE
A. Type 1 pneumocytes B. Bronchial epithelium C. Type 2 pneumocytes ✓ D. Endothelial cells The lung cells responsible for surfactant synthesis are Type 2 pneumocytes. Type 2 pneumocytes, also ...
