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Pathophysiology and clinical medicine

1. Ivermectin is:

An antiparasitic drug
Dipeptidyl dipeptidase-IV inhibitor used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus
A medicine used in the treatment of neonatal diarrhea
Well tolerated immunosupresiv used (a) in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and (b) in GVH reaction prevention after transplants

2. Mechanism of action of diuretic furosemid consists in inhibiton of:

Sodium/Glucose membrane co-transport in proximal tubule
Sodium/potassium/chloride membrane co-transport
Urea reabsorption
Tubular secretion of urea

3. The "classic" clinical triad of ectopic pregnancy does not include:

Abdominal pain
Amenorrhea
Tachycardia
Vaginal bleeding

4. Common signs of Crohn disease do not include:

Diarrhea
Pain
Constipation
p-ANCA positivity with ASCA (antibodies against S. cerevisiae) negativity

5. Phospholipases do not belong to

Hydrolases
Lipases
Phosphodiesterases
Phosphorylases

6. Eponymic name for trisomy 18 is:

Down syndrome
Edwards syndrome
Patau syndrome
Turner syndrome

7. With sodium plasma concentration 140 mmol/l calculate how much sodium is filtered into primary urine in 24 hr; take sodium atomic mass rounded to 23 g/mol

32 g
64 g
100 g
0,5 kg

8. Trombophilia means:

high platelet count in blood
abnormality of blood coagulation that increases the risk of thrombosis
inborn hemorrhagic diathesis, that - contrary to hemophilia – is not caused by missing any coagulation factor, but by platelet dysfunction
inborn hemorrhagic diathesis, that - contrary to thrombophobia – is not caused by platelet dysfunction, but by their extremely low count

9. Classical Virchow-Rokitanski triad does not include

alteration of blood flow (stasis or turbulence)
abnormality of blood coagulation (hypercoagulability)
medical history of thrombosis or embolism
injury of vessel wall (endothelial injury or dysfunction)

10. Eponymic name for trisomy 8 is:

Edwards syndrome
Patau syndrome
Warkany syndrome
Down syndrome