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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. Eponymic name for trisomy 18 is:

Down syndrome
Edwards syndrome
Patau syndrome
Turner syndrome

3. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) belongs to:

Functional bowel disorders
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Precanceroses
Consequences of amoebic colitis

4. The most frequent implantation site in ectopic pregnancy is:

Cornual region of the uterus
Fimbriae of the Fallopian tube
Ampulla of the Fallopian tube
Abdominal cavity

5. Lipases by their nature belong to

esterases
proteases
protein kinases
glycerol kinases

6. Biochemical marker of choice to detect myocardial necrosis is:

troponin
creatinkinase
myoglobin (unless hemolysis is present)
AST (formerly termed GOT) is still the most reliable marker in everyday practice; troponin or myoglobin are used only in research trials

7. The most probable source of arterial embolism is:

Thrombus in left atrium
Thrombus popliteal vein
Thrombus in right ventricle
Thrombus in popliteal artery aneurysm

8. Elevation of creatin kinase (CK) typically does not accompany

Anuria
Hypothyreosis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Severe chest pain

9. Choose the false answer: Crohn disease

Can affect any segment of gastrointestinal tract from oral cavity to anus, but most frequently it is affecting the terminal ileum or proximal colon
Frequently affects the caecum and anus
Affects most often terminal ileum, caecum and anus
Affects most often the terminal ileum, less frequently the proximal ileum, but never affects the segment distally from transverse colon (here we call it ulcerative colitis)

10. Elevation of creatin kinase (CK) typically does not accompany

Severe chest pain
Anuria
Chronic alcohol abuse
Epileptic seizures of grand-mal type