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1. Health Maintenance/Obstetrics/Gynecology
Which of the following portends the greatest risk for the development of breast cancer?
A. Nulliparity
B. Early menarche
C. BRCA 1 positivity
D. Maternal family history of breast cancer - ✔✔(u) A. See C for explanation.
(u) B. See C for explanation.
(c) C. BRCA1 positivity is associated with half of the early onset breast cancers and 90% of the hereditary
ovarian
cancers.
(u) D. See C for explanation.
2. Clinical Therapeutics/Urology/Renal
In order to help delay the progression to kidney disease in a diabetic patient with proteinuria, which of
the following would you consider using to treat the patient's concomitant hypertension?
A. Atenolol (Tenormin)
B. Amlodipine (Norvasc)
C. Accupril (Quinapril)
D. Amiloride (Midamor) - ✔✔(u) A. Atenolol is a beta blocker. Beta blockers are not first line therapy for
hypertensive diabetics.
(u) B. Amlodipine is a calcium channel blocker. Calcium channel blockers are not first line therapy for
hypertensive diabetics.
(c) C. Accupril is an ACE inhibitor. Because of their beneficial effects in diabetic neuropathy, ACE
inhibitors (and ARBs) should be part of the initial treatment regimen for hypertension in diabetics.
(u) D. Amiloride is a potassium-sparing diuretic. An ACE inhibitor is the standard first line therapy for
hypertensive diabetics.
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3. Diagnosis/Pulmonology
A 58 year-old with a 20 pack-year history of tobacco use presents to the emergency department with
sudden onset of
severe, progressive right-sided chest pain and shortness of breath. She denies fever, nausea and
productive cough