PLE Category: Internal Medicine

PLE-2328

What is the most common valvular abnormality in rheumatoid arthritis?

PLE-2329

In the treatment of nongonococcal bacterial arthritis, all of the following may be done except:

PLE-2326

Which of the following is not part of the Bedside Index of Severity in Acute Pancreatitis?

PLE-2327

What is the minimum definition of clinically important involuntary weight loss?

PLE-2324

What is the earliest radiographic finding in rheumatoid arthritis?

PLE-2325

Which of the following is not part of the treatment goals in diabetes mellitus, according to ADA?

PLE-2322

A 42-year-old female is complaining of a dry, nonproductive cough that has lasted for 3 weeks. She has also experienced weight loss and fatigue. She is a chronic smoker with 20 pack years and drinks alcoholic beverages. A CT scan was requested, which showed no suspicious lung lesions but did reveal an incidental finding of thymoma. Which of the following is not associated with thymoma?

PLE-2323

What is the next step in managing this case? An asymptomatic 64-year-old female went for a consult secondary to an incidental finding of one 1.8cm sessile villous adenoma on her transverse colon during routine colonoscopy.

PLE-2320

Which of the following tests can be done to distinguish IgA nephropathy from acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN)?