PLE Category: Internal Medicine

PLE-2220

Which of the following forms of shock would present with an increase in cardiac output and venous oxygen saturation?

PLE-2218

What is the mode of mechanical ventilation where the operator sets the number of mandatory breaths of fixed volume to be delivered by the ventilator, but allows the patient to breathe spontaneously between those breaths?

PLE-2216

Which of the following is an atypical organism that causes pneumonia?

PLE-2217

A newly diagnosed diabetic patient came to the emergency room because of a one-week history of frequent lightheadedness, cold sweats, and palpitations occurring two hours after taking an unknown medication given to him by his neighbor for diabetes. Which is the most likely medication given to the patient?

PLE-2214

What is the most common cause of right-sided heart failure?

PLE-2215

In evaluating a patient with thrombocytopenia, a key step is to review the peripheral blood smear and first rule out what entity?

PLE-2212

What is the incubation period of the Dengue virus?

PLE-2213

Which part of the spine is most commonly involved in rheumatoid arthritis?

PLE-2210

What causes cerebral blood vessel vasoconstriction?