Clinical Quiz questions are based f...

Clinical Quiz questions are based forward selected articles in this issue. Answers appear in this issue.

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(1) Read each article, answer all questions forward the quiz pages, and transfer your answers to the Clinical Quiz answer card (bound into your duplicate of AFP). This will help you avoid errors and permit you to check your answers against the correct answers.

(2) Mail the Clinical Quiz answer card within single in kind year (by January 31, 2005) The bar digest on the answer card contains your identification for CME credits.

Before beginning the standard please note:

Each Clinical Quiz includes sum of two units types of questions: Type A and exemplar X.

Type A questions have solely one correct answer and may have four or five choices. Here is a typical impressed sign A question:

Q1 greatest in quantity allergic reactions to foods are:

[] A. proper to IgA deficiency.

[] B owing to IgG and IgM antibodies.

[check] C IgE-mediated.

[] D appropriate to enzyme deficiencies.

[] E to be paid to toxins.

stamp X questions may have single in kind or more correct answers. They are multiple true-false questions with four options. Here is a typical exemplar X question:

Q2 Causes of varicosities in pregnancy include:

[check] A. Hormonal changes.

[check] B Venous compression.

[check] C Familial tendency

[check] D postponeed sitting and standing.

Clinical Quiz questions are written at the associate and assistant editors of AFP.

shadow A Questions

Each question has no other than one correct answer.

Articles

Jaundice in the Adult Patient (p 299)

Q1 Which united of the following is not a first-line proof in the work-up of an adult patient with jaundice?

[] A. Alanine transaminase.

[] B Alkaline phosphatase.

[] C out and out blood count.

[] D Aspartate transaminase.

[] E Antimitochondrial antibody.

Q2 Which the same of the following is not a cause of hemolytic anemia?

[] A. medicine reaction.

[] B Gilbert's syndrome

[] C Abnormal hemoglobin (eg sickle confined apartment disease).

[] D Autoimmune disorder.

Facilitating Treatment Adherence with Lifestyle Changes in Diabetes (p 309)

Q3 Which single of the following statements about the stages of lifestyle change in a patient with diabetes is correct?

[] A. If a patient is contemplating change, the goal of the office visit should emphasize moving toward preparing for change.

[] B Patients in the preparation stage are moving toward thinking about change.

[] C Patients in the precontemplation stage should be encouraged to make individual to two lifestyle changes.

[] D The contemplation stage involves discussing the obstacles to change and to what degree to overcome them.