PAEDIATRICS: PRACTICE 22

SINGLE BEST OPTION SERIES

         INSTRUCTION: SELECT THE SINGLE BEST OPTION

1.        Salmonella typhi organisms are sequestered in the ------------------organ of chronic carriers:
   a.       Kidneys
   b.      Gall bladder
   c.       Reticular dermis
   d.      Aqueous humour
   e.      Spleen
   2.       Jaw radiograph in a patient with Burkitt lymphoma does not usually reveal:
   a.       Loss of lamina dura
   b.      Soft tissue swelling
   c.       Dental anarchy
   d.      Endosteal reaction
   e.      None of the above
   3.       Major biochemical findings in patients with endemic Burkitt lymphoma include the following except:
   a.       Hyperuricaemia
   b.      Lactic acidosis
   c.       High lactate dehydrogenase
   d.      High antibodies to early antigens of Ebstein Barr virus
   e.      None of the above
   4.       Which of the following is incorrect about sickle cell anaemia?
   a.       Autosplenectomy occur by the age of 10 years
   b.      Leg ulceration is usually seen over the lateral malleolus
   c.       Splenomegaly is seen within 2 years of age
   d.      Patients may present with painful and purposeless penile eruption
   e.      It is a recognized cause of cardiomegaly with biventricular hypertrophy
   5.       The commonest cause of osteomyelitis in patients with sickle cell anaemia is:
   a.      Kingella kingae
   b.      Pseudomonas aeruginosa
   c.       Salmonella
   d.      Staphylococcus albus
   e.      None of the above
   6.       Complications of shunt procedures in the management of hydrocephalus does not usually include:
   a.       Osteomyelitis
   b.      Ventriculitis
   c.       Peritonitis
   d.      Cerebrospinal fluid ascites
   e.      None of the above
   7.       The laboratory criteria for defining severe anaemia does not include the presence of:
   a.       Prostration
   b.      Packed cell volume less than 15%
   c.       Random blood sugar less than 2.2 millimole per litre
   d.      Total serum bilirubin greater than 50 milligram per decilitre
   e.      Hyperlactaemia
   8.       Usual presentations of heart failure in infants does not include:
   a.       Feeding difficulty with easy fatigability
   b.      Strong lusty cry
   c.       Excessive sweating
   d.      Poor weight gain
   e.      None of the above
   9.       Oedema is conspicuously absent in a child with:
   a.       Marasmus
   b.      Kwashiorkor
   c.       Marasmic kwashiorkor
   d.      Underweight kwashiorkor
   e.      None of the above
   10.   The usual clinical presentation of acute glomerulonephritis include the following except:
   a.       Haematuria
   b.      Polyuria
   c.       Oedema
   d.      Hypertension
   e.      Proteinuria 
   
   
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