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Medical Surgical Endocrine ATI Questions
Question 1 of 5
Asthma
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Asthma is associated with eosinophilia due to allergic inflammation.
Question 2 of 5
Activity of acromegaly is suggested by all of the following, except:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Acromegaly increases serum phosphorus (not decreases) due to GH effects on renal reabsorption.
Question 3 of 5
Pregnancy
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Pregnancy induces insulin resistance, contributing to gestational diabetes.
Question 4 of 5
a patient presents with hypothyroidism. The thyroid gland is found to be normal in size. The serum cholesterol is normal. The patient is started on thyroid replacement and develops high fever, nausea and vomiting. The error in clinical acumen is:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Secondary hypothyroidism (pituitary origin) was missed; thyroid replacement without cortisol in adrenal insufficiency caused a crisis.
Question 5 of 5
A small irregular pupil responding to convergence accommodation but not to light is:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Argyll-Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis) reacts to accommodation but not light.