Q2. Which medication can you use to relieve severe cyanotic episodes in these children?
a. Furosemide
b. Propranolol
c. Diltiazem
d. Aspirin
e. Prazosin
f. Prostaglandins
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Peds & Cardiol MCQs
Q1. A 2 year old with a congenital heart disorder presents with failure to thrive. While waiting for the child to undress, you note that the child has developed profound cyanosis of his lips and nail bed. The mother quickly places him in the position shown below. How does this position help the patient?
a. Decreases preload
b. Decreases afterload
c. Increases cardiac output
d. Increases peripheral vascular resistance
e. Lowers pulmonary artery resistance
Cardiol & Med MCQs
A 67 yo is admitted with an anterior wall MI. Two hours after admission he develops the rhythm shown below. Because of hemodynamic instability, he undergoes successful defibrillation and is back in normal sinus rhythm. What will you tell the patient regarding his prognosis?
a. Arrhythmia will not recur again
b. The arrhythmia will not cause sudden death in the short term
c. The arrhythmia has no bearing on short term mortality
d. He needs an automatic internal defibrillator implanted ASAP
e. The long term prognosis is not influenced by this arrhythmia
Cardiol & Med MCQs
Q5. What does the arrow in the figure of the carotid tracing denote?
a. End of murmur
b. Closure of aortic valve
c. Opening of pulmonary valve
d. End of diastole
Cardiol & Med MCQs
Q4. What does this extra sound represent in this patient?
a. Narrowed valves
b. Leaky valves
c. Continuous flow of blood in the ventricle
d. Stiff left ventricle
e. Stenotic valve
Cardiol & Med MCQs
Q3. From the previous question, the patient’s murmur at site A is drawn. What is the extra heart sound?
Cardiol & Med MCQs
Q2. In the previous patient, you hear a murmur along site A which radiates to site B. As you move your stethoscope to site B, you hear a musical murmur. This phenomenon is known as?
a. Austin flint murmur
b. Graham Steele murmur
c. Carey Coombs murmur
d. Gallavardin phenomenon
e. Levine sign
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