Internal Medicine Quiz

Dressler's Syndrome

• Glucocorticosteroids are used in the treatment of Dressler's syndrome.

Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

• Severe form of UC is an indication for the use of glucocorticosteroids.
• Blood diarrhea is a characteristic sign of diarrhea in UC.
• Reactive arthritis is a typical systemic change in UC.
• Ulcers of various sizes and shapes are specific changes in the intestinal mucosa in UC.
• Profuse bleeding is a main complication of UC.

Chronic Heart Failure (CHF)

• At rest, there are signs of circulatory insufficiency in the small and large circle in Stage IIB CHF.
• Dystrophic stage with severe hemodynamic disorders and irreversible structural changes in the organs is a characteristic of Stage III CHF.
• Fatigue, palpitations, and/or shortness of breath when exerting more than the patient's usual amount of exercise is a manifestation of CHF corresponding to Functional Class I.
• The appearance of fatigue, palpitations, and/or shortness of breath during normal physical activity is a manifestation of CHF corresponding to Functional Class II.
• The appearance of fatigue, palpitations, and/or shortness of breath with little exercise is a manifestation of CHF corresponding to Functional Class III.
• Presence of CHF symptoms at rest is a manifestation of CHF corresponding to Functional Class IV.
• CHD (coronary heart disease) is the most common cause of chronic heart failure currently.

Glomerulonephritis

• Glucocorticosteroids are indicated for chronic glomerulonephritis of the nephrotic form.
• Hypercholesterolemia is a characteristic feature of chronic glomerulonephritis of the nephrotic form.

Ankylosing Spondylitis

• Sulfasalazine is a basic medicine used to treat Ankylosing spondylitis.

Systemic Scleroderma

• Activation of collagen synthesis and fibrillation is the leading pathogenetic mechanism for the development of systemic scleroderma.
• Genetic predisposition is suggested to play a role in the etiology of systemic scleroderma.
• "True scleroderma" kidney is a characteristic type of kidney damage in systemic scleroderma.
• Rapid development of kidney failure is a characteristic sign of "true scleroderma" kidney.
• Microcirculation disorders in the skin and internal organs are a leading pathogenetic mechanism of systemic scleroderma.
• Chronic glomerulonephritis is a type of kidney damage in systemic scleroderma.

Infectious Endocarditis

• Inflammatory changes are a characteristic syndrome of manifestations of infectious endocarditis.

Dilated Cardiomyopathy

• Diffuse dilation of the heart cavities is an echocardiographic sign of dilated cardiomyopathy.

Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

• Primary amyloidosis is a disease that leads to the development of secondary forms of restrictive cardiomyopathy.

Other

• Recordon is a medication used to treat anemia in patients with CKD.
• Pulse therapy + 4-component scheme is a treatment for rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis.
• Trichopolum has an effect on Helicobacter Pylori.
• Kvamatel is a histamine H-2 receptor blocker.
• For men, normal blood uric acid values are 0.3-0.42 mmol/l.
• Vertebral squaring is a characteristic radiographic sign of ankylosing spondylitis.
• Delagil is a drug that belongs to the aminoquinoline series.