Description : Specific drug therapy to lower serum triglycerides (TG) in a subject with normal LDL-cholesterol level is indicated: A. In all subjects with serum TG> 150 mg/dl B. In subjects with existing coronary artery disease and serum TG ... < 40 mg/dl and serum TG > 150 mg/dl D. Both 'B' and 'C' are correct
Last Answer : D. Both 'B' and 'C' are correct
Description : A patient with coronary artery disease has raised serum triglyceride level (500 mg/dl) but normal total cholesterol level (150 mg/dl). Which hypolipidemic drug should be prescribed: A. Probucol B. Gemfibrozil C. Cholestyramine D. Lovastatin
Last Answer : B. Gemfibrozil
Description : Normal total serum calcium level varies between (A) 4–5 mg (B) 9–11 mg (C) 15–20 mg (D) 50–100 mg WATER AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE 281
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Normal serum glucagons level in fasting state varies between (A) 0-–10 pg/ml (B) 20–100 pg/ml (C) 200–300 pg/ml (D) 400–500 pg/ml
Description : Normal serum insulin level varies between (A) 4–25 µU/ml (B) 25–50 µU/ml (C) 70–90 µU/ml (D) 100–120 µU /ml
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : The normal serum level of thyroxine (T4) is (A) 2.0–4.0 µg/100 ml (B) 5.5–13.5 µg/100 ml (C) 14.0–20.3 µg/100 ml (D) 20.0–25.0 µg/100 ml
Description : The normal serum level of triiodothyronine (T3) is (A) 0.2–0.5 ng/ml (B) 0.7–2.0 ng/ml (C) 2.0–4.0 ng/ml (D) 5.0–8.0 ng/ml HORMONE METABOLISM 211
Description : The normal serum inorganic phosphorous level is (A) 1.5–2.5 mg/100 ml (B) 2.5–4.5 mg/100 ml (C) 4.5–6.5 mg/100 ml (D) 0.5–1.5 mg/100 ml
Description : What is the normal level of K+ in the serum ? (A) 137–148 mEq/L (B) 120–160 mEq/L (C) 3.9–5.0 mEq/L (D) 0.3–0.59 mEq/L
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Normal serum level of selenium is (A) 5 µg /100 ml (B) 8 µg /100 ml (C) 10 µg /100 ml (D) 13 µg /100 ml
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : The normal serum level of phosphorous in children varies from (A) 1–2 mg/100 ml (B) 2–3 mg/100 ml (C) 3–4 mg/100 ml (D) 4–7 mg/100 ml
Description : The normal serum level of phosphorus in human adult is (A) 1–2 mg (B) 2–3 mg (C) 3–4.5 mg (D) 5–7 mg
Description : The normal serum level of Ig A is (A) 100 mg% (B) 200 mg% (C) 300 mg% (D) 400 mg%
Description : The normal serum level of Ig M is (A) 50 mg% (B) 120 mg% (C) 200 mg% (D) 300 mg%
Description : The normal serum level of Ig D is (A) 1 mg% (B) 2 mg% (C) 3 mg% (D) 5 mg%
Description : The normal serum level of Ig G is (A) 1200 mg% (B) 500 mg% (C) 300 mg% (D) 200 mg%
Description : Which of the following hypolipidemic drugs is most effective in raising HDL-cholesterol level and lowers serum triglycerides: A. Nicotinic acid B. Fenofibrate C. Cholestyramine D. Pravastatin
Last Answer : A. Nicotinic acid
Description : The following is true of bezafibrate except: A. It activates lipoprotein lipase B. It mainly lowers serum triglyceride level with smaller effect on LDL cholesterol level C. It increases the incidence of myopathy due to statins D. It tends to lower plasma fibrinogen level
Last Answer : C. It increases the incidence of myopathy due to statins
Description : Hypolipidemic drugs reduce serum cholesterol and triacylglycerol. The effect of clofibrate is attributed to (A) Block in absorption from G.I.T. (B) Decrease in secretion of triacylglycerol and cholesterol ... by liver (C) Block in the reabsorption of bile acids (D) Decreased synthesis of cholesterol
Description : Lovastatin and mevastatin lower (A) Serum triglycerides (B) Serum cholesterol (C) Serum phospholipids (D) All of these
Description : Diets having a high ratio of polyunsaturated: saturated fatty acids can cause (A) Increase in serum triglycerides (B) Decrease in serum cholesterol (C) Decrease in serum HDL (D) Skin lesions
Description : Serum cholesterol is decreased in (A) Endemic goitre (B) Thyrotoxicosis (C) Myxoedema (D) Cretinism
Last Answer : B
Description : Which of the following is a recognised feature of abetalipoproteinaemia? 1) a high serum cholesterol 2) palmar xanthomas 3) advanced atherosclerotic vascular disease 4) abnormal red blood cell morphology 5) severe mental retardation
Last Answer : Answers-4 Acanthocytes are seen in abetalipoproteinaemia. Retinitis pigmentosa is seen in abetalipoproteinaemia. Mental retardation is not present but motor abnormalities and neurodegenerative are seen.
Description : What is the normal level of total cholesterol?
Last Answer : 150-220 mg/dl.
Description : age 62years old normal chloride,serum level?
Last Answer : age 62 years old normal chloride,serum level
Description : Bleeding complications are frequently associated with fibrinolytic therapy. Which of the following statement(s) concerning complications of fibrinolytic therapy is/are true? a. Careful monitoring of prothrombin time ... months ago can be treated with fibrinolytic therapy if head CT scan is normal
Last Answer : Answer: b Fibrinolytic therapy induces a hemostatic defect through a combination of factors. Hypofibrinogenemia and fibrin degradation products inhibit fibrin polymerization and, in combination ... is considered a major relative contraindication to either regional or systemic thrombolytic therapy
Description : Hyperimmune serum is serum with a higher than normal level of _____. a. antigens b. antibodies c. toxins d. immune cells
Last Answer : b. antibodies
Description : The normal serum CO2 content is (A) 18–20 meq/L (B) 24–29 meq/L (C) 30–34 meq/L (D) 35–38 meq/L
Description : Normal range of total tri-iodothyronine in serum is (A) 0.1–0.2 ng/dl (B) 0.1–0.2 µg/dl (C) 0.8–2.4 ng/dl (D) 0.8–2.4 µg/dl
Description : Normal range of total thyroxine in serum is (A) 0.8–2.4 ng/dl (B) 0.8–2.4 µg/dl (C) 5–12 ng/dl (D) 5–12 µg/dl
Description : Normal serum free testosterone in adult women varies between (A) 0.0–0.2 ng/dl (B) 0.3–2 ng/dl (C) 10–30 ng/dl (D) 50–100 ng/dl
Description : Normal serum free testosterone in adult men varies between (A) 1–5 ng/dl (B) 6–9 ng/dl (C) 10–30 ng/dl (D) 50–100 ng/dl 214 MCQs IN BIOCHEMISTRY
Description : Which of the following is true? Hypochromic anaemia is not due to iron deficiency except (A) Serum ‘Fe’ is high (B) Normal/low transferrin (C) Stainable iron in bone marrow (D) Iron therapy is affective
Description : In Vitamin D poisoning (hyper-vitaminosis) (A) Both serum and urinary “Ca” (B) The serum Ca is low and urinary calcium high (C) The serum “Ca” is increased and urinary “Ca” is normal (D) Both serum and urinary “Ca” are low
Description : Normal range of serum chloride is (A) 24–27 mEq/L (B) 70–80 mEq/L (C) 100–106 mEq/L (D) 120–140 mEq/L
Description : Normal range of serum potassium is (A) 2.1-3.4 mEq/L (B) 3.5-5.3 mEq/L (C) 5.4–7.4 mEq/L (D) 7.5–9.5 mEq/L
Description : Normal range of serum sodium is (A) 30–70 mEq/L (B) 70–110 mEq/L (C) 117–135 mEq/L (D) 136–145 mEq/L
Description : The normal serum concentration of ceruloplasmin in mg/100 ml varies between (A) 5–10 (B) 10–20 (C) 25–43 (D) 50–100
Description : The normal serum of concentration of copper in mg/100 ml varies between (A) 0–5 (B) 50–100 (C) 100–200 (D) 200–300
Description : An inherited or acquired renal tubular defect in the reabsorption of phosphate (Vit D resistant ricket) is characterized with (A) Normal serum Phosphate (B) High serum phosphate (C ... blood phosphorous with elevated alkaline Phosphate (D) A high blood phosphorous with decreased alkaline phosphatase
Description : The normal serum alkaline phosphatase activity ranges from (A) 1.0–5.0 KA units/100 ml (B) 5.0–13.0 KA units/100 ml (C) 0.8–2.3 KA units/100 ml (D) 13.0–21.0 KA units/100 ml
Description : The normal serum acid phosphatase activity ranges from (A) 5.0–13.0 KA units/100 ml (B) 1.0–5.0 KA units/100 ml (C) 13.0–18.0 KA units/100 ml (D) 0.2–0.8 KA units/100 ml
Description : The normal serum GOT activity ranges from (A) 3.0–15.0 IU/L (B) 4.0–17.0 IU/L (C) 4.0–60.0 IU/L (D) 0.9–4.0 IU/L
Description : The normal value of CPK in serum varies between (A) 4–60 IU/L (B) 60–250 IU/L (C) 4–17 IU/L (D) > 350 IU/L
Description : The normal serum concentration of 24,25- dihydroxycholecalciferol in ng/ml is (A) 8–20 (B) 25–50 (C) 1–5 (D) 60–100
Description : The normal serum concentration of 1,25- dihydroxycholecalciferol in pg/ml is (A) 26–65 (B) 1–5 (C) 5–20 (D) 80–100
Description : The normal serum concentration of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol in ng/ml is (A) 0–8 (B) 60–100 (C) 100–150 (D) 8–55
Description : The normal serum concentration of vitamin A in mg/100 ml is (A) 5–10 (B) 15–60 (C) 100–150 (D) 0–5
Description : All the following statements about obstructive jaundice are true except (A) Conjugated bilirubin in serum is normal (B) Total bilirubin in serum is raised (C) Bile salts are present in urine (D) Serum alkaline phosphatase is raised
Description : Normal range of serum globulin is (A) 2.0–3.6 mg/dl (B) 2.0–3.6 gm/dl (C) 3.5–5.5 mg/dl (D) 3.5–5.5 gm/dl