Description : When phosphorous level is lowered ? (A) In hyper thyroidism (B) Cirrosis of liver (C) Leukemia (D) Hypothyroidism
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Under what condition to basal metabolic rate goes up? (A) Cold environment (B) Hot environment (C) Intake of base forming foods (D) Hypothyroidism
Description : BMR is decreased in all of the following except (A) Fever (B) Addison’s disease (C) Starvation (D) Hypothyroidism
Description : BMR is increased in (A) Starvation (B) Hypothyroidism (C) Addison’s disease (D) Pregnancy
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Isotope used for the treatment of Hyper- thyroidism?
Last Answer : Iodine 131
Description : The basal metabolic rate (B.M.R.) is measurement of (A) Energy expenditure during sleep (B) Energy expenditure after 100 m walk (C) Energy expenditure after a meal (D) Energy expenditure under certain basal (Standard) conditions
Description : BMR is decreased in (A) Pregnancy (B) Starvation (C) Anaemia (D) Fever
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : B.M.R. is raised in (A) Polycythemia (B) Starvation (C) Lipid nephrosis (D) Hypothyroidism
Description : Basal metabolic rate is under control of
Last Answer : Basal metabolic rate is under control of A. Glucagon B. Insulin C. Thyroxine D. Both (1) and (2)
Description : A health disorder that results from the deficiency of thyroxine in adults and characterised by (i) a low metabolic rate, (ii) increase in body weight and (iii) tendency to retain water in tissues is (a) simple goitre (b) myxoedema (c) cretinism (d) hypothyroidism.
Last Answer : (b) myxoedema
Description : Metabolic acidosis is caused in (A) Pneumonia (B) Prolonged starvation (C) Intestinal obstruction (D) Bulbar polio
Description : A 73 year old male presented with an acute attack of gout in his left knee. What is the most likely underlying metabolic cause? 1) decreased renal excretion of uric acid 2) endogenous overproduction of uric acid 3) excessive dietary purine intake 4) lactic acidosis 5) starvation
Last Answer : Answers-1 The aetiology of gout can broadly be divided into cases where there is underexcretion of urate via the kidney (90%) or endogenous overproduction of uric acid (10%) although in practical ... diuretic use. Excessive dietary intake of purines is unlikely to be the main cause in this case.
Description : Hormone, responsible for basal metabolic rate is
Last Answer : Hormone, responsible for basal metabolic rate is
Description : Is the correct definition for basal metabolic rate or BM?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : Select the β-adrenergic blocker that has additional α1 blocking, vasodilator and antioxidant properties: A. Carvedilol B. Celiprolol C. Acebutolol D. Metoprolol
Last Answer : C. Acebutolol
Description : In hyperthyroidism, β adrenergic blockers are used: A. To induce euthyroid state B. As definitive therapy C. For rapid control of certain symptoms while awaiting response to carbimazole D. To reduce basal metabolic rate
Last Answer : C. For rapid control of certain symptoms while awaiting response to carbimazole
Description : In contrast to a patient undergoing an elective operation, which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning a patient who has suffered a multiple trauma? a. Basal metabolic rates are ... is similar to their composition in skeletal muscle d. Fat and protein stores are rapidly depleted
Last Answer : Answer: b, d The degree of hypermetabolism is generally related to the severity of injury. Patients with long-bone fractures have a 15-25% increase in metabolic rate, whereas metabolic ... in injured subjects, if unfed, severely injured patients rapidly deplete their fat and protein stores
Description : Which of the following statements are true of elevated-anion gap metabolic acidosis? A. Hypoperfusion from the shock state rarely produces an elevated anion gap. B. Retention of sulfuric and phosphoric ... E. Use of lactated Ringer's solution is inappropriate in the treatment of lactic acidosis.
Last Answer : Answer: BC DISCUSSION: An elevated anion gap may be produced by lactic acidosis from shock or by retention of inorganic acids from uremia. Lactated Ringer's solution rapidly corrects the ... . Bicarbonate loss from diarrhea and dilutional acidosis are non-anion gap types of metabolic acidosis
Description : Respiratory acidosis is that in which the blood pH is low due to increased retention of carbon dioxide caused by the lowering of the respiratory frequency or by pulmonary diseases that impair ... caused by metabolic disturbances that increase the concentration of bases (alkalis) in the blood.
Last Answer : Where are the chemoreceptors that detect the acidity of the blood and trigger the respiratory compensation located?
Description : Answer: b Metabolic response to injury results in increased energy expenditure. If energy intake is less than expenditure, oxidation of body fat stores and erosion of lean body mass will occur ... requirements, caloric requirements should be distributed at a ratio of 70% as glucose and 30% as fat
Last Answer : Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning body fuel reserves? a. The largest fuel reserve in the body is skeletal muscle b. Fat provides about 9 calories/gram c. Free glucose and glycogen stores are a trivial fuel reserve d. Body protein is a valuable storage form of energy
Description : During prolonges starvation, body derives nutrition from storage of -
Last Answer : During prolonges starvation, body derives nutrition from storage of - A. Liver and adipose tissue ... Liver and lungs D. Subcutaneous fat and Pancreas
Description : Which of the following statements concerning perioperative nutrition is true concerning the above-described patient? a. Since the patient's weight had been stable with no preoperative nutritional deficit ... feeding catheter should be placed at the time of surgery for postoperative enteral feeding
Last Answer : Answer: a Most patients undergoing elective operations are adequately nourished. Unless the patient has suffered significant preoperative malnutrition, characterized by weight loss greater than ... gastrointestinal surgery, this technique would not appear indicated in the patient described above
Description : The rate of HMP shunt reactions is (A) Increased by Insulin (B) Increased in diabetes mellitus (C) Increased by glucagons (D) Increased in starvation
Description : BMR is increased in (A) Endemic goitre (B) Thyrotoxicosis (C) Myxoedema (D) Cretinism
Description : All the following may occur in myxoedema except (A) Cold intolerance (B) Low BMR (C) Tachycardia (D) Dry and coarse skin
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : All the following may occur in hyperthyroidism except (A) Goitre (B) Increased appetite (C) Loss of weight (D) Low BMR
Description : BMR is increased in all of the following except (A) Hyperthyroidism (B) Anaemia (C) Addison’s disease (D) Pregnancy
Description : BMR is higher in (A) Adults than in children (B) Men than in women (C) Vegetarians than in non-vegetarians (D) Warmer climate than in colder climate
Description : BMR of healthy adult women is about (A) 32 kcal/hour/square metre (B) 36 kcal/hour/square metre (C) 40 kcal/hour/square metre (D) 44 kcal/hour/square metre
Description : BMR of healthy adult men is about (A) 30 kcal/hour/square metre (B) 35 kcal/hour/square metre (C) 40 kcal/hour/square metre (D) 45 kcal/hour/square metre
Description : Deficiency of magnesium may occur with (A) Alcoholism (B) Diabetes mellitus (C) Hypothyroidism (D) Advanced renal failure
Description : Insulin resistance is encountered in (A) Addison’s disease (B) Hypothyroidism (C) Hypopituctarism (D) Acromegaly
Description : High level of T3 and T4 and low TSH in serum indicates (A) Hyperthyroidism of pituitary origin (B) Hypothyroidism of pituitary origin (C) Hyperthyroidism of thyroid origin (D) Hypothyroidism of thyroid origin
Description : Administration of TSH increases serum T3 and T4 in (A) Hyperthyroidism of pituitary origin (B) Hyperthyroidism of thyroid origin (C) Hypothyroidism of pituitary origin (D) Hypothyroidism of thyroid origin
Description : In primary hypothyroidism the useful estimation is of (A) T3 (B) T4 (C) TBG (D) Autoantibodies
Description : Consumption of iodised salt is recommended in (A) Patients with hyperthyroidism (B) Patients with hypothyroidism (C) Pregnant women (D) Goitre belt areas
Description : B.M.R. is lowered in (A) Hypothyroidism (B) Leukemia (C) Cardiac failure (D) Hyperthyroidism
Description : Serum a lka l ine phosphatase leve l increases in (A) Hypothyroidism (B) Carcinoma of prostate (C) Hyperparathyroidism (D) Myocardial ischemia
Description : Gluconeogenesis is increased in the following condition: (A) Diabetes insipidus (B) Diabetes Mellitus (C) Hypothyroidism (D) Liver diseases
Last Answer : B
Description : Glucose tolerance is decreased in (A) Diabetes mellitus (B) Hypopituitarisme (C) Addison’s disease (D) Hypothyroidism
Last Answer : A
Description : Which of the following conditions may be detectable by growth monitoring? 1) Hyperthyroidism 2) Hypothyroidism 3) Pseudohypoparathyroidism 4) XYY Syndrome 5) Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
Last Answer : Answers-2
Description : In the biosynthesis of cholesterol, the step which controls the rate and locus of metabolic regulation is (A) Geranyl pyrophosphate farnesyl pyrophosphate (B) Squalene → lanosterol (C) HMG CoA → mevalonate (D) Lanosterol → 1, 4-desmethyl lanosterol
Description : The essential amino acids (A) must be supplied in the diet because the organism has lost the capacity to aminate the corresponding ketoacids (B) must be supplied in the diet because the ... amino acids which cannot be synthesized by the organism at a rate adequate to meet metabolic requirements
Description : The essential amino acids (A) Must be supplied in the diet because the organism has lost the capacity to aminate the corresponding ketoacids (B) Must be supplied in the diet because the ... amino acids which cannot be synthesized by the organism at a rate adequate to meet metabolic requirements
Description : The most reliable guide to adjustment of thyroxine dose in a patient of hypothyroidism is: A. Pulse rate B. Body weight C. Serum thyroxine level D. Serum TSH level
Last Answer : D. Serum TSH level
Description : 17.4 The most reliable guide to adjustment of thyroxine dose in a patient of hypothyroidism is: A. Pulse rate B. Body weight C. Serum thyroxine level D. Serum TSH level
Description : Hypoglycaemic coma can occur (A) In untreated diabetes mellitus (B) In starvation (C) After overdose of oral hypoglycaemic drugs (D) After overdose of insulin
Description : Insulin receptors are decreased in number in (A) Obesity (B) Starvation (C) Hyperinsulinism (D) Kwashiorkor HORMONE METABOLISM 221
Description : All the following statements correctly describe ketone bodies except (A) They may result from starvation (B) They are present at high levels in uncontrolled diabetes (C) They include—OH β-butyrate and acetone (D) They are utilized by the liver during long term starvation
Description : All the following statements regarding ketone bodies are true except (A) They may result from starvation (B) They are formed in kidneys (C) They include acetoacetic acid and acetone (D) They may be excreted in urine