Description : Salicylate poisoning in early stages causes (A) Metabolic acidosis (B) Respiratory acidosis (C) Metabolic alkalosis (D) Respiratory alkalosis
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Salicylate poisoning can cause (A) Respiratory acidosis (B) Metabolic acidosis with normal anion gap (C) Metabolic acidosis with increased anion gap (D) Metabolic alkalosis
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Hypercholremia is associated with (A) Hyponatremia (B) Hypernatremia (C) Metabolic alkalosis(D) Respiratory acidosis
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Meningitis and encephalitis cause (A) Metabolic alkalosis (B) Respiratory alkalosis (C) Metabolic acidosis (D) Respiratory acidosis
Description : Total CO2 is increased in (A) Respiratory acidosis (B) Metabolic alkalosis (C) Both respiratory acidosis and metabolic alkalosis (D) Respiratory alkalosis
Description : Plasma bicarbonate is increased in (A) Respiratory alkalosis (B) Metabolic alkalosis (C) Respiratory acidosis (D) Metabolic acidosis
Description : Plasma bicarbonate is decreased in (A) Respiratory alkalosis (B) Respiratory acidosis (C) Metabolic alkalosis (D) Metabolic acidosis
Description : The toxicity spectrum of aspirin does not include (a) Increased risk of encephalopathy in children with viral infections (b) Increased risk of peptic ulcers (c) Hyperprothrombinemia (d) Metabolic acidosis (e) Respiratory alkalosis
Last Answer : Ans: C
Description : Which one of the following effects does not occur in salicylate intoxication ? (a) Hyperventilation (b) Hypothemia (c) Metabolic acidosis (d) Respiratory alkalosis (e) Tinnitus
Last Answer : Ans: B
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 : Metabolic effects that generally attend antiinflammatory doses of aspirin include the following except: A. Increased CO2 production B. Hepatic glycogen depletion C. Metabolic acidosis D. Compensated respiratory alkalosis
Last Answer : C. Metabolic acidosis
Description : Metabolic alkalosis is characteristically found in which of the following? 1) An infusion of sodium chloride 2) Ileostomy 3) Mineralocorticoid deficiency 4) Pyloric stenosis 5) Salicylate poisoning
Last Answer : Answers-4 Pyloric stenosis is associated with vomiting and the loss of stomach content - hence a metabolic alkalosis. Mineralocorticoid excess (Conn's syndrome) is associated with a metabolic alkalosis. ... produce a metabolic acidosis. A sodium chloride infusion is neutral and does not alter pH.
Description : Which of the following may precipitate an asthma attack? (a) Respiratory acidosis (b) Viran and bacterial infections (c) Respiratory alkalosis (d) Cranberry jiuce (e) Chocolate or Coca Cola
Description : Name the chronic respiratory disorder caused mainly by cigarette smoking. (a) Respiratory acidosis (b) Respiratory alkalosis (c) Emphysema (d) Asthma
Last Answer : (c) Emphysema
Description : Respiratory acidosis occurs in (A) Any disease which impairs respiration like emphysema (B) Renal disease (C) Poisoning by an acid (D) Pyloric stenosis
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Select the diuretic which is orally active, efficacious in acidosis as well as alkalosis, causes diuresis even in renal failure and has additional carbonic anhydrase inhibitory action: A. Mannitol B. Benzthiazide C. Indapamide D. Furosemide
Last Answer : D. Furosemide
Description : Ammonia production by the kidney is depressed in (A) Acidosis (B) Alkalosis (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Description : The greatest threat from morphine poisoning is (a) Renal shutdown (b) Paralysis of spinal cord (c) Respiratory depression (d) Cardiovascular collapse (e) None of the above
Description : In a comatose patient suspected of poisoning, which of the following findings would be against the drug being morphine: A. Mydriasis B. Marked respiratory depression C. Cyanosis D. Fall in blood pressure
Last Answer : A. Mydriasis
Description : Hyperventilation: a. decreases cerebral blood flow b. increases ionized calcium concentration in the serum c. causes hypocapnia d. causes metabolic alkalosis
Last Answer : causes hypocapnia
Description : Which of the following features are present in blood chemistry in uncompensated metabolic alkalosis except? (A) Increased pH (B) Increased bicarbonate (C) Normal chloride (D) Normal pCO2
Description : Metabolic alkalosis can occur in (A) Severe diarrhoea (B) Renal failure (C) Recurrent vomiting (D) Excessive use of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
Description : Metabolic alkalosis occurs (A) As consequence of high intestinal obstruction (B) In central nervous system disease (C) In diarrhoea (D) In colitis
Description : Anion gap is increased in (A) Renal tubular acidosis (B) Metabolic acidosis resulting from diarrhoea (C) Metabolic acidosis resulting from intestinal obstruction (D) Diabetic ketoacidosis
Description : Anion gap is normal in (A) Hyperchloraemic metabolic acidosis (B) Diabetic ketoacidosis (C) Lactic acidosis (D) Uraemic acidosis
Description : Metabolic acidosis is caused in (A) Pneumonia (B) Prolonged starvation (C) Intestinal obstruction (D) Bulbar polio
Description : Metabolic acidosis is caused in (A) Uncontrolled diabetes with ketosis (B) Pneumonia (C) Intestinal Obstruction (D) Hepatic coma
Description : Ammonia is excreted as ammonium salts during metabolic acidosis but the majority is excreted as (A) Phosphates (B) Creatine (C) Uric acid (D) Urea
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 : Acidosis is the condition in which the blood pH is abnormally low. Alkalosis is the condition in which the blood pH is abnormally high. Normal pH levels for the human blood are between 7.35 and 7.45 - slightly alkaline.
Last Answer : How does the breathing process correct acidosis?
Description : Neural excitability is not affected by a. alkalosis b. acidosis c. neutral d. none of them
Last Answer : none of them
Description : Neuron excitability decreases in a. alkalosis b. acidosis c. neutral d. none of them
Last Answer : acidosis
Description : Neuron excitability increase ina. alkalosis b. acidosis c. neutral d. none of them
Last Answer : alkalosis
Description : Choose the correct statement about thiazide diuretics: A. They act in the proximal convoluted tubule B. They are uricosuric C. They augment corticomedullary osmotic gradient D. They induce diuresis in acidosis as well as alkalosis
Last Answer : D. They induce diuresis in acidosis as well as alkalosis
Description : During compensation of respiratory alkalosis, all the following changes occur except (A) Decreased secretion of hydrogen ions by renal tubules (B) Increased excretion of sodium in urine (C) Increased excretion of bicarbonate in urine (D) Increased excretion of ammonia in urine
Description : The primary event in respiratory alkalosis is (A) Rise in pH (B) Decrease in pCO2 (C) Increase in plasma bicarbonate (D) Decrease in plasma chloride
Description : Respiratory alkalosis can occur in (A) Bronchial asthma (B) Collapse of lungs (C) Hysterical hyperventilation (D) Bronchial obstruction
Description : Respiratory alkalosis occurs in (A) Hysterical hyperventilation (B) Depression of respiratory centre (C) Renal diseases (D) Loss of intestinal fluids
Description : Respiratory alkalosis is caused by (A) An increase in carbonic acid fraction (B) A decrease in bicarbonic fraction (C) A decrease in the carbonic acid fraction (D) An increase in bicarbonate fraction
Description : An important feature of Von-Gierke’s disease is (A) Muscle cramps (B) Cardiac failure (C) Hypoglycemia (D) Respiratory alkalosis
Description : A 45-year-old solicitor had an onset of severe, crushing, substernal chest pain while attending a football match. He collapsed on his way to the car. Bystander Cardiorespiratory Resuscitation ... His oxyhemoglobin curve is shifted to the left 5) His pulmonary artery pressure is probably elevated
Last Answer : Answers-5 This young patient with severe central chest pain has probably arrested due to myocardial infarction and arrhythmia. His gases reveal high PO2 following 100% O2 but severe acidosis ... no left to right shunting and high pulmonary pressures would be expected after this arrest scenario.
Description : Blood chemistry shows the following changes in compensated respiratory acidosis: (A) Increased pCO2 (B) Increased bicarbonate (C) Decreased chloride (D) All of these
Description : The initial event in respiratory acidosis is (A) Decrease in pH (B) Increase in pCO2 (C) Increase in plasma bicarbonate (D) Decrease in plasma bicarbonate
Description : Respiratory acidosis can occur in all of the following except (A) Pulmonary oedema (B) Hysterical hyperventilation (C) Pneumothorax (D) Emphysema
Description : Respiratory acidosis results from (A) Retention of carbon dioxide (B) Excessive elimination of carbon dioxide (C) Retention of bicarbonate (D) Excessive elimination of bicarbonate
Description : Respiratory acidosis is caused by (A) Increase in carbonic acid relative to bicarbonate (B) Decrease in bicarbonate fraction (C) Increase in bicarbonate fraction (E) Decrease in the carbonic acid fraction
Description : Hypoglycemia depresses insulin secretion and thus increases the rate of (A) Hydrolysis (B) Reduction (C) Gluconeogenesis (D) Respiratory acidosis
Description : A young child presents with respiratory distress, worsening over 2 days. Blood gases show a pH of 7.25, a PCO2 of 7.5kPa, a PO2 of 8.5kPa, and a base excess of -4. Which of the ... required. 4) Results are consistent with late severe asthma. 5) Bicarbonate may be necessary to correct the acidosis.
Last Answer : Answers-4 In interpreting blood gas results, the following sequence may be useful: Inspect the pH: Is it low, normal or high? Inspect the CO2: Is it low, normal or high? Inspect the PO2: Is ... excess and normal pH. Bicarbonate is usually only considered if the base deficit exceeds about -8 or 00.
Description : Nalorphine is nearly equipotent analgesic as morphine, but is not used clinically as an analgesic because: A. It causes more marked respiratory depression B. It has higher abuse potential C. It antagonises the action of morphine D. It produces prominent dysphoric effects
Last Answer : D. It produces prominent dysphoric effects