CPSP IMM Medicine MCQs

Cirrhosis is diffuse hepatic fibrosis with regenerative nodules and altered liver architecture.

Acute pancreatitis is acute pancreatic inflammation commonly presenting with severe epigastric pain and elevated pancreatic enzymes.

Bacterial meningitis is acute infection of the meninges requiring urgent antimicrobial treatment.

Ischaemic stroke is neurological deficit caused by interruption of cerebral blood flow due to arterial occlusion.

Iron-deficiency anaemia is a microcytic anaemia caused by inadequate iron availability for haemoglobin synthesis.

Nephritic syndrome is glomerular inflammation causing haematuria, reduced filtration and often hypertension.

Aminoglycoside is an antibiotic class associated with nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity.

Adverse drug reaction is a harmful and unintended response to a medicine used at normal doses.

Agonist is a ligand that binds to a receptor and activates it to produce a biological response.

Competitive antagonist is a reversible receptor blocker whose effect can be overcome by increasing agonist concentration.

First-pass metabolism is presystemic metabolism that reduces oral bioavailability before a drug reaches systemic circulation.

Half-life is the time required for the plasma concentration of a drug to fall by one half.