Emergency & Critical Care MCQs

Anaphylaxis is a rapid severe systemic hypersensitivity reaction that may compromise airway, breathing or circulation.

Acute coronary syndrome is a clinical spectrum caused by acute myocardial ischaemia, including unstable angina and myocardial infarction.

Heart failure is a syndrome in which the heart cannot meet metabolic demands or does so only at elevated filling pressures.

Atrial fibrillation is a supraventricular arrhythmia with disorganised atrial activity and an irregularly irregular pulse.

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disorder with variable and usually reversible airflow obstruction.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is persistent airflow limitation commonly related to smoking or noxious exposure.

Megaloblastic anaemia is a macrocytic anaemia caused by impaired DNA synthesis, often from folate or vitamin B12 deficiency.

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.

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