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169672 Medicine

A 30-year-old male presents to ER with multiple episodes of chest pain, lasting between 10-20 minutes over the last 2 hours. He admits that he did “a bit of coke” at a house pay. Clinical assessment reveals: Pulse: 95/min, Blood pressure: 135/93mm Hg, Sp02= 97% on room air. ECG during a fuher chest pain episode reveals ST elevation in leads V2-V6 and Troponin T is negative.Which of the following is the most appropriate intervention for this patient?

APercutaneous coronary intervention
BEnoxaparin
CCalcium channel blocker
DAtenolol
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169673 Social & Preventive Medicine

A group of sports-science researchers is trying to determine what physical characteristics are positive predictors for success at the quarterback position in high school sports. A thorough physical examination is planned for all high school participants, including ethnicity, height, weight. BMI, and other variables. One of the testing sites in the Midwest region places the measurement stick 4 inches off of the ground, generously adding to the height of each athlete in their training center. This mistake can be categorized as which kind of bias if not addressed by the researchers?

AHawthorne bias
BMeasurement bias
CProcedure bias
DSampling bias
Social & Preventive Medicine
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169675 Surgery

A 44-year old male having a long history of cigarette smoking presented with gangrene of left foot. An amputation of the left foot was done. Representative sections from the specimen revealed presence of aerial thrombus with neutrophilic infiltrate in the aerial wall. The inflammation also extended into the neighboring veins and nerves. The most probable diagnosis is:

ATakayasu aeries
BGiant cell aeries
CThromboangiitis obliterans
DHypersensitivity angitis
Surgery
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