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RCEM FRCEM - FRCEM Primary Examination

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Total 180 questions

A 33 year old man presents with signs of sepsis. A venous blood gas is taken which confirms an elevated haematocnt level What best describes the normal range of haematocnt you expect to find in a healthy male of this age?

A.

10-19%

B.

20-29%

C.

30-39%

D.

40-49%

E.

50-59%

A 32 year old builder slips with an angle grinder causing a deep facial wound which intersects with the inferomedial edge of the orbit and leaves exposed damaged bone.

What bone is most likely affected?

A.

Ethmoid

B.

Maxilla

C.

Nasal

D.

Sphenoid

E.

Zygoma

You are critically appraising a randomised controlled trial about the use of nebulised versus intravenous magnesium in acute asthma You are most interested in whether you can extrapolate the results to your setting and population

The presence of which factor would most limit the generalisability/external validity of the results?

A.

Absence of blinding

B.

Allocation bias

C.

Confounders

D.

Poor randomisation strategy

E.

Selection bias

A 72 year old diabetic man develops an oculomotor nerve palsy.

Which clinical sign are you most likely to find?

A.

Absence of sweating on the face

B.

Absent corneal reflex

C.

Constriction of the pupil

D.

Deviation of the eye inferolaterally

E.

Increased lacrimation