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WorksheetsBlood MCQ Test – Batch A
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Choose the single best response: A middle-aged woman with diabetes mellitus is receiving antitubercular therapy including isoniazid and rifampicin. During treatment, she develops deep vein thrombosis and is initiated on warfarin. Despite adequate dosing, her prothrombin time (PT/INR remains subtherapeutic). What is the most appropriate next step in management?
Increase the dose of warfarin
Replace warfarin with acenocoumarin
Discontinue rifampicin and substitute with ethambutol
Start low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH)
Choose the single best response: Heparin therapy should be monitored with intermittent estimation of:
Bleeding time
Prothrombin time
aPTT
All of the above
Choose the single best response: Which of the following metabolic reactions require vitamin B12 but not folate?
Conversion of malonic acid to succinic acid
Conversion of homocysteine to methionine
Conversion of serine to glycine
Thymidylate synthesis
Choose the single best response: A 40-year-old man has megaloblastic anemia and early signs of neurological abnormality. The drug most probably required is:
Folic acid
Iron sulphate
Erythropoietin
Vitamin B12
Choose the single best response: Idarucizumab is the specific antidote for:
Rivaroxaban
Dabigatran
Apixaban
Edoxaban
Choose the single best response: A patient with burns and massive plasma loss is admitted to ICU. Which plasma expander is physiologically most ideal?
Albumin
Dextran
Gelatin polymer
Hydroxyethyl starch
Choose the single best response: The mechanism of action of clopidogrel is:
ADP receptor inhibitor
Thromboxane A2 synthesis inhibitor
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor
Platelet serotonin receptor inhibitor
Choose the single best response: Which of these is an indication of tranexamic acid
Menorrhagia
Cerebrovascular accident
Hematuria
Recurrent abortion
Choose the single best response: Which of these is a contraindication to the use of reteplase?
History of myocardial infarction
Surgery in the past 5 years
Prior intracranial hemorrhage
Prior use of reteplase
Choose the single best response: Tranexaemic acid is a specific antidote of:
Fibrinolytic drugs
Organophosphates
Barbiturates
Heparin
