GPST Stage 2 Answers

By Hannah Brown in GPST on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 @ 09:55

A couple of weeks ago we posted the GPST Stage 2 questions.  Here are the answers...

Paper One Questions

1.         B          Mobitz Type I second-degree heart block

2.         E          There is a significant risk of secondary malignancy in the survivors

3.         C          The disease is X-linked

4.         A          Addison disease

5.         C          Cushing syndrome

6.         B          Conn syndrome

7.         G          Phaeochromocytoma

8.         B          Continue the PPI and review in 2 weeks

9.         C          Subarachnoid haemorrhage

10.       B          All of A and meningitis (types A and C) also

11.       E          Hepatitis A and B, typhoid, polio, diphtheria and rabies vaccines

12.       H   Typhoid and polio vaccines only

13.       F          No precautions required

14.       C          The first test should be a blood glucose

15.       D         Nickel dermatitis

16.       E          Aspirin should be started

17.       C          A raised PaCO₂ is indicative of near-fatal asthma

18.       E          Electrical cardioversion is immediately indicated

19.        E         Phimosis

20.       D         Hyposplenism

21.       E         Increase in total lung capacity

22.        C        Isoniazid, Rifampicin ethambutol, pyrazinamide for 2 months and Isoniazid, Rifampicin  for a further 4 months 

23.        E        Trial of bronchodilators

24.        A         Amlodipine

25.        E        Lisinopril

26.        B         Atenolol

27.        F         Losartan

28.        G         Methyl dopa

29.       C          Acute left ventricular failure

30.       E          Reduced FEV1/FVC ratio and normal or increased gas transfer

31.        B         cCa 2.36, PO₄ 0.95, ALP 165

32.       C          Anterior NSTEMI

34.        E          Acanthosis nigricans

35.       B           Necrobiosis lipoidica

36.       C           Pyoderma gangrenosum

37.       E          Graves’ disease

38.       C          Due to acquired iron deficiency

Paper Two Questions

39.       D C B A

40.       A B D

41.       B D A C

42.       C A B D    

43.       B D A C