Fever and febrile syndromes
General Medicine · Topic 4
Source: NMC CBME Curriculum 2024 · Volume II · General Medicine · Topic 4 · combined PDF page 288
Practice questions
- According to the supplied review, which episode pattern meets its descriptive definition of periodic fever?
- Which immune components are emphasized in the supplied review of systemic autoinflammatory periodic fever syndromes?
- A patient with a periodic fever syndrome is being considered for biologic therapy. Which infection screening does the supplied review recommend before biologic treatment?
- Which approach best matches the monitoring described for a patient receiving treatment for an autoinflammatory periodic fever syndrome?
- Which statement most accurately represents the treatment evidence summarized in the supplied periodic-fever review?
- A child has had three febrile episodes in six months, with each episode eight days apart. What can be concluded using the supplied review's definition?
- In the supplied FMF case report, what combination most closely describes the child's clinical course?
- Which genetic finding was reported in the child diagnosed with atypical familial Mediterranean fever?
- In the reported child with atypical FMF, which findings were elevated during febrile episodes?
- In the supplied case report, what happened after oral colchicine was given to the child diagnosed with atypical FMF?
- Which interpretation of the unremarkable urinalysis and bone marrow examination in the reported FMF case is most appropriate?
- Besides improvement in the child's symptoms, what broader outcome did the supplied FMF case report describe after diagnosis and treatment?
- Which geographic description of Oropouche virus is given in the supplied review?
- How many confirmed Oropouche infections during the 2024 spread are reported in the supplied review?
- According to the supplied review, what viral process contributed to novel OROV strains during the 2024 outbreak?
- A pregnant patient with febrile illness reports recent travel to an area where OROV transmission has been reported. Which concern is specifically raised by the supplied review?
- Which statement correctly distinguishes confirmed observations from ongoing investigations in the supplied OROV review?
- Which set of fetal or pregnancy-associated sites is reported in the supplied OROV review as having viral nucleic acid or antigen detected?
- In what year does the supplied review state that OROV was discovered?
- A febrile 72-year-old develops chest tightness at 39°C. ECG shows ST elevation and an rSR′ pattern in V1–V2, and subsequent ECGs normalize as fever resolves. Which interpretation best matches the supplied case report?
- In the supplied fever-associated Brugada case, which leads showed the reported ECG pattern?
- What did coronary angiography show in the patient with fever-associated ST-segment elevation in the supplied Brugada case report?
- Which course was observed after fever subsided in the supplied Brugada case?
- Which statement best captures the diagnostic limitation emphasized by the supplied Brugada case report?