Pathology EMQ template

YourName: Matthew Lumley

YourIdentifier:

Theme: Malaria

OPTION LIST

A

Blood culture

I

Quinine

B

Thick film

J

Doxycyline

C

Thin film

K

Penicillin

D

Falciparum malaria

L

Liver biopsy

E

Vivax malaria

M

  

F

Ovale malaria

N

  

G

Malariae malaria

O

  

H

chloroquine

P

  

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

  1. The most useful investigation in determining whether a patient has malaria is?

    2.  

     

  2. The most sensitive method of determining the type of malaria is?

    3.  

     

  3. This type of malaria is the most dangerous and frequently causes death if untreated
    4.

     

  4. This type of malaria frequently recurs

 

 

5) Which drug would you use in the treatment of life-threatening malaria

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. b

2. c

3. d

4. e

5.i