Test 1 Question 74. A 20-year-old patient comes into the emergency room while you are on call. She is 5 feet (152cm) tall and has difficulty maintaining her body weight above 67 pounds (30kg). She has lost weight in the past by dieting and was encouraged by her progress. She continued to decrease food intake and increase exercising until her weight dropped below 63 pounds (28kg). At this time she is no longer having her menstrual periods. She comes to the emergency room with symptoms of peptic ulcer disease. Which one of the following would be considered the most important and urgent part of her initial medical workup?

Test 1 Question 110. A young girl is brought to the pediatrician because she is not eating well. She has a lack of interest in food. She has had significant weight loss and is not growing properly. She is not getting enough nutrition and is missing days of school because
she feels physically ill. She has no disturbances in the way her weight or body is experienced. Which one of the following is the most appropriate diagnosis?

Test 1 Question 134. A 20-year-old woman comes to the emergency room with hypokalemic alkalosis, enlarged parotids, hypotension, and Russell’s sign. What diagnosis do you suspect?

Test 4 Question 27. Which one of the following is not a medical complication of weight loss in eating disorders?

Test 4 Question 29. Which one of the following is not a medical complication of purging seen in eating disorders?

Test 6 Question 23. A bulimic patient admits to you that she has been using large quantities of ipecac on a daily basis. Which of the following medical issues should you be most concerned with?

Test 6 Question 93. Which of the following categories of disorders classically has a female-to-male ratio of about 10 to 1?

Test 6 Question 98. The main factor differentiating binge eating disorder from bulimia nervosa is: