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Dabigatran etexilate is an oral thrombin inhibitor and rivaroxaban is an oral factor Xa inhibitor. #g2mdripfeed #MCI

The serum ferritin level is the most sensitive and specific initial laboratory test for iron- deficiency anemia (IDA) in patients with inflammation. #g2mdripfeed #JIPMER

Amniocentesis is ideally performed between 14-16 weeks of gestation. #g2mdripfeed #DNB

In Dizygotic twins, each twin has separate amnion and chorion and the intervening membrane consists of 4 layers amnion, chorion, chorion and amnion. #g2mdripfeed #AIIMS

Clavipectoral fascia forms the anterior wall of the axilla. #g2mdripfeed #NEETPG

21 a hydroxylase deficiency is the most common cause of androgenital syndrome. #g2mdripfeed #MCI

Fox– Fordyce disease (apocrine miliaria) is a disorder of the apocrine glands due to obliteration of Iits duct. #g2mdripfeed #JIPMER

Colonic diverticula are actually pseudodiverticula, most commonly located in the left colon. #g2mdripfeed #DNB

Rovsing’s sign, Obturator sign and Psoas sign are seen in appendicitis. #g2mdripfeed #AIIMS

Aortic stenosis have been associated with bleeding from angiectasia called Heyde’s syndrome. #g2mdripfeed #NEETPG

Clostridial myonecrosis (gas gangrene) is a distinct necrotizing infection of skeletal muscle. #g2mdripfeed #MCI

Chronic kidney disease, CIrrhosis, Rheumatoid disorders and cardiac problems are known to cause vascular lesions in GI tract. #g2mdripfeed #JIPMER

The commonest porphyria is porphyria cutanea tarda. #g2mdripfeed #DNB

The peripheral neuropathy is due to axonal degeneration and primarily affects motor neurons. #g2mdripfeed #AIIMS

Cefuroxime is a second generation cephalosporins which is resistant to gram negative beta lactamases. #g2mdripfeed #NEETPG

Greenish discolouration of the right iliac fossa is the first external sign of putrefaction. #g2mdripfeed #MCI

Gastroschisis is an abdominal wall defect located at the junction of the umbilicus and normal skin and is almost right of the umbilicus. #g2mdripfeed #JIPMER

Osteoblastic metastasis are seen in prostate carcinoma. #g2mdripfeed #DNB

The most common cardiac abnormalities in children with Down's syndrome is atrioventricular septal defect. #g2mdripfeed #AIIMS

Respiratory infections are the most common infections caused by pseudomona aeruginosa. #g2mdripfeed #NEETPG