AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL COUNGIL MEDICINE SURGERY PAEDIATRICS OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY eee thd SPECIALTIES GENERAL PRACTICE pe LABORATORY TESTS Publishing DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING© 1997 by Blackwell Pubishing Lid Firstprnted 1997 Reprinted 2000 Reprinted 2002 Roprinted 2004 Reprinted 2007 Reprinted 2008 ‘Blackwell Publishing Inc. 350 Main Steet, Maiden, Massachusetts 02148-5020, USA ‘Blackwell Publishing Li, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 200, UK sJohn Wiley & Sons (Australia), 155 Cremorne Street, Richmond, Vctoria121, Austalia ‘The ight ofthe Author tobe ientiid as the Author o his Workhas been assertad in ‘accordance with the Copyright Act 1968 and alllater amendments, Al rights reserved. No part o this publication may be reproduced, stored ina rerioval systom, oF transmitted in ay form or by ary means, electronic, mechanical. photocopying, recording oF jthenwise, except as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968 and al later amendments, without he prior permission ofthe publisher. Cataloguing-in Publication Data Annotat multiple-choice questions Includes index ISBN 0867933771 ‘Medicine - Examinations. 2. Multiple-choice Examinations. 1. Australian ‘Medical Council, 610.76 Fortune information on Blackwell Pubishing, vsitour website hitputwww.blackwollpublishing.com ‘The pubisher's potcy isto use permanent paper trom mills that operate a sustainable forestry policy, and which has been manutactured from pulp processed using acid ire and elementary Chlorine: practices. Furthermore, the publisher ensures that the text paper and cover board used have met acceptable environmental accrediation standards. Design and typesetting by Stephanie Thompson Graphic Design rintedin China by Prinplus LiritodMEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL PANEL FOREWORD John S Horvath PREFACE Arthur Lindesay Clark ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Vernon C Marshall SECTION 4 Multipte Choice Questions Medicine Type A Type J Surgery Type A Type J Paediatrics Type A Obstetrics and Gynaecology Type A 3 Psychiatry Type A SECTION 2 Commentaries for Multiple Choice Questions and ‘Summary of Correct Responses Medicine Type A Commentaries Correct Responses Medicine Type J Commentaries Correct Responses Surgery Type A Commentaries Correct Responses Surgery Type J Commentaries Correct Responses Paediatrics Type A Commentaries Correct Responses Obstetrics and Gynaecology Type A ‘Commentaries Correct Responses Psychiatry Type A Commentaries Correct Responses FURTHER READING APPENDIX I Summary of question classieations showing functions and systems Keys and Descriptors APPENDIX I Alternative multiple choice question formats APPENDIX III Medical eponyms INDEX xi xii Bo 53 at 101 123 143 159 190 193 245 253 279 281 303 305 329 331 360 361 363 363 375 381 397