2 Alcohol – 2
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1. Heavy alcohol consumption increases the risk of pharyngeal carcinoma. | ![]() |
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2. Convictions for driving with blood level over 80 mg/L are strongly suggestive of alcohol dependence. | ![]() |
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3. Binge drinking is more harmful than regular drinking. | ![]() |
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4. Alcoholic liver disease is more common in bus conductors than in the general population. | ![]() |
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5. Chronic alcohol intake enhances GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid)-benzodiazepine receptor function. | ![]() |
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6. The microsomal ethanol oxidizing system metabolizes only 5–10% of the alcohol consumed. | ![]() |
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7. Cloninger’s type 1 alcoholism is predominantly genetically determined. | ![]() |
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8. Acute alcohol intoxication elevates gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) levels. | ![]() |
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9. In the EEG (electroencephalogram), there is a pattern associated with alcohol use. | ![]() |
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10. Withdrawal delirium is an essential feature of alcohol dependence syndrome. | ![]() |
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11. Auditory hallucinations occur in alcohol withdrawal. | ![]() |
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12. In delirium tremens, cogwheel rigidity may suggest nicotinic acid deficiency. | ![]() |
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13. Approximately 10% of chronic heavy drinkers develop seizures. | ![]() |
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14. Alcoholic hallucinosis characteristically occurs when alcohol intake is reduced. | ![]() |
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15. Confabulation is a feature of Korsakoff’s psychosis. | ![]() |
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16. In Korsakoff’s psychosis, semantic memory is impaired. | ![]() |
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17. Increased fast activity in the EEG is a characteristic feature of hepatic encephalopathy. | ![]() |
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18. 80% of survivors of Wernicke’s encephalopathy suffer from Korsakoff’s syndrome. | ![]() |
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19. In chronic alcoholism suicide risk is increased only in the depressed. | ![]() |
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20.The Minnesota model of treatment for alcoholism recommends strict daily limits on alcohol consumption rather than abstinence. | ![]() |
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21. Acamprosate is an NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartic acid) antagonist. | ![]() |
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22. Alcohol detoxification cannot usually be done at home in a 65-year-old man. | ![]() |
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23. Disulfiram can cause peripheral neuritis. | ![]() |
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24. In the management of alcoholism, group therapy is more effective than individual therapy. | ![]() |
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25. Marchiafava–Bignami syndrome is associated with demyelination of the corpus callosum. | ![]() |
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