Palliative Medicine SCE Practice Questions - Specialty Certificate Examination in Palliative Medicine Exam - Palliative Medicine SCE Practice Questions - Specialty Certificate Examination in Palliative Medicine Exam

Question 1

A hospice patient with metastatic cancer is bedbound, taking only sips and has Cheyne-Stokes breathing. What is the best clinical interpretation?

The patient is likely in the dying phase and priorities should shift to comfort-focused anticipatory care Escalate to routine outpatient chemotherapy review Start long-term parenteral nutrition immediately Withhold all symptom-relief medication until death is certified

Correct Answer:

The patient is likely in the dying phase and priorities should shift to comfort-focused anticipatory care

Question 2

A dying patient has noisy respiratory secretions causing family distress but no evidence of pulmonary oedema. What medication class is most appropriate?

Antimuscarinic antisecretory medication such as glycopyrronium or hyoscine butylbromide High-dose loop diuretic as first-line therapy Routine broad-spectrum antibiotics Long-acting beta agonist inhaler

Correct Answer:

Antimuscarinic antisecretory medication such as glycopyrronium or hyoscine butylbromide

Question 3

A patient in the last days of life can no longer swallow modified-release morphine. What is the safest prescribing principle?

Convert to an appropriate continuous subcutaneous opioid dose with breakthrough doses available Crush modified-release tablets and give them sublingually Stop all opioid because oral intake has stopped Double the previous total daily opioid dose without calculation

Correct Answer:

Convert to an appropriate continuous subcutaneous opioid dose with breakthrough doses available

Question 4

A dying patient develops intermittent agitation after urinary retention and constipation have been excluded. What is a common first-line drug for terminal agitation?

Midazolam by subcutaneous route when non-drug causes have been addressed Oral bisphosphonate Inhaled corticosteroid Warfarin loading dose

Correct Answer:

Midazolam by subcutaneous route when non-drug causes have been addressed

Question 5

Family members ask why clinically assisted hydration is not being started automatically in a dying patient. What is the best response?

Benefits and burdens should be assessed individually and reviewed with the patient or those close to them Hydration is legally forbidden in the last days of life Hydration always prevents delirium and secretions Hydration must be continued indefinitely once started

Correct Answer:

Benefits and burdens should be assessed individually and reviewed with the patient or those close to them

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