Medical QA Dataset
Browse 40 curated medical questions with ground truth answers. Select samples to include in your experiment.
What is the first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus?
Which enzyme is deficient in Phenylketonuria (PKU)?
What is the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in adults?
Which nerve is damaged in carpal tunnel syndrome?
What is the mechanism of action of aspirin?
Which vitamin deficiency causes scurvy?
What is the gold standard test for diagnosing pulmonary embolism?
Which electrolyte abnormality is most commonly associated with digoxin toxicity?
What is the most common type of kidney stone?
Which chromosome is affected in Down syndrome?
What is the mechanism of HIV antiviral resistance to nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors?
Which cell type is primarily affected in multiple sclerosis?
What is the normal range of serum sodium?
Which artery supplies the sinoatrial node in most individuals?
What is the treatment of choice for Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection?
Which hormone is produced by the beta cells of the pancreas?
What is the most sensitive early marker of acute myocardial infarction?
Which bacteria produces the Shiga toxin?
What is the pathophysiology of myasthenia gravis?
What is the primary function of the lymphatic system?
Which type of necrosis is characteristic of ischemic injury in the brain?
What is the most common benign tumor of the uterus?
Which immunoglobulin class is primarily responsible for the immediate hypersensitivity reaction in asthma?
Which cytokine is the primary driver of fever during the acute phase response?
A patient presents with autoimmune destruction of pancreatic alpha cells, leading to insulin-dependent diabetes. Which cells are actually destroyed in type 1 diabetes?
Which class of immunoglobulin is the most abundant in serum?
What type of hypersensitivity reaction is involved in rheumatoid arthritis, driven primarily by antigen-antibody immune complex deposition?
A clinician orders a beta-blocker, propranolol, to treat a patient's pheochromocytoma-induced hypertension before surgery. Which class of drug should actually be given first in pheochromocytoma management?
What is the characteristic histological finding in Hodgkin lymphoma?
What is the gold standard imaging modality for diagnosing acute appendicitis in adults?
A patient with suspected Graves' disease is found to have elevated TSH along with elevated free T4. Which TSH finding would actually be expected in Graves' disease?
Which type of collagen is predominantly found in skin and bone?
What is the best initial treatment for an anaphylactic reaction?
Which part of the nephron is the primary site of action of loop diuretics such as furosemide?
A patient with B12 deficiency is treated, but the physician notes the deficiency is due to lack of intrinsic factor produced by gastric chief cells. Which gastric cells actually produce intrinsic factor?
What is the characteristic pattern of inheritance for hemophilia A?
Which type of necrosis is classically seen in tuberculosis granulomas?
What is the first-line imaging study for evaluating suspected stroke within the first few hours of symptom onset?
A patient with chronic granulomatous disease has defective neutrophils due to a deficiency of myeloperoxidase, leading to recurrent infections. Which enzyme deficiency actually causes chronic granulomatous disease?
What is the classic triad of symptoms in Wernicke encephalopathy?