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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is suggestive of complete central DI?






2. within the right ventricle - What are maximum pressures? the pulm arter?






3. What is the most common neurologic complication of VZV reactivation?






4. facial pain and headache in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis is highly suggestive of what? How do you diagnose? What is a char finding?






5. What is the most common congenital adrenal hyperplasia? What does the enzyme convert What to what? and What is the presentation?






6. What triggers the neoplastic changes that are associated with HBV infecton?






7. Where does conjugation of bilirubin take place?






8. are there signs of inflammation in avascular necrosis? then How do you diagnose?






9. What are the three predominant symptoms of VHL? What is its mode of inheritance?






10. What is a cardiac cause of head pounding with exertion and nocturnal palpitations? What can cause this?






11. which two virus families have hemagluttinin on their surface?






12. What almost exclusively causes Epliglottitis?What type of capsule does it have? What are the symptoms?

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13. at one year of age - What are the social - fine motor - gross motor and language developments?






14. What are the first line agents used in acute gouty arthritis? why not use colchicine? when would you use glucocorticoids?






15. What type of antiarrythmics can protect against both atrial and ventricular arrythmias?






16. how does increased ICP result in curlings ulcers?






17. carnitine deficiency impairs production of What and how?






18. What is the mcc of elevated AFP leves in pregnancy>






19. What is the only catecholamine that is made in only one place? where? By what enzyme? controlled by what?






20. why is glucagon used in beta blocker toxicitiy?






21. why are pregnant predisposed to cholelithiasis?






22. What does VIP do to gastric acid secretion?






23. What type of gene is bcl 2 ? On what chromosome is it? what chromosome is IgG heavy chain on?






24. which RPGN is also called pauci immune GN? why?






25. Metronidizaole does not cover...






26. What is the precursor protein to beta amyloid and On what chromosome is it found?






27. which congenital hyperbilirubinemia actually presents with serious symptoms? which are less serious/






28. What is diphenoxylate and What is it used for? what drug is it structurally similar to? What allows for potent anti diarrheal effect without signigicant opiate effects?






29. What is used to compare means? categorical outcomes?






30. How can renal blood flow be calculated from RPF?






31. What is the diagnosis in delayed puberty plus anosmia?






32. What is the mainstay treatment for acute mania?






33. What is usually teh last gene mutation in development of a carcinoma (from an adenoma for example)?






34. In What type of nephritis would you see high serum eos count?






35. which headaches are seen mostly in men - are severe - unilateral - periorbital - episodic (around same time every day) - temporal pain - with lacrimation - nasal congestion and ptosis?






36. What is the primary histologic finding in patients with eczematous dermatitis?






37. What is Bortezomib and What is it used for?






38. What type of bond is a disulfide bond?






39. what provides some cutaneous sensation to the posterior external auditory canal? What can happen if pressure is put there?






40. which nerve provides innervation for plantar flexion and inversion?






41. the rate of blood flow of which two circulations must equal each other at all times?






42. Is the uterus enlarged in endometriosis? does it cause dyspareunia?






43. SIADH patients have normal blood volume but...






44. What are two indicators of chronic alcohol consumption?






45. prostaglandin synthesis keeps...






46. What is the mc outcome of a patient acutely infected with Hep C? 2nd mc?






47. how can HAV be inactivated?






48. What are fenfluramine - phentermine?






49. What causes wrist drop?






50. What does prolonged PT indicated? aPTT? bleeding time?