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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 it called when you see double vision when walking down stairs or looking at nose or reading newspaper?






2. What is a common complication of acute pancreatitis? What is it?






3. What is the only cranial nerve that comes out dorsally? What does this mean clinically?






4. what disease causes hypoxia induced hemolysis? oxidant induced hemolysis?






5. what drug causes aggression - nystagmus - ataxia - slurred speech - exaggerated gait and involuntary movements?






6. how does noise induced hearing loss occur?






7. niacin used for hyperlipidemia - What are its side effects? why do they occur? how can you prevent them?






8. If a patient has higher levels of HbF - What does this mean?






9. What is capacitance inversely proportional to?






10. What type of bond is a disulfide bond?






11. What is the mcc of cystitis and and acute pyelonephritis? mcc of UTI in sexually active women?






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






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






14. lipid filled plaques in which arteries does thigh claudication suggest? difficulty sustaining an erection?






15. how does eos release MBP to kill protozoa etc?






16. what stimulates bicarb secretion from the pancreas? Where is this hormone produced?






17. What pulmonary structural change can kartageners syndrome cause?






18. there are mucus secreting cells in the bronchioles...






19. What are the two coagulase negative staphylococci? How do you distinguish them?






20. what composes the superior and inferior borders of the right side of the cardiac silouhette in a CXR? Where is the pulm arter?






21. How do bradykinin - C3a and C5a cause edema?






22. What is low levels of C1 esterase inhibitor diagnostic of? how can this be acquired?






23. What causes release of myosin head from the actin filament?






24. Would alpha 1 agonists cause flushing? muscarinic antagonist?






25. What is epispadias caused by?






26. What does the clinical presentation of restlessness - agitation - dysphagia - and progression to coma 30-50 days after cave exploring? hwo do you prevent?






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






28. h1 receptor anatagonists are not effective in treatment of asthma only for...






29. What is the mc manifestation of CMV in HIV patient? immunocompetent?






30. What antibodies are present in CREST? What is the most specific?






31. What is the diagnosis in a patient with bilateral upper extremity hyporeflexia and bilateral lower extremity hyperreflexia?






32. which nucleus releases serotonin?






33. What are two indicators of chronic alcohol consumption?






34. which staphylococci can do mannitol fermaentation?






35. what should you think of with coarctation of aorta - bicuspid valves and horseshoe kidney?






36. What are the long term consequences of hydrocephalus?






37. What is intussusception? how does ischemia and necrosis occur?






38. What is the mcc of nephrotic syndrome in children and can occur in adults as wel?






39. What are the first generation anti histamines?






40. What type of drug is atropine? what else is needed in addition to atropine when treating organophosphate poison?






41. what immune deficiency causes recurrent neisseria infections?






42. what organ would an activating mutation in PRPP synthetase effect?






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






44. What is the difference between additive and synergistic?






45. within the right atrium - What is the maximum pressure? left atrium?






46. which congenital adrenal hyperplasia presents with ambiguous genitalia in females and salt retention?






47. What is the cause of rapid plasma decay of thiopental?






48. What are some side effects seen in TCAs?






49. What is the inherited defect in LiFraumeni syndrome? What is the mode of inheritance?






50. What are pancreatic pseudocysts called pseudo rather than true cysts?