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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. which cells produce surfactant? which ones mediate gas exchange?






2. what enzymes is lipoic acid a cofactor for? What does a mutation in it result in?






3. What is medullary sponge kidney disease and how does it present? What does it lead to?






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






5. What agonists reduce the gradient across the LV outflow tract?






6. What are the three presentations of ataxia telangectasia? What does the mutation cause? What is the mode of inheritance?






7. What is extraocular muscle weakness a common symptom of?






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






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






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






11. Acyl coA synthetase is not...






12. what should you think of in 'smear of an oral ulcer base'?






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






14. What can chronic vit A toxicity cause?






15. What causes curlings ulcers?






16. What is epispadias caused by?






17. where exactly is ACE expressed in the lungs? What type of enzyme is it?






18. Which branch of the facial nerve provides taste from ant 2/3 of tongue?






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






20. What do you treat s. epidermidis with?






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






22. why does liver dysfunction cause coagulation disorders?






23. What does protein M do in Group A strep<






24. why is there only minor blood pressure increase during exercise if sympathetic activity is high (to increase CO and HR)?






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






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






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






28. What is the Na/Ca exchange used for?






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






30. What does the tuberoinfundibular pathway connect? What is it responsible for?






31. what increases turbulence and thus causes bruits? (specifically in terms of viscosity and velocity)






32. in B12 deficiency - what levels in blood rise very quickly and then drop?






33. what dissolves the lipid bilayer of a viral envelope?






34. What is contraindicated in toxic mega colon?






35. What causes vertical diplopia? horizontal?






36. What are the three top bacterial causes of acute otitis media - sinusitis - and conjuctivitis?






37. How do you calculate RPF from urine PAH?






38. neisseria are...






39. What is the triad seen in pre eclampsia?






40. What does 'oxygen' content in blood refer to?






41. what diseases can vit A be used to treat?






42. which anti epileptic is preferred in patients with both absence and tonic clonic seizures?






43. what Cardiac condition does the valsalva maneuver abolish? how? what muscle is most important?






44. What type of vision is myopia? In What type of patients does it improve?






45. do patients with cor pulmonale have increased or decreased levels of aldosterone?






46. do Class IC agents prolong the QT interval?






47. are strep pneumo bile sensitive or bile resistant? bile soluble or insoluble?






48. What is a primary HSV 1 infection like?






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






50. What is the key lab finding seen in type III serum sickness? What are some drugs that can induce it?