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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 a limiting factor when initiating ACE inhibitors? hwo do you prevent a really bad reaction?






2. What is the most common location of colonization of all s. aureus types?






3. What are biphosphanate drugs structurally similar to? What are they used in the treatment of?






4. what presents congenitally as macroglossia - generalized hypotonia - and an umbilical hernia?






5. where are neurons lost in huntingtons disease? What are two mc presenting symptoms?






6. What is epispadias caused by?






7. why is glucagon used in beta blocker toxicitiy?






8. what receptors do first generation anti histamines block?






9. What is a cell surface marker seen in liver angiosarcoma?






10. What are two common side effects of both acute and long acting nitrates? What causes them?






11. what drugs causes the red man syndrome? how does it occur?






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






13. eukaryotes are often polycistronic (multiple genes per mRNA) so ____________ is linked






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






15. biotin is used By what in tissues responsible for gluconeogenesis






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






17. How do you explain the selective proteinuria of loss to albumin only in MCD?






18. What can long term leg cast wearing cause?






19. which nerve in the lower leg is easily injured and causes foot drop ? What are common causes? From what nerve does it branch off or?






20. how long is substance P? What does it do?






21. What is tachyphylaxis?






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






23. what pathology is found around the illeo cecal valve and presents in 2 year old children with colicky abdominal pain and currant jelly stools?






24. hypertonicity and hyperreflexity are ________________ of hydrocephalus






25. what has the greatest effect on prognosis when treating c. diptheriae?






26. what hormone is structurally similar to hCG?






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






28. which has better side effect profile - SSRI or TCA?






29. What is the immune deficinecy seen in ataxia telangactasia?






30. What pulmonary structural change can kartageners syndrome cause?






31. What does the inferior gluteal nerve innervate? how does damage to this nerve manifest?






32. how does achalasia present? What does barium swallow show on dilated esophagus?






33. at 2 years of age - What are the social - fine motor - gross motor and language developments?






34. is strep pneumo optochin resistant or susceptible? bile soluble or insoluble?






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






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






37. What three pathogens cause infectious esophagitis in HIV positive patients?






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






39. carnitine deficiency impairs production of What and how?






40. What is congestive hepatomegaly specific for?






41. What translocations can cause c - myc overexpression?






42. non ceruloplasmin deposition - ceruloplasmin is...






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






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






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






46. what phase do adenosine and acetylcholine act on? doing what?






47. what happens to the cell body of a neuron after the axon has been severed? What is this called? What is it second to?






48. when arrested in prophase of meiosis I - What are primary oocytes chrom number? What about the secondary oocytes that are stuck in metaphase of Meiosis II?






49. 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?






50. do Class IC agents prolong the QT interval?