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






2. Where is conduction in heart fastest? slowest?






3. What is epleronone?






4. which trisomy is associated with endocardial cushion defects? What does thsi mean>






5. What are the common causes of metabolic alkalosis? How do you differentiate between them?






6. in overweight individuals What is thought to contribute to insulin resistance?






7. Metronidizaole does not cover...






8. sporadic colon cancer tend to arise From what type of polyps?






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






10. In what population does cholelithiasis occur?






11. which nucleus releases serotonin?






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






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






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






15. What aa is NAD+ coenyzme synthesized endogenously from? What does def cause?






16. What type of drug is alendronate?






17. How do you calculate excretion rate of a substance? How do you calculate the filtration rate of a substance? clearance of what substance estimates the GFR?






18. What are diastolic (lowest) pressures in aorta? LV?






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






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






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






22. Where does glycolsylation occur of alpha procollagen chains occur? disulfide bond formation at the C terminus?






23. What can nitrates lead to that is bad for angina therapy? How do you counter this?






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






25. which type of glands produce an initially odorless secretion but can become malodorous secondary to bacterial decompisition on the skin surface? which glands are present throughout the skin except on lips and glans penis?






26. What is acanthosis nigricans associated with?






27. how will ectopic pregnancy rupture present? What is key history question for diagnosis? what would a uterine biopsy show?






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






29. Where is high frequency sound best recepted? low frequency sound? Which is lost more in elderly?






30. Is there edema in primary Conns? secondary hyperaldosteronism? why?






31. ___________ is liver specific






32. what induces bronchial squamous metaplasia?






33. how does noise induced hearing loss occur?






34. nucleotide deletions do not cause missense mutations - they cause...






35. What is a clara cell?






36. which congenital adrenal hyperplasia presents with all genotypes as phenotypically female and with salt retention and hypertension?






37. What does extended consumption of appetite suppressants lead to?






38. What is the difference between Acyl CoA carboxylase and Acyl CoA dehydrogenase?






39. What is it called if psychotic symptoms last less than one month? one to six months? more than six months?






40. 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?






41. what defines hypoxemia?






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






43. Axillary lymph node dissection is a risk factor for the development of chronic lymphedema of the ipsilateral arm. What does chronic lymphedema predispose to?






44. What are the skin presentation in sarcoid?






45. what immune deficiency causes recurrent neisseria infections?






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






47. What effects does cortisol have on catecholamines?






48. What is a malignant pustule? What is it usually caused by? What type of capsule does it have?






49. other than parvo B19 - what else is associated with red cell aplasia?






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