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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. what hernia has a similar mechanism to hydrocele?






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






3. 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?






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






5. What is contraindicated in toxic mega colon?






6. carnitine deficiency impairs production of What and how?






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






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






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






10. what happens with LDL receptor density in statin therapy?






11. What are some of the permissive effects of cortisol?






12. What are some side effects seen in TCAs?






13. What is pickwickian syndrome? What are the lab findings?






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






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






16. in treating an anemia and erythropoiesis results - what would you expect to see in peripheral blood findings transiently?






17. What is the mc location of brain germinomas?What are the classic symptoms?






18. What causes alpha helical proteins in alzheimers to become insoluble and prone to aggregating?






19. where are Beta 1 receptors found?






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






21. What is achalasia and how would this correlate on the esophageal mannometry?






22. What type of disease has selective proteinuria? What is found in urine? What is not?






23. What can differentiate between relative and absolute erythrocytosis? What can distinguish between primary and secondary erythrocytosis (both absolute mind you)?






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






25. where are the two classical places that the ulnar nerve can be injured?

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






27. What test would be best to determine if a gene is being transcribed? translated?






28. Which nerve lies in close proximity to the inferior thyroid artery?






29. Where does terminal peptide cleavage of collagen fibrils take place?






30. What is a side effect of ACE inhibitor that is more worrisome in patients with renal failure?who else is it worrisome in?






31. When is acid phosphatase elevated (Name two times)?






32. How do you calculate RPF from urine PAH?






33. What do you treat s. epidermidis with?






34. What is subacute sclerosisng encephalitis caused by?






35. What is the preferred treatment for DKA?






36. Which is slower AV node or ventricular muscle?






37. What can too much IgA in serum produces?






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






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






40. what clinical findings help distinguish small cell carcinoma?






41. Acyl coA synthetase is not...






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






43. What is used to prevent vertical transmission of HIV?






44. Where does complement bind on the Fc region of Ig chains?






45. What is the mc malignancy in asbestosis?






46. what would be a sign of absence of cardiogenic pulm edem?






47. What is the most common cause of hydatid cysts in humans? What does spilling of cysts cause?






48. what locations of UC increase the risk of Colon cancer?






49. What pulmonary structural change can kartageners syndrome cause?






50. What is a cord factor and Which bugs have it? How do they appear on culture?