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






2. why does neutrophila occur with corticosteroids?






3. What is the best indicator for the severity of mitral stenosis?






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






5. which nerve is at risk when ligating the superior thyroid artery? Which is the only muscle this nerve innervates? what nerve innervates all the other laryngeal muscles?






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






7. what commonly happens in GI in response to acute physiologic stress?






8. a patient fearing all white coats is a phenomenon of what?






9. What can inhaled anesthetics (like halothane) cause post operatively? what virus does it immitate? What are the presenting symptoms?






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






11. What is contraindicated in toxic mega colon?






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






13. what makes bruits?






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






15. What is the triad seen in pre eclampsia?






16. What does TGF beta do? What produces it?






17. other than proteinuria - What can cause foamy froathy urine?






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






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






20. What translocations can cause c - myc overexpression?






21. what drug is useful for secretory diarrhea?






22. What is Tzanck smear used to detect?






23. in the LV and aorta - What are the pressures?






24. What does NF- KB do?






25. what disease causes a lack of intracellular killing? lack of killing viruses and fungi?






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






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






28. which two drug types can cause orthostatic hypotension (think depression and BPH)?






29. What does the severity of leprosy depend on?






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






31. what murmur is enhanced by decreased blood flow to the heart?






32. What is normal fibrinogen levels?






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






34. on which chromosome is wilms tumor found?






35. What can long term leg cast wearing cause?






36. What can cause virilization of a mother during pregnancy?






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






38. What does L/S stand for in fetal lung maturity? When does maturity occur?






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






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






41. when do ghon complexes form - primary or secondary TB?






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






43. What is diagnostic (and possible therapeutic for intussusception)?






44. When does neovascularization granulation tissue begin to form after severe ischemia and MI? what happens in 12-24 hours? 2 weeks to 2 months? 1-5 days? 0-4 hours? when do you see edema - hemorrhage - wavy fibers?






45. which opponens muscle does ulnar innervate?






46. What is diphenoxylate and What is it used for? what drug is it structurally similar to? What allows for potent anti diarrheal effect without signigicant opiate effects?






47. What can worse neurologic dysfunction in cobalamic def?






48. erythema nodosum - elevated ACE - scattered granulomas - arthralgias - hilar lymphadenoapthy are indicative of what?






49. name three pathological states that present with large tongues.






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