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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 the most common neurologic complication of VZV reactivation?






2. 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?






3. What is a cardiac cause of head pounding with exertion and nocturnal palpitations? What can cause this?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. What are ulcers arising in the proximal duodenum in association with severe trauma or burns called?






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






13. What does hypocapnia cause in teh brain? What is hypocapnia?






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






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






16. Is the uterus enlarged in endometriosis? does it cause dyspareunia?






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






18. What is easiest way to treat nephrolithiasis?






19. after triglyceride metabolism - What is the fate of the glycerol? what enzyme is involved?






20. What is the mcc of asymmetric inflammatory arthiritis of the lower extremities in young men? what HLA association?






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






22. do Class IC agents prolong the QT interval?






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






24. up to what level are ciliated cells present in the pulmonary system? mucus producing cells?






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






26. Which is faster purkinje system or atrial muscle?






27. What is the most common congenital adrenal hyperplasia? What does the enzyme convert What to what? and What is the presentation?






28. Where does vasopressin act - on the medullary or cortical segment of collecting tubule?






29. Where is conduction in heart fastest? slowest?






30. What is the most common cause of pyelonephritis in both adults and childre?






31. What does the clinical presentation of restlessness - agitation - dysphagia - and progression to coma 30-50 days after cave exploring? hwo do you prevent?






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






33. What is an abortive viral infection?






34. What is the mc outcome of a patient acutely infected with Hep C? 2nd mc?






35. What type of calcium channels dictate the plateau in cardiac myocyte?






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






37. What antibodies are present in CREST? What is the most specific?






38. What do you treat s. epidermidis with?






39. other than in pyelonephritis - where else are WBC casts seen?






40. What is gardeners mydriasis? How is it treated?






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






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






43. how much percent of sodium is excreted? urea? glucose?






44. what protein is increased in Crohns disease? What does it do?






45. lipid filled plaques in which arteries does thigh claudication suggest? difficulty sustaining an erection?






46. What type of drug is alendronate?






47. What is used to compare means? categorical outcomes?






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






49. what disease causes hypoxia induced hemolysis? oxidant induced hemolysis?






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