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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 are two indicators of chronic alcohol consumption?






2. What does sustained hand grip do to the C/V system?






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






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






5. other than increasing HDL levels - what else does niacin do?






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






7. What are the three predominant symptoms of VHL? What is its mode of inheritance?






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






9. in essential fructosuria - what enzyme do patients use to metabolize fructose?






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






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






12. What is the general compensatory mechanism to prevent edema is situations with increased central venous pressure?






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






14. what enzymes is lipoic acid a cofactor for? What does a mutation in it result in?






15. What is the diagnosis in delayed puberty plus anosmia?






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






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






18. what vessel would a fracture to the neck of the of the humerus damage?






19. what happens to sperm count and semineferous tubules in patient with cryptoorchidism? hormonal function? why do they need to be surgically descended?






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






21. What do you treat s. epidermidis with?






22. carnitine deficiency impairs production of What and how?






23. Where does conjugation of bilirubin take place?






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






25. What causes vertical diplopia? horizontal?






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






27. What would a deflection of the membrane potential to near zero indicate?






28. why does neutrophila occur with corticosteroids?






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






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






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






32. how does neisseria cause a petechial rash?






33. What torch causes an intrapartum infection (as opposed to the rest which are in utero)?






34. How do you treat gonococcal infection? chlymadia?






35. What is cataplexy and When is it seen?






36. what indicates the severity of a mitral regurg ? mitral stenosis?






37. What does nitroprusside do to afterload? preload?






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






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






40. What is a keloid?






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






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






43. Where is conduction in heart fastest? slowest?






44. What is usually teh last gene mutation in development of a carcinoma (from an adenoma for example)?






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






46. what hormone is structurally similar to hCG?






47. prostaglandin synthesis keeps...






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






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






50. What type of gene is bcl 2 ? On what chromosome is it? what chromosome is IgG heavy chain on?