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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. How do you calculate RPF from urine PAH?






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






3. which RPGN is also called pauci immune GN? why?






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






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






6. carnitine deficiency impairs production of What and how?






7. 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?






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






9. which virus inactivates both Rb and p53?






10. what clinical findings help distinguish small cell carcinoma?






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






12. metabolism of 1 gram of protein produces How many calories? carb? fat?






13. What is the fibrinogen level in patient with TTP- HUS? DIC?






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






15. at three years of age What are social - fine motor - gross motor and language developments?






16. What is the difference between paranoid personality disorder and delusional disorder?






17. Where is the base of the heart? apex?






18. is Rifampin ever used as monotherapY? why either way?






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






20. What is damaged in early syringomelia? later?






21. on which chromosome - and which gene - are people with sporadic and hereditary renal cell carcinomas found to have mutations?






22. What are fenfluramine - phentermine?






23. What does the superior gluteal nerve innervate? how does damage to this nerve manifest?






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






25. Which is faster purkinje system or atrial muscle?






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






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






28. the rate of blood flow of which two circulations must equal each other at all times?






29. What is a clara cell?






30. which are the only glycosylated proteins in HIV virus?






31. What are three symptoms in s.typhi?






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






33. What can too much IgA in serum produces?






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






35. What is Tzanck smear used to detect?






36. why does neutrophila occur with corticosteroids?






37. 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?






38. is strep pneumo optochin resistant or susceptible? bile soluble or insoluble?






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

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40. hypertonicity and hyperreflexity are ________________ of hydrocephalus






41. What can worse neurologic dysfunction in cobalamic def?






42. How can renal blood flow be calculated from RPF?






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






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






45. What is the mc manifestation of CMV in HIV patient? immunocompetent?






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






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






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






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






50. What is difference between Arnold Chiari type I and II?