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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the most common location of colonization of all s. aureus types?






2. what hernia has a similar mechanism to hydrocele?






3. what happens to capacitance with age?






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






5. which artery provides the majority of the blood supply to the head and neck of the femur? what happens in fracture of neck?






6. What almost exclusively causes Epliglottitis?What type of capsule does it have? What are the symptoms?

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






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






9. What pulmonary structural change can kartageners syndrome cause?






10. What three factors effect total oxygen content of blood?






11. Which branch of the facial nerve provides taste from ant 2/3 of tongue?






12. What is the triad seen in pre eclampsia?






13. do Class IC agents prolong the QT interval?






14. Where does lysyl oxidase act? What is the cofactor for that?






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






16. what should you think of with coarctation of aorta - bicuspid valves and horseshoe kidney?






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






18. What is contraindicated in toxic mega colon?






19. How do left sided colon adenocarcinomas present? right sided?






20. What causes congenital QT prolongation syndrome? What is death caused by? in one of the syndromes - What is a common other symptom?






21. what organ would an activating mutation in PRPP synthetase effect?






22. What is capsaicin? Where does it work?






23. What is the most common neurologic complication of VZV reactivation?






24. what induces bronchial squamous metaplasia?






25. What is omalizumab and What is it used for?






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






27. which type of glands produce an initially odorless secretion but can become malodorous secondary to bacterial decompisition on the skin surface? which glands are present throughout the skin except on lips and glans penis?






28. what drug is useful for secretory diarrhea?






29. nucleotide deletions do not cause missense mutations - they cause...






30. What are the acute effects of corticosteroids on the CBC?






31. What does prolonged PT indicated? aPTT? bleeding time?






32. why does liver dysfunction cause coagulation disorders?






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






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






35. What are the primary determinants of colon cancer risk in UC patients






36. What is suggestive of complete central DI?






37. What does phosphoglycerate mutase produce? In what process - instead of what? what cells used this and why?






38. how does noise induced hearing loss occur?






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






40. which nerve provides innervation for plantar flexion and inversion?






41. What can long term leg cast wearing cause?






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






43. What type of bond is a disulfide bond?






44. Metronidizaole does not cover...






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






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






47. why is crohns disease associated with oxaloacetate kidney stones?






48. What do you treat s. epidermidis with?






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






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