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USMLE Step 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Method of calculating fluid repletion in burn patients.






2. Electrolyte changes in tumor lysis syndrome.






3. Nontender abdominal mass associated with elevated VMA and HVA.






4. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






5. Breast malignancy presenting as itching - burning - and erosion of the nipple.


6. The most common cause of hypertension in young men.






7. A patient develops endocarditis three weeks after receiving a prosthetic heart valve. What organism is suspected?






8. A congenital heart disease that cause 2






9. Presence of red cell casts in urine sediment.






10. The most common form of glomerulonephritis.


11. The most common cancer in men and the most common cause of death from cancer in men.






12. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






13. Cold water is flushed into a patient's ear - and the fast phase of the nystagmus is toward the opposite side. Normal or pathological?






14. A six-year - old girl presents with a port - wine stain in the V2 distribution as well as with mental retardation - seizures - and leptomeningeal angioma.






15. A patient fails to lactate after an emergency C- section with marked blood loss.


16. Treatment for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) in children.






17. A 55-year - old obese patient presents with dirty - velvety patches on the back of the neck.






18. Treatment for SVC syndrome.






19. Joint pain and stiffness that worsen over the course of the day and are relieved by rest.






20. CSF findings:






21. May be seen in children who are accused of inattention in class and confused with ADHD.






22. Peaked T waves and widened QRS.






23. Which of the following are ? in DIC: fibrin split products - D- dimer - fibrinogen - platelets - and hematocrit.






24. CSF findings:






25. Complication of scaphoid fracture.






26. Cohort study






27. Acceptable urine output in a stable patient.






28. Treatment of DKA.






29. Lab findings in Hashimoto's thyroiditis.






30. Neutropenic nadir postchemotherapy.






31. A child has loss of red light reflex. Diagnosis?






32. Name the defense mechanism:






33. The most common causes of dementia.


34. Treatment of cardiogenic shock.






35. CSF findings:






36. Classic causes of drug - induced hepatitis.






37. The most common histology of bladder cancer.






38. Medications and viruses that ? aplastic anemia.






39. Conditions in which confidentiality must be overridden.






40. Eight surgically correctable causes of hypertension.


41. Test to rule out urethral injury.






42. Relative risk?






43. Findings in 3






44. Sudden onset of mental status changes - emesis - and liver dysfunction after taking aspirin.


45. A four -year - old child presents with oliguria - petechiae - and jaundice following an illness with bloody diarrhea. Most likely diagnosis and cause?






46. An active 13-year - old boy has anterior knee pain. Diagnosis?






47. A 10-year - old child presents in status epilepticus - but her parents refuse treatment on religious grounds.


48. A son asks that his mother not be told about her recently discovered cancer.


49. A 'blueberry muffin' rash is characteristic of what congenital infection?






50. An eight -year - old boy presents with hemarthrosis and ? PTT with normal PT and bleeding time. Diagnosis? Treatment?