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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. Medical options for endometriosis.






2. Beck's triad for cardiac tamponade.






3. A man unexpectedly flies across the country - takes a new name - and has no memory of his prior life.






4. Honeycomb pattern on CXR. Diagnosis? Treatment?






5. Antidepressants associated with hypertensive crisis.






6. Begin Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis in an HIV- positive patient At what CD4 count? Mycobacterium avium - intracellulare (MAI) prophylaxis?






7. Two consecutive findings of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) on Pap smear. Follow - up evaluation?






8. The most likely cause of acute lower GI bleed in patients > 40 years old.






9. Neonatal mortality?






10. 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.






11. Epidemics such as influenza






12. A tall white male presents with acute shortness of breath. Diagnosis? Treatment?






13. AML subtype associated with DIC.






14. Heinz bodies?






15. 'Doughy skin.'






16. Name the defense mechanism:






17. A neonate has meconium ileus.

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18. A middle - aged man presents with acute - onset monoarticular joint pain and bilateral Bell's palsy. What is the likely diagnosis - and how did he get it? Treatment?






19. CSF findings:






20. Medical treatment for hepatic encephalopathy.






21. IV drug use with JVD and holosystolic murmur at the left sternal border. Treatment?






22. Galactorrhea - impotence - menstrual dysfunction - and ? libido.






23. Test to rule out urethral injury.






24. Laparoscopic findings in endometriosis.

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25. Meningitis in neonates. Causes? Treatment?






26. A nonsuppurative complication of streptococcal infection that is not altered by treatment of 1






27. A patient presents with tachycardia - wild swings in BP - headache - diaphoresis - altered mental status - and a sense of panic.






28. True or false: Withdrawing life - sustaining care is ethically distinct from withholding sustaining care.






29. An eight -year - old child is in a serious accident. She requires emergent transfusion - but her parents are not present.






30. PPD reactivity is used as a screening test because most people with TB (except those who are anergic) will have a +PPD. Highly sensitive or specific?






31. Odds ratio?






32. The most common 1






33. Infection of small airways with epidemics in winter and spring.






34. What is the immunodeficiency?






35. Treatment of AF.






36. Diagnostic modality used when ultrasound is equivocal for cholecystitis.






37. The most common type of skin cancer; the lesion is a pearly- colored papule with a translucent surface and telangiectasias.






38. Hypercholesterolemia treatment that ? flushing and pruritus.






39. Findings in 3






40. Anemia associated with absent radii and thumbs - diffuse hyperpigmentation - caf

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41. A 50-year - old man with a history of alcohol abuse presents with boring epigastric pain that radiates to the back and is relieved by sitting forward. Management?

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42. A 20-year - old man presents with a palpable flank mass and hematuria. Ultrasound shows bilateral enlarged kidneys with cysts. Associated brain anomaly?






43. Treatment for mild - persistent asthma.






44. Classic ECG finding in atrial flutter.

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45. Waxy casts in urine sediment and Maltese crosses (seen with lipiduria).






46. A 50-year - old male presents with early satiety - splenomegaly - and bleeding. Cytogenetics show t(9 -22). Diagnosis?






47. Acute - phase treatment for Kawasaki disease.






48. T- wave flattening and U waves.






49. Differential of hypervolemic hyponatremia.






50. Three systemic diseases ? nephrotic syndrome.