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USMLE Step 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. The most common 1






2. Key side effects of atypical antipsychotics.






3. The most common cause of seizures in children (2-10 years).






4. How to diagnose and follow a leiomyoma.






5. Treatment for malignant hypertension.






6. The most common cause of bloody nipple discharge.






7. A 21-year - old male has three months of social withdrawal - worsening grades - flattened affect - and concrete thinking.






8. Causes of transudative effusion.






9. Life - threatening muscle rigidity - fever - and rhabdomyolysis.






10. The most common type of testicular cancer.






11. 'Doughy skin.'






12. Treatment for Guillain - Barr






13. The three most common causes of fever of unknown origin (FUO).






14. ECG findings suggesting MI.






15. ? CO - ? PCWP - ? PVR.






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






17. Proteinuria - hypoalbuminemia - hyperlipidemia - hyperlipiduria - edema.






18. Birth rate?






19. An antidiabetic agent associated with lactic acidosis.






20. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






21. Three systemic diseases ? nephrotic syndrome.






22. Trauma series.






23. The most common type of nephrolithiasis.






24. Elevated erythropoietin level - elevated hematocrit - and normal O2 saturation suggest?






25. Dermatomal distribution.






26. Associated with Propionibacterium acnes and changes in androgen levels.






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






28. Four causes of microcytic anemia.






29. Charcot's triad.






30. Treatment for TTP.






31. How to distinguish polycythemia vera from 2






32. A burn patient presents with cherry- red flushed skin and coma. SaO2 is normal - but carboxyhemoglobin is elevated. Treatment?






33. Iris - like target lesions.






34. A 40-year - old obese female with elevated alkaline phosphatase - elevated bilirubin - pruritus - dark urine - and clay- colored stools.






35. Treatment for ventricular fibrillation.






36. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






37. The most common cause of hypothyroidism.

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






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






40. Aplastic crisis in sickle cell disease.






41. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






42. Vaccinations at a six- month well - child visit.






43. The most common causes of dementia.

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44. Appropriate diagnostic test?






45. Complication of scaphoid fracture.






46. Signs suggesting radial nerve damage with humeral fracture.






47. Sentinel loop on AXR.






48. Albuminocytologic dissociation.






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






50. Microcytic anemia with ? serum iron - ? ferritin - and ? TIBC.