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USMLE Step3 Surgery

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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. antibiotics of acute cholecystitis






2. How to manage a patient with asystole






3. complication of distal radial fx and wrist fx splinted with palmar flexion at 15






4. xray finding of stress fx after 3-4w






5. When patient can go back to sports after clavicle fx






6. MVC - unrestrained driver - chest bruises - peripheral cyanosis - tachycardia and tahypnoea






7. Indication for bariatric surgery in obese patients






8. managment of animal bite in hands






9. varicose veins with ulcer - bleeding and thrombophlebitits






10. Tx of pulmonary contusion






11. What is the contraindication of hyperventilation in inc ICP






12. most common fx when falling on outsretched hand






13. management of stone 8-10mm






14. when patient with severe lung disease have C02 retention






15. cat/dog bites






16. How to confirm achiles tendon rupture






17. What is terrible triad






18. anal sphincter tone






19. What types of breast implants are available






20. indication of ursodeoxycholic acid






21. What is cushing's triad






22. clavicle fx






23. How varicocele causes testicular atrophy






24. complication displaced or communited distal radial fx






25. midline neck swelling moves with protrusion of tongue






26. When goiter needs surgery






27. Patient underwent CABG; postoperatively drowsy. most likely cause?






28. diarrhoea 4-5 days after cholecystectomy






29. 3 mo with groin bulge; bulge appears when child cries






30. How to dx ACL tear?






31. acalculus cholecystitis






32. suddent turning while running; twisting injury to the knee with one foot fixed to the ground






33. swelling and tenderness in anterior part of knee






34. diarrhoea after gastric bypass






35. types of hip fracture






36. Why initial xrays are negative in scaphoid fx






37. sudden onset of severe periumbilical pain/n/v; AF; hx of MI






38. Can we use beta blocker for pvd?






39. varicocele






40. What time frame required for bone remodeling






41. desatig plus decreasesd breath sound in one side of chest in patient with ET tube






42. when scaphoid fx patient needs to be referred to orthopedic






43. severe pain in leg after MVC






44. tx distal rectal ca






45. What is the strongest risk factor for male breast cancer






46. lacerated wound in palmer surface of hand. what structure is injured?






47. What is hungry bone syndrome?






48. MVC - unresponsive - bleeding from head - decr RR - unilat pupilary dilation - seizure






49. most common complication of acute cholecystitis






50. When to do surgery in undesceneded testis?