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USMLE Buzzwords

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • 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. A05Upper Motor Neuron Lesion -






2. Corenybacterium D & Nocardia -






3. Guillain - Barre Syndrome






4. Pseudomonas aeroginosa. -






5. Appendicitis -


6. Takayasu arteritis - stenosis of aortic arch and its large branches with ischemia to upper part of the body






7. Syphilis -






8. Coarctation of the aorta






9. Staphylococcus aureus -






10. A05Due to M. vulgaris (actinomycetes) Inhalation of sugar cane dust -






11. Arnold - Chiari Malformation -






12. A05Sickle cell anemia -






13. A07Lyme disease -


14. Putamen - thalamus - A42Sydenhama Chorea






15. 'A17Pellagra - (Vitamin B3 - Niacin Deficiency)' -






16. CHF -






17. Neurofibromatosis (Von Recklinghausen's disease) -






18. 'A25Wet beriberi (thiamine - vitamin B1 deficiency)' -






19. Pseudomonas






20. Chaga's Disease (Trypanosoma infection) -






21. A04Guillain - Barre syndrome -






22. Macrocytic anemia -






23. A08Digoxin toxicity -






24. A06IgA Nephropathy -


25. A07Anthrax -






26. A07Sarcoidosis -






27. A03Vasculitis -






28. A09Down syndrome -


29. Mycobacterium tuberculosis -






30. Impetigo -






31. Multiple myeloma -






32. Rapidly progressive GN nephritic syndrome Associated w/ multi system disease or post - strep/post infectious glomerular nephritis -


33. Colon CA -






34. 'A33Albers - Schonberd Disease = inspite of - dense bone density - many fractures' -






35. Syphilis - overaggressive treatment of an asymptomatic patient that causes symptoms due to rapid lysis -






36. Paresthesias/hypoesthesias - tabetic gait - Dementia - A17Tabes Dorsalis (Tertiary syphilis) -






37. Rifampin -






38. Malignant hyperthermia -






39. 'A37Reovirus - RepeatOvirusat' -






40. Corynebacterium diphtheriae -






41. 'A37Clostridium - Actinomyces - Bacteroides' -






42. Streptococcus pneumoniae -






43. Pityriasis rosea -






44. A00Peptic ulcer disease -






45. Hypothyroidism -






46. Babesia microti: Babesiosis & Borrelia burgdorferi: Lyme Disease -






47. Toxic or viral hepatitis -






48. Arterial thrombus -






49. Associated with severe burns - A22Curling's ulcer -






50. Bacterial vaginosis -