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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. how long is substance P? What does it do?






2. What is a common complication of acute pancreatitis? What is it?






3. What causes congenital QT prolongation syndrome? What is death caused by? in one of the syndromes - What is a common other symptom?






4. on which chromosome - and which gene - are people with sporadic and hereditary renal cell carcinomas found to have mutations?






5. other than proteinuria - What can cause foamy froathy urine?






6. What is the mcc of nephrotic syndrome in children and can occur in adults as wel?






7. What is the mc manifestation of CMV in HIV patient? immunocompetent?






8. nucleotide deletions do not cause missense mutations - they cause...






9. What translocations can cause c - myc overexpression?






10. what increases turbulence and thus causes bruits? (specifically in terms of viscosity and velocity)






11. biotin is used By what in tissues responsible for gluconeogenesis






12. What does VIP do to gastric acid secretion?






13. What is best to prevent GBS infection in a baby?






14. What are the long term consequences of hydrocephalus?






15. What is 5- HETE and What does it do?






16. What is a primary HSV 1 infection like?






17. What almost exclusively causes Epliglottitis?What type of capsule does it have? What are the symptoms?

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18. why does neutrophila occur with corticosteroids?






19. Where does vit C act in the hydroxylation of lysine residues for collagen? What is the cofactor required?






20. Which is faster atrial muscle or ventricular muscle?






21. What is the only catecholamine that is made in only one place? where? By what enzyme? controlled by what?






22. What is hypospadias caused by?






23. What is Bortezomib and What is it used for?






24. What can worse neurologic dysfunction in cobalamic def?






25. What is the cause of fixed splitting of S2? why?






26. why does hypothyroidism cause increased CPK levels?






27. what protects the resting heart from arrhythmias?






28. What is the difference between Acyl CoA carboxylase and Acyl CoA dehydrogenase?






29. What type of cancer is keratin swirls indicative of ? What is the prognosis of this cancer in the esophagus? What is it associated with?






30. What is diphenoxylate and What is it used for? what drug is it structurally similar to? What allows for potent anti diarrheal effect without signigicant opiate effects?






31. How do you calculate RPF from urine PAH?






32. What are the two coagulase negative staphylococci? How do you distinguish them?






33. What are some side effects seen in TCAs?






34. What is the preferred treatment for DKA?






35. What does phosphoglycerate mutase produce? In what process - instead of what? what cells used this and why?






36. which headaches are seen mostly in men - are severe - unilateral - periorbital - episodic (around same time every day) - temporal pain - with lacrimation - nasal congestion and ptosis?






37. In what form are mitochondrial DNA? What do they transcribe?






38. where are the two classical places that the ulnar nerve can be injured?

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39. in the LV and aorta - What are the pressures?






40. what kind of drug is sertraline? What is a common side effect?






41. what drug is useful for secretory diarrhea?






42. is Rifampin ever used as monotherapY? why either way?






43. What is the most common cause of hydatid cysts in humans? What does spilling of cysts cause?






44. which nerve is at risk when ligating the superior thyroid artery? Which is the only muscle this nerve innervates? what nerve innervates all the other laryngeal muscles?






45. What are pancreatic pseudocysts called pseudo rather than true cysts?






46. What does Rb protein do? what chrom is it on?






47. which staphylococci can do mannitol fermaentation?






48. What is the mainstay treatment for acute mania?






49. When does neovascularization granulation tissue begin to form after severe ischemia and MI? what happens in 12-24 hours? 2 weeks to 2 months? 1-5 days? 0-4 hours? when do you see edema - hemorrhage - wavy fibers?






50. What is an abortive viral infection?