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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. how much percent of sodium is excreted? urea? glucose?






2. What torch causes an intrapartum infection (as opposed to the rest which are in utero)?






3. What is difference between Arnold Chiari type I and II?






4. What is the mcc of extrinsic allergic asthma?






5. at 2 years of age - What are the social - fine motor - gross motor and language developments?






6. which congenital hyperbilirubinemia actually presents with serious symptoms? which are less serious/






7. which nerve provides innervation for plantar flexion and inversion?






8. What type of antiarrythmics can protect against both atrial and ventricular arrythmias?






9. Where is conduction in heart fastest? slowest?






10. which two virus families have hemagluttinin on their surface?






11. what phase do adenosine and acetylcholine act on? doing what?






12. ___________ is liver specific






13. What does L/S stand for in fetal lung maturity? When does maturity occur?






14. which RPGN is also called pauci immune GN? why?






15. what happens to capacitance with age?






16. what immune deficiency causes recurrent neisseria infections?






17. What is cataplexy and When is it seen?






18. why should you not use ACE inhibitors with someone who had hereditary angioedema?






19. What are the three top bacterial causes of acute otitis media - sinusitis - and conjuctivitis?






20. Axillary lymph node dissection is a risk factor for the development of chronic lymphedema of the ipsilateral arm. What does chronic lymphedema predispose to?






21. what drug causes aggression - nystagmus - ataxia - slurred speech - exaggerated gait and involuntary movements?






22. In What type of nephritis would you see high serum eos count?






23. What is the best indicator for the severity of mitral stenosis?






24. What type of drug is alendronate?






25. What agonists reduce the gradient across the LV outflow tract?






26. prostaglandin synthesis keeps...






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






28. What is the only cranial nerve that comes out dorsally? What does this mean clinically?






29. What can nitrates lead to that is bad for angina therapy? How do you counter this?






30. niacin used for hyperlipidemia - What are its side effects? why do they occur? how can you prevent them?






31. What is the preferred treatment for DKA?






32. What causes vertical diplopia? horizontal?






33. in essential fructosuria - what enzyme do patients use to metabolize fructose?






34. What can chronic vit A toxicity cause?






35. what hernia has a similar mechanism to hydrocele?






36. what color pigmentations are caused by malassezia furfur? when do they become more visible?






37. what murmur is enhanced by decreased blood flow to the heart?






38. When is an S4 sound normal?






39. What is a side effect of ACE inhibitor that is more worrisome in patients with renal failure?who else is it worrisome in?






40. what makes bruits?






41. What does prolonged PT indicated? aPTT? bleeding time?






42. What are the two growth factors associated with angiogenesis?






43. what happens with LDL receptor density in statin therapy?






44. Where is high frequency sound best recepted? low frequency sound? Which is lost more in elderly?






45. 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?






46. What can differentiate between relative and absolute erythrocytosis? What can distinguish between primary and secondary erythrocytosis (both absolute mind you)?






47. What would a deflection of the membrane potential to near zero indicate?






48. when do ghon complexes form - primary or secondary TB?






49. what commonly happens in GI in response to acute physiologic stress?






50. What is the inherited defect in LiFraumeni syndrome? What is the mode of inheritance?