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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In What type of nephritis would you see high serum eos count?






2. If a patient has higher levels of HbF - What does this mean?






3. which two drug types can cause orthostatic hypotension (think depression and BPH)?






4. why are beta thal major patients asymptomatic at birth?






5. What is a cardiac cause of head pounding with exertion and nocturnal palpitations? What can cause this?






6. 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?






7. what induces bronchial squamous metaplasia?






8. why does hypothyroidism cause increased CPK levels?






9. What is the neurologic manifestation of ADPKD?






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






11. what makes bruits?






12. Where does vasopressin act - on the medullary or cortical segment of collecting tubule?






13. where are neurons lost in huntingtons disease? What are two mc presenting symptoms?






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






15. What can long term leg cast wearing cause?






16. What is capsaicin? Where does it work?






17. What does nitroprusside do to afterload? preload?






18. carnitine deficiency impairs production of What and how?






19. What aa is NAD+ coenyzme synthesized endogenously from? What does def cause?






20. what defines hypoxemia?






21. What is the precursor protein to beta amyloid and On what chromosome is it found?






22. what organ would an activating mutation in PRPP synthetase effect?






23. what happens to sperm count and semineferous tubules in patient with cryptoorchidism? hormonal function? why do they need to be surgically descended?






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






25. other than parvo B19 - what else is associated with red cell aplasia?






26. How do you calculate excretion rate of a substance? How do you calculate the filtration rate of a substance? clearance of what substance estimates the GFR?






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






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






29. What is it called when you see double vision when walking down stairs or looking at nose or reading newspaper?






30. What is easiest way to treat nephrolithiasis?






31. What does 'oxygen' content in blood refer to?






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






33. What are some side effects seen in TCAs?






34. What is used to compare means? categorical outcomes?






35. after a thrombus extraction - what serum enzyme shoots up and why?






36. What are two common side effects of both acute and long acting nitrates? What causes them?






37. in treating an anemia and erythropoiesis results - what would you expect to see in peripheral blood findings transiently?






38. where are the vegetations on the valves of a libman sacks endocarditis?






39. what drug is useful for secretory diarrhea?






40. which cells produce surfactant? which ones mediate gas exchange?






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






42. do patients with cor pulmonale have increased or decreased levels of aldosterone?






43. What is damaged in early syringomelia? later?






44. which anti epileptic is preferred in patients with both absence and tonic clonic seizures?






45. What is low levels of C1 esterase inhibitor diagnostic of? how can this be acquired?






46. What is a major risk factor for progression ARDS? What is the pathology seen in ARDS- d/t what?






47. What are the first line agents used in acute gouty arthritis? why not use colchicine? when would you use glucocorticoids?






48. in B12 deficiency - what levels in blood rise very quickly and then drop?






49. other than increasing HDL levels - what else does niacin do?






50. which artery provides the majority of the blood supply to the head and neck of the femur? what happens in fracture of neck?