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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. What can long term leg cast wearing cause?






2. erythema nodosum - elevated ACE - scattered granulomas - arthralgias - hilar lymphadenoapthy are indicative of what?






3. Where does the aorta lie in relation to the pulmonary artery in transposition of the great arteries (is this right to left or left to right shunt?)?






4. hemaglobin and hematocrit levels cannot __________ between relative and absolute erythrocytosis






5. What does sustained hand grip do to the C/V system?






6. What is the mc location of brain germinomas?What are the classic symptoms?






7. what disease causes hypoxia induced hemolysis? oxidant induced hemolysis?






8. What type of endocarditis is cytoscopy induced?






9. what happens to PaO2 - % sat - and O2 content in: Anemia - polycythemia - CO poisoning?






10. What is contraindicated in toxic mega colon?






11. at one year of age - What are the social - fine motor - gross motor and language developments?






12. Which is faster atrial muscle or ventricular muscle?






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






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






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






16. lipid filled plaques in which arteries does thigh claudication suggest? difficulty sustaining an erection?






17. What is the diagnosis in a patient with bilateral upper extremity hyporeflexia and bilateral lower extremity hyperreflexia?






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






19. What is gardeners mydriasis? How is it treated?






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






21. What does C1 esterase do other than inhibiting complement pathway?






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






23. what has the greatest effect on prognosis when treating c. diptheriae?






24. What is a malignant pustule? What is it usually caused by? What type of capsule does it have?






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






26. What type of mutation does aflatoxin cause? what cancer does this increase for?






27. How is dobutamine better than dopamine?






28. neisseria are...






29. What are the primary determinants of colon cancer risk in UC patients






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

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31. What are some of the permissive effects of cortisol?






32. What is a limiting factor when initiating ACE inhibitors? hwo do you prevent a really bad reaction?






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






34. What is medullary sponge kidney disease and how does it present? What does it lead to?






35. What is subacute sclerosisng encephalitis caused by?






36. What are the three predominant symptoms of VHL? What is its mode of inheritance?






37. 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?






38. What can cause virilization of a mother during pregnancy?






39. what presents congenitally as macroglossia - generalized hypotonia - and an umbilical hernia?






40. which viruses require a protease?






41. What pulmonary structural change can kartageners syndrome cause?






42. what drugs causes the red man syndrome? how does it occur?






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






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






45. on which chromosome is wilms tumor found?






46. How do you explain the selective proteinuria of loss to albumin only in MCD?






47. What is an abortive viral infection?






48. What is the cause of rapid plasma decay of thiopental?






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






50. What are the long term consequences of hydrocephalus?