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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 are the first generation anti histamines?






2. What is the most common congenital adrenal hyperplasia? What does the enzyme convert What to what? and What is the presentation?






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






4. what virus causes pharyngoconjuctival fever?






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






6. what nerve and artery course along the posterior aspect of the humerus?






7. What is pickwickian syndrome? What are the lab findings?






8. Where does terminal peptide cleavage of collagen fibrils take place?






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






10. what locations of UC increase the risk of Colon cancer?






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






12. How do you calculate atributable risk percent?






13. 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?






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






15. What are the three presentations of ataxia telangectasia? What does the mutation cause? What is the mode of inheritance?






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






17. What causes alpha helical proteins in alzheimers to become insoluble and prone to aggregating?






18. who bleed more DIC or TTP- HUS patients?






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






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






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






22. what indicates the severity of a mitral regurg ? mitral stenosis?






23. which nucleus releases serotonin?






24. other than mycobacterim wha other bacteria is acid fast?






25. are there signs of inflammation in avascular necrosis? then How do you diagnose?






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






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






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






29. What is the Na/Ca exchange used for?






30. What are diastolic (lowest) pressures in aorta? LV?






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






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






33. What is Tzanck smear used to detect?






34. 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?






35. How can renal blood flow be calculated from RPF?






36. What is used to treat heparin toxicity?






37. is strep pneumo optochin resistant or susceptible? bile soluble or insoluble?






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






39. what disease causes a lack of intracellular killing? lack of killing viruses and fungi?






40. which staphylococci can do mannitol fermaentation?






41. What are the two mcc of focal brain lesions in HIV positive patients?






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






43. What is the key lab finding seen in type III serum sickness? What are some drugs that can induce it?






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






45. What is the preferred treatment for DKA?






46. What test would be best to determine if a gene is being transcribed? translated?






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






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






49. up to what level are ciliated cells present in the pulmonary system? mucus producing cells?






50. Which nerve lies in close proximity to the inferior thyroid artery?