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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. how does neisseria cause a petechial rash?






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






3. what should you think of with coarctation of aorta - bicuspid valves and horseshoe kidney?






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






5. what would be a sign of absence of cardiogenic pulm edem?






6. why is crohns disease associated with oxaloacetate kidney stones?






7. how does increased ICP result in curlings ulcers?






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






9. which nerve in the lower leg is easily injured and causes foot drop ? What are common causes? From what nerve does it branch off or?






10. 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?






11. 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?






12. What is the diagnosis in delayed puberty plus anosmia?






13. why is there only minor blood pressure increase during exercise if sympathetic activity is high (to increase CO and HR)?






14. Where does lysyl oxidase act? What is the cofactor for that?






15. what protein is increased in Crohns disease? What does it do?






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






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






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






19. What causes wrist drop?






20. IL4 is used for isotypye switching to what?






21. in the fluid running along the PT - what happens to PAH - inulin - urea - creatinine? how about glucose - aa - bicarb?






22. Which branch of the facial nerve provides taste from ant 2/3 of tongue?






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






24. which congenital adrenal hyperplasia presents with all genotypes as phenotypically female and with salt retention and hypertension?






25. What is a cell surface marker seen in liver angiosarcoma?






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






27. How do you treat gonococcal infection? chlymadia?






28. what defines hypoxemia?






29. Where does complement bind on the Fc region of Ig chains?






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






31. name three pathological states that present with large tongues.






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






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






34. what vessel would a fracture to the neck of the of the humerus damage?






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

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36. which antiarrythmic is associated with blue gray discoloration ?






37. What is normal fibrinogen levels?






38. Where is the base of the heart? apex?






39. What can chronic vit A toxicity cause?






40. What is mcc of death pre hospital phase of MI? in hospital phase?






41. What is cataplexy and When is it seen?






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






43. What three things can reduce the risk of non hereditary ovarian and endometrial cancer?






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






45. how does noise induced hearing loss occur?






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






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






48. What is contraindicated in toxic mega colon?






49. What are two indicators of chronic alcohol consumption?






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