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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. What is the mcc of nephrotic syndrome in children and can occur in adults as wel?






2. What is the most common neurologic complication of VZV reactivation?






3. what bursa is affected when on knees like a maid/gardner?






4. What is dobutamine? What is it used for?how it is it most helpful? What is bad about it?






5. How do left sided colon adenocarcinomas present? right sided?






6. 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?






7. When does opening snap begin?






8. Is there edema in primary Conns? secondary hyperaldosteronism? why?






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






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






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






12. on which chromosome is wilms tumor found?






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






14. What is the most common initital symptom of ADPKD? what else?






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






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






17. what enzyme converts procarcinogens into carcinogens?






18. What causes wrist drop?






19. what drug is useful for secretory diarrhea?






20. how does achalasia present? What does barium swallow show on dilated esophagus?






21. carnitine deficiency impairs production of What and how?






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






23. What is congestive hepatomegaly specific for?






24. What is the most common cause of pyelonephritis in both adults and childre?






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






26. What does hypocapnia cause in teh brain? What is hypocapnia?






27. what pathology is found around the illeo cecal valve and presents in 2 year old children with colicky abdominal pain and currant jelly stools?






28. what protects the resting heart from arrhythmias?






29. What is the difference between paranoid personality disorder and delusional disorder?






30. What does glycosylase do to DNA? endonuclease? lyase? What does the order here of enzymes represent? what other enzymes are needed?

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31. What is the mc outcome of a patient acutely infected with Hep C? 2nd mc?






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






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






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






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






36. What is the mcc of cystitis and and acute pyelonephritis? mcc of UTI in sexually active women?






37. why is glucagon used in beta blocker toxicitiy?






38. What is epleronone?






39. What is the mc location for avascular necrosis? What is it associated with?






40. within the right ventricle - What are maximum pressures? the pulm arter?






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






42. how long is substance P? What does it do?






43. What type of calcium channels dictate the plateau in cardiac myocyte?






44. what hormone is structurally similar to hCG?






45. What does the superior gluteal nerve innervate? how does damage to this nerve manifest?






46. What antibodies are present in CREST? What is the most specific?






47. what virus causes pharyngoconjuctival fever?






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






49. What can too much IgA in serum produces?






50. What translocations can cause c - myc overexpression?