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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 is the cause of rapid plasma decay of thiopental?






2. What is damaged in early syringomelia? later?






3. When is an S4 sound normal?






4. What are the three top bacterial causes of acute otitis media - sinusitis - and conjuctivitis?






5. What is diagnostic (and possible therapeutic for intussusception)?






6. what Cardiac condition does the valsalva maneuver abolish? how? what muscle is most important?






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






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






9. What actions increase venous return?






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






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






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






13. what dissolves the lipid bilayer of a viral envelope?






14. what enzyme converts procarcinogens into carcinogens?






15. what commonly happens in GI in response to acute physiologic stress?






16. What is used to prevent vertical transmission of HIV?






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






18. how does neisseria cause a petechial rash?






19. What is a keloid?






20. What is the sole neurologic manifestation of acute rheumatic fever?






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






22. What is the triad seen in pre eclampsia?






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






24. 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?






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






26. what hormone is structurally similar to hCG?






27. hypertonicity and hyperreflexity are ________________ of hydrocephalus






28. What are the first generation anti histamines?






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






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






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






32. 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?






33. why does variocele occur more in left side?






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






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






36. Which is faster purkinje system or atrial muscle?






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






38. What is contraindicated in toxic mega colon?






39. Where is aromatase used?






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






41. In what population does cholelithiasis occur?






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






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






44. hypertensive crises on food intake is typical of What antidepressant? what kind of food?






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






46. What is a cord factor and Which bugs have it? How do they appear on culture?






47. which viruses require a protease?






48. What is cataplexy and When is it seen?






49. which two virus families have hemagluttinin on their surface?






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