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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does anti phospholipid syndrome in SLE patients predispose them to?






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






3. when arrested in prophase of meiosis I - What are primary oocytes chrom number? What about the secondary oocytes that are stuck in metaphase of Meiosis II?






4. what receptors do first generation anti histamines block?






5. If a patient has higher levels of HbF - What does this mean?






6. What is the most common location of colonization of all s. aureus types?






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






8. What is easiest way to treat nephrolithiasis?






9. What type of disease has selective proteinuria? What is found in urine? What is not?






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






11. In what view of CXR is anterior part of heart best seen? anterior part of heart is formed by?right border of heart is formed by? left border?






12. what enzyme converts procarcinogens into carcinogens?






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






14. What type of drug is alendronate?






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






16. which opponens muscle does ulnar innervate?






17. What are the three causes of acute MI in context of normal coronary arteries ?






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






19. What is the primary histologic finding in patients with eczematous dermatitis?






20. What does Rb protein do? what chrom is it on?






21. What are ulcers arising in the proximal duodenum in association with severe trauma or burns called?






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






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






24. What does the severity of leprosy depend on?






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






26. 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?






27. What are two indicators of chronic alcohol consumption?






28. Where does 90% of serotonin lie? What is this NT responsible?






29. What is the most important prognostic indicator in patients with malignant melanoma?






30. metabolism of 1 gram of protein produces How many calories? carb? fat?






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






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






33. How do you calculate atributable risk percent?






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






35. how can HAV be inactivated?






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






37. What is achalasia and how would this correlate on the esophageal mannometry?






38. What three factors effect total oxygen content of blood?






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






40. what should you think of in 'smear of an oral ulcer base'?






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






42. PDAs are often asymptomatic. How do you treat?






43. What actions increase venous return?






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






45. What is Tzanck smear used to detect?






46. What is the immune deficinecy seen in ataxia telangactasia?






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






48. What is hypospadias caused by?






49. What triggers the neoplastic changes that are associated with HBV infecton?






50. do patients with cor pulmonale have increased or decreased levels of aldosterone?