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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. in essential fructosuria - what enzyme do patients use to metabolize fructose?






2. what dictates the resting membrane potential of most cells?






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






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






5. where are the vegetations on the valves of a libman sacks endocarditis?






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






7. integrin mediated adhesion of cells to ECM (and BM) involves integrin binding to what?






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






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






10. What is normal fibrinogen levels?






11. What does nitroprusside do to afterload? preload?






12. when do ghon complexes form - primary or secondary TB?






13. How do you explain the selective proteinuria of loss to albumin only in MCD?






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






15. When is acid phosphatase elevated (Name two times)?






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






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






18. what immune deficiency causes recurrent neisseria infections?






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






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






21. in the LV and aorta - What are the pressures?






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






23. What is a cardiac cause of head pounding with exertion and nocturnal palpitations? What can cause this?






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






25. What are some of the permissive effects of cortisol?






26. which viruses require a protease?






27. a patient fearing all white coats is a phenomenon of what?






28. which nerve provides innervation for plantar flexion and inversion?






29. What is the presentation of angioedema? Where is most commonly affected?






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






31. What is a major risk factor for progression ARDS? What is the pathology seen in ARDS- d/t what?






32. what phase do adenosine and acetylcholine act on? doing what?






33. What can too much IgA in serum produces?






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






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






36. in B12 deficiency - what levels in blood rise very quickly and then drop?






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. which RPGN is also called pauci immune GN? why?






44. which trisomy is associated with endocardial cushion defects? What does thsi mean>






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






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






47. What can differentiate between relative and absolute erythrocytosis? What can distinguish between primary and secondary erythrocytosis (both absolute mind you)?






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






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






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







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