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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 low levels of C1 esterase inhibitor diagnostic of? how can this be acquired?






2. why are beta thal major patients asymptomatic at birth?






3. What type of drug is alendronate?






4. How do bradykinin - C3a and C5a cause edema?






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






6. after triglyceride metabolism - What is the fate of the glycerol? what enzyme is involved?






7. what virus causes pharyngoconjuctival fever?






8. Where is aromatase used?






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






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






11. Which is slower AV node or ventricular muscle?






12. hypertonicity and hyperreflexity are ________________ of hydrocephalus






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






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






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






16. What is hyaline arteriosclerosis usually a sign of ?






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






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






19. What does the inferior gluteal nerve innervate? how does damage to this nerve manifest?






20. what defines hypoxemia?






21. What is Tzanck smear used to detect?






22. prostaglandin synthesis keeps...






23. Which is faster atrial muscle or ventricular muscle?






24. What is usually teh last gene mutation in development of a carcinoma (from an adenoma for example)?






25. What are some side effects seen in TCAs?






26. What are the long term consequences of hydrocephalus?






27. What is medullary sponge kidney disease and how does it present? What does it lead to?






28. What effects does cortisol have on catecholamines?






29. facial pain and headache in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis is highly suggestive of what? How do you diagnose? What is a char finding?






30. 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?






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






32. What are the common causes of metabolic alkalosis? How do you differentiate between them?






33. What is it called if psychotic symptoms last less than one month? one to six months? more than six months?






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






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






36. When is an S4 sound normal?






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






38. What does the severity of leprosy depend on?






39. Where does conjugation of bilirubin take place?






40. why does hypothyroidism cause increased CPK levels?






41. What is extraocular muscle weakness a common symptom of?






42. Acyl coA synthetase is not...






43. In what form are mitochondrial DNA? What do they transcribe?






44. What is the mc location of brain germinomas?What are the classic symptoms?






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






46. What is the mutation type in thalassemias? what process is defective because of this?






47. How do you treat gonococcal infection? chlymadia?






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






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






50. What are the potassium sparing diuretics?