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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. What are ulcers arising in the proximal duodenum in association with severe trauma or burns called?






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






3. up to what level are ciliated cells present in the pulmonary system? mucus producing cells?






4. how does noise induced hearing loss occur?






5. What are three symptoms in s.typhi?






6. Where is conduction in heart fastest? slowest?






7. why are pregnant predisposed to cholelithiasis?






8. What are examples of action that decrease venous return to the heart?






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






10. What is hypospadias caused by?






11. What are the three presentations of ataxia telangectasia? What does the mutation cause? What is the mode of inheritance?






12. How is dobutamine better than dopamine?






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






14. which congenital adrenal hyperplasia presents with all genotypes as phenotypically female and with salt retention and hypertension?






15. What can nitrates lead to that is bad for angina therapy? How do you counter this?






16. What does anti phospholipid syndrome in SLE patients predispose them to?






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






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






19. other than in pyelonephritis - where else are WBC casts seen?






20. biotin is used By what in tissues responsible for gluconeogenesis






21. What is the mcc of extrinsic allergic asthma?






22. What is epleronone?






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






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






25. What does p53 do? what chrom is it on?






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






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






28. What is the diagnosis in delayed puberty plus anosmia?






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






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






31. in the fluid running along the PT - what happens to PAH - inulin - urea - creatinine? how about glucose - aa - bicarb?






32. 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?






33. lipid filled plaques in which arteries does thigh claudication suggest? difficulty sustaining an erection?






34. what defines hypoxemia?






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






36. How can renal blood flow be calculated from RPF?






37. which antiarrythmic is associated with blue gray discoloration ?






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






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






40. What does the clinical presentation of restlessness - agitation - dysphagia - and progression to coma 30-50 days after cave exploring? hwo do you prevent?






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






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






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






44. which congenital adrenal hyperplasia presents with ambiguous genitalia in females and salt retention?






45. What is a clara cell?






46. What type of endocarditis is cytoscopy induced?






47. What is Bortezomib and What is it used for?






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






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






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