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






2. What are the two coagulase negative staphylococci? How do you distinguish them?






3. Would alpha 1 agonists cause flushing? muscarinic antagonist?






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






5. why does variocele occur more in left side?






6. what receptors do first generation anti histamines block?






7. What is normal fibrinogen levels?






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






9. What is easiest way to treat nephrolithiasis?






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






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






12. What can too much IgA in serum produces?






13. what happens to capacitance with age?






14. what composes the superior and inferior borders of the right side of the cardiac silouhette in a CXR? Where is the pulm arter?






15. What does L/S stand for in fetal lung maturity? When does maturity occur?






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






17. What is an abortive viral infection?






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






19. other than parvo B19 - what else is associated with red cell aplasia?






20. where are Beta 1 receptors found?






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






22. 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?






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






24. How do left sided colon adenocarcinomas present? right sided?






25. what murmur is enhanced by decreased blood flow to the heart?






26. What is Tzanck smear used to detect?






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






28. What actions increase venous return?






29. why are pregnant predisposed to cholelithiasis?






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






31. What is damaged in early syringomelia? later?






32. SIADH patients have normal blood volume but...






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






34. What is the cause of fixed splitting of S2? why?






35. What is epispadias caused by?






36. What is pickwickian syndrome? What are the lab findings?






37. What translocations can cause c - myc overexpression?






38. What are the skin presentation in sarcoid?






39. on which chromosome is wilms tumor found?






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






41. what hormone is structurally similar to hCG?






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






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






44. there are mucus secreting cells in the bronchioles...






45. what should you think of with coarctation of aorta - bicuspid valves and horseshoe kidney?






46. Acyl coA synthetase is not...






47. which nerve in the lower leg is easily injured and causes foot drop ? What are common causes? From what nerve does it branch off or?






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






49. What type of endocarditis is cytoscopy induced?






50. sporadic colon cancer tend to arise From what type of polyps?