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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When does opening snap begin?






2. What is an abortive viral infection?






3. What is a common complication of acute pancreatitis? What is it?






4. Which is slower AV node or ventricular muscle?






5. Where does conjugation of bilirubin take place?






6. What is used to prevent vertical transmission of HIV?






7. Metronidizaole does not cover...






8. What does protein M do in Group A strep<






9. Where does complement bind on the Fc region of Ig chains?






10. What type of cancer is keratin swirls indicative of ? What is the prognosis of this cancer in the esophagus? What is it associated with?






11. what kind of drug is sertraline? What is a common side effect?






12. what immune deficiency causes recurrent neisseria infections?






13. What are pancreatic pseudocysts called pseudo rather than true cysts?






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






15. are strep pneumo bile sensitive or bile resistant? bile soluble or insoluble?






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






17. What would a deflection of the membrane potential to near zero indicate?






18. Where does vit C act in the hydroxylation of lysine residues for collagen? What is the cofactor required?






19. what happens with LDL receptor density in statin therapy?






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






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






22. 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?






23. What does the severity of leprosy depend on?






24. which staphylococci can do mannitol fermaentation?






25. What does prolonged PT indicated? aPTT? bleeding time?






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






27. What is 5- HETE and What does it do?






28. What does TGF beta do? What produces it?






29. Which nerve lies in close proximity to the inferior thyroid artery?






30. Which is faster atrial muscle or ventricular muscle?






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






32. What is difference between Arnold Chiari type I and II?






33. what clinical findings help distinguish small cell carcinoma?






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






35. what hormone is structurally similar to hCG?






36. what protects the resting heart from arrhythmias?






37. What are the first line agents used in acute gouty arthritis? why not use colchicine? when would you use glucocorticoids?






38. What is the best indicator for the severity of mitral stenosis?






39. what would be a sign of absence of cardiogenic pulm edem?






40. which are the only glycosylated proteins in HIV virus?






41. What causes release of myosin head from the actin filament?






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






43. How is dobutamine better than dopamine?






44. what commonly happens in GI in response to acute physiologic stress?






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






46. What causes the blurry vision side effects in first generation anti histamines?






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






48. What actions increase venous return?






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






50. what enzyme converts procarcinogens into carcinogens?