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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. why does variocele occur more in left side?






2. What is the cause of rapid plasma decay of thiopental?






3. IL4 is used for isotypye switching to what?






4. What does hypocapnia cause in teh brain? What is hypocapnia?






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






6. What is the mcc of elevated AFP leves in pregnancy>






7. Where does 90% of serotonin lie? What is this NT responsible?






8. What actions increase venous return?






9. the rate of blood flow of which two circulations must equal each other at all times?






10. What is the triad seen in pre eclampsia?






11. What are the acute effects of corticosteroids on the CBC?






12. What is congestive hepatomegaly specific for?






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






14. within the right atrium - What is the maximum pressure? left atrium?






15. What is the difference between additive and synergistic?






16. What causes congenital QT prolongation syndrome? What is death caused by? in one of the syndromes - What is a common other symptom?






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






18. What are fenfluramine - phentermine?






19. What does phosphoglycerate mutase produce? In what process - instead of what? what cells used this and why?






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






21. which type of glands produce an initially odorless secretion but can become malodorous secondary to bacterial decompisition on the skin surface? which glands are present throughout the skin except on lips and glans penis?






22. Where does terminal peptide cleavage of collagen fibrils take place?






23. what vessel would a fracture to the neck of the of the humerus damage?






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






25. which viruses require a protease?






26. What is a malignant pustule? What is it usually caused by? What type of capsule does it have?






27. What is Tzanck smear used to detect?






28. What is somatomedin C?






29. other than increasing HDL levels - what else does niacin do?






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






31. why should you not use ACE inhibitors with someone who had hereditary angioedema?






32. What is the mainstay treatment for acute mania?






33. what stimulates bicarb secretion from the pancreas? Where is this hormone produced?






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






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






36. who bleed more DIC or TTP- HUS patients?






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






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






39. at one year of age - What are the social - fine motor - gross motor and language developments?






40. Where does the aorta lie in relation to the pulmonary artery in transposition of the great arteries (is this right to left or left to right shunt?)?






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






42. what has the greatest effect on prognosis when treating c. diptheriae?






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






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






45. which has better side effect profile - SSRI or TCA?






46. What does the superior gluteal nerve innervate? how does damage to this nerve manifest?






47. what increases turbulence and thus causes bruits? (specifically in terms of viscosity and velocity)






48. which nucleus releases serotonin?






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






50. What are the three predominant symptoms of VHL? What is its mode of inheritance?