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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is it called if psychotic symptoms last less than one month? one to six months? more than six months?






2. what drug is useful for secretory diarrhea?






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






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






5. neisseria are...






6. 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?






7. What is the triad seen in pre eclampsia?






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






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






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






11. What is the mc malignancy in asbestosis?






12. What are the two pharmacologic antagonists that offer clear benefit in allergic asthma?






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






14. What are the potassium sparing diuretics?






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






16. What does sustained hand grip do to the C/V system?






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






18. why is crohns disease associated with oxaloacetate kidney stones?






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






20. What are the three causes of acute MI in context of normal coronary arteries ?






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






22. What type of vision is myopia? In What type of patients does it improve?






23. What causes curlings ulcers?






24. What are some side effects seen in TCAs?






25. what should you think of in 'smear of an oral ulcer base'?






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






27. what provides some cutaneous sensation to the posterior external auditory canal? What can happen if pressure is put there?






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






29. What is subacute sclerosisng encephalitis caused by?






30. which nucleus releases serotonin?






31. What is epleronone?






32. What is the stabilizing force for the secondary structure of proteins?






33. what Cardiac condition does the valsalva maneuver abolish? how? what muscle is most important?






34. ___________ is liver specific






35. what makes bruits?






36. why does neutrophila occur with corticosteroids?






37. What is acanthosis nigricans associated with?






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






39. what enzymes is lipoic acid a cofactor for? What does a mutation in it result in?






40. What does nitroprusside do to afterload? preload?






41. in overweight individuals What is thought to contribute to insulin resistance?






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






43. Acyl coA synthetase is not...






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






45. how much percent of sodium is excreted? urea? glucose?






46. Where is high frequency sound best recepted? low frequency sound? Which is lost more in elderly?






47. Which is faster atrial muscle or ventricular muscle?






48. What does the tuberoinfundibular pathway connect? What is it responsible for?






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






50. What are the long term consequences of hydrocephalus?