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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What agonists reduce the gradient across the LV outflow tract?






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






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






4. What are two indicators of chronic alcohol consumption?






5. after a thrombus extraction - what serum enzyme shoots up and why?






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






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






8. which cells produce surfactant? which ones mediate gas exchange?






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






10. What is tachyphylaxis?






11. What is a cardiac cause of head pounding with exertion and nocturnal palpitations? What can cause this?






12. h1 receptor anatagonists are not effective in treatment of asthma only for...






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






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






15. other than mycobacterim wha other bacteria is acid fast?






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






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






18. facial pain and headache in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis is highly suggestive of what? How do you diagnose? What is a char finding?






19. which staphylococci can do mannitol fermaentation?






20. What pulmonary structural change can kartageners syndrome cause?






21. on which chromosome - and which gene - are people with sporadic and hereditary renal cell carcinomas found to have mutations?






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. where are neurons lost in huntingtons disease? What are two mc presenting symptoms?






24. Acyl coA synthetase is not...






25. What is capsaicin? Where does it work?






26. What is a limiting factor when initiating ACE inhibitors? hwo do you prevent a really bad reaction?






27. Axillary lymph node dissection is a risk factor for the development of chronic lymphedema of the ipsilateral arm. What does chronic lymphedema predispose to?






28. What causes vertical diplopia? horizontal?






29. What are the three top bacterial causes of acute otitis media - sinusitis - and conjuctivitis?






30. what disease causes hypoxia induced hemolysis? oxidant induced hemolysis?






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






32. What does nitroprusside do to afterload? preload?






33. What three pathogens cause infectious esophagitis in HIV positive patients?






34. What are the skin presentation in sarcoid?






35. what organ would an activating mutation in PRPP synthetase effect?






36. how does neisseria cause a petechial rash?






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






38. what drug causes aggression - nystagmus - ataxia - slurred speech - exaggerated gait and involuntary movements?






39. What can inhaled anesthetics (like halothane) cause post operatively? what virus does it immitate? What are the presenting symptoms?






40. What is normal fibrinogen levels?






41. what clinical findings help distinguish small cell carcinoma?






42. non ceruloplasmin deposition - ceruloplasmin is...






43. What test would be best to determine if a gene is being transcribed? translated?






44. What is epleronone?






45. what presents congenitally as macroglossia - generalized hypotonia - and an umbilical hernia?






46. hypertonicity and hyperreflexity are ________________ of hydrocephalus






47. What can cause virilization of a mother during pregnancy?






48. prostaglandin synthesis keeps...






49. What is the key lab finding seen in type III serum sickness? What are some drugs that can induce it?






50. why does neutrophila occur with corticosteroids?