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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 intussusception? how does ischemia and necrosis occur?






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






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






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






5. what drug is useful for secretory diarrhea?






6. which anti epileptic is preferred in patients with both absence and tonic clonic seizures?






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






8. When does dysplasia become a carcinoma - in other words When does it nonreversible? What is high grade dysplasia synonymous with?






9. after triglyceride metabolism - What is the fate of the glycerol? what enzyme is involved?






10. What is capacitance inversely proportional to?






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






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






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






14. How is dobutamine better than dopamine?






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






16. what happens to capacitance with age?






17. What does the inferior gluteal nerve innervate? how does damage to this nerve manifest?






18. What is the presentation of sever aortic stenosis?






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






20. what protects the resting heart from arrhythmias?






21. which headaches are seen mostly in men - are severe - unilateral - periorbital - episodic (around same time every day) - temporal pain - with lacrimation - nasal congestion and ptosis?






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






23. Acyl coA synthetase is not...






24. What is the difference between Acyl CoA carboxylase and Acyl CoA dehydrogenase?






25. in treating an anemia and erythropoiesis results - what would you expect to see in peripheral blood findings transiently?






26. what induces bronchial squamous metaplasia?






27. nucleotide deletions do not cause missense mutations - they cause...






28. niacin used for hyperlipidemia - What are its side effects? why do they occur? how can you prevent them?






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






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






31. What are two common side effects of both acute and long acting nitrates? What causes them?






32. 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?)?






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






34. When does opening snap begin?






35. what makes bruits?






36. What type of gene is bcl 2 ? On what chromosome is it? what chromosome is IgG heavy chain on?






37. What do you treat s. epidermidis with?






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






39. What is suggestive of complete central DI?






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






41. which trisomy is associated with endocardial cushion defects? What does thsi mean>






42. do Class IC agents prolong the QT interval?






43. which two virus families have hemagluttinin on their surface?






44. which RPGN is also called pauci immune GN? why?






45. What can chronic vit A toxicity cause?






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






47. What type of calcium channels dictate the plateau in cardiac myocyte?






48. What is epleronone?






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






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