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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the two coagulase negative staphylococci? How do you distinguish them?






2. What is hypospadias caused by?






3. What are fenfluramine - phentermine?






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






5. What is a clara cell?






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






7. at three years of age What are social - fine motor - gross motor and language developments?






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






9. What is a cell surface marker seen in liver angiosarcoma?






10. what defines hypoxemia?






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






12. up to what level are ciliated cells present in the pulmonary system? mucus producing cells?






13. How do you treat gonococcal infection? chlymadia?






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






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






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






17. does congenital renal hypoplasia cause secondary hypertension? how about unilateral renal artery stenosis?






18. biotin is used By what in tissues responsible for gluconeogenesis






19. What is intussusception? how does ischemia and necrosis occur?






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






21. What is an abortive viral infection?






22. What are the two growth factors associated with angiogenesis?






23. on which chromosome is wilms tumor found?






24. What is the inherited defect in LiFraumeni syndrome? What is the mode of inheritance?






25. When is acid phosphatase elevated (Name two times)?






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






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






28. What can chronic vit A toxicity cause?






29. What can worse neurologic dysfunction in cobalamic def?






30. What is a side effect of ACE inhibitor that is more worrisome in patients with renal failure?who else is it worrisome in?






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






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






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






34. how can HAV be inactivated?






35. What is suggestive of complete central DI?






36. lipid filled plaques in which arteries does thigh claudication suggest? difficulty sustaining an erection?






37. What type of endocarditis is cytoscopy induced?






38. name three pathological states that present with large tongues.






39. what diseases can vit A be used to treat?






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






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






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






43. what phase do adenosine and acetylcholine act on? doing what?






44. do patients with cor pulmonale have increased or decreased levels of aldosterone?






45. What is the immune deficinecy seen in ataxia telangactasia?






46. What is medullary sponge kidney disease and how does it present? What does it lead to?






47. within the right ventricle - What are maximum pressures? the pulm arter?






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






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






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