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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. hypertensive crises on food intake is typical of What antidepressant? what kind of food?






2. What is epleronone?






3. What is damaged in early syringomelia? later?






4. on What part of the clavicle does the SCM attach?






5. what happens to PaO2 - % sat - and O2 content in: Anemia - polycythemia - CO poisoning?






6. what makes bruits?






7. what protects the resting heart from arrhythmias?






8. What is the presentation of angioedema? Where is most commonly affected?






9. What does protein M do in Group A strep<






10. What type of drug is atropine? what else is needed in addition to atropine when treating organophosphate poison?






11. how can HAV be inactivated?






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






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






14. where are the two classical places that the ulnar nerve can be injured?

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15. 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?






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






17. is strep pneumo optochin resistant or susceptible? bile soluble or insoluble?






18. What is a cord factor and Which bugs have it? How do they appear on culture?






19. What can chronic vit A toxicity cause?






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






21. Where does lysyl oxidase act? What is the cofactor for that?






22. What is the Na/Ca exchange used for?






23. when arrested in prophase of meiosis I - What are primary oocytes chrom number? What about the secondary oocytes that are stuck in metaphase of Meiosis II?






24. 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?






25. What is used to compare means? categorical outcomes?






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






27. what protein is increased in Crohns disease? What does it do?






28. What are fenfluramine - phentermine?






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






30. which nerve in the lower leg is easily injured and causes foot drop ? What are common causes? From what nerve does it branch off or?






31. What are pancreatic pseudocysts called pseudo rather than true cysts?






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






33. What is the mcc of nephrotic syndrome in children and can occur in adults as wel?






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






35. What is used to treat heparin toxicity?






36. How do left sided colon adenocarcinomas present? right sided?






37. why does neutrophila occur with corticosteroids?






38. What do you treat s. epidermidis with?






39. which are the only glycosylated proteins in HIV virus?






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






41. Acyl coA synthetase is not...






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






43. What is the most common cause of hydatid cysts in humans? What does spilling of cysts cause?






44. When is an S4 sound normal?






45. What antibodies are present in CREST? What is the most specific?






46. what hernia has a similar mechanism to hydrocele?






47. What is the general compensatory mechanism to prevent edema is situations with increased central venous pressure?






48. What is a major risk factor for progression ARDS? What is the pathology seen in ARDS- d/t what?






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






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