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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the lab findings in poststreptococcal GN?






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






3. which two drug types can cause orthostatic hypotension (think depression and BPH)?






4. What does p53 do? what chrom is it on?






5. what happens to the cell body of a neuron after the axon has been severed? What is this called? What is it second to?






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






7. What type of cancer is keratin swirls indicative of ? What is the prognosis of this cancer in the esophagus? What is it associated with?






8. What is the difference between additive and synergistic?






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






10. What is hypospadias caused by?






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






12. which artery provides the majority of the blood supply to the head and neck of the femur? what happens in fracture of neck?






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






14. What pulmonary structural change can kartageners syndrome cause?






15. why are beta thal major patients asymptomatic at birth?






16. what clinical findings help distinguish small cell carcinoma?






17. What is Bortezomib and What is it used for?






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

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






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






21. Which is faster purkinje system or atrial muscle?






22. What is the difference between paranoid personality disorder and delusional disorder?






23. What can cause aortic regurg? What is the heart sound you hear?






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






25. how does noise induced hearing loss occur?






26. What does VIP do to gastric acid secretion?






27. What causes alpha helical proteins in alzheimers to become insoluble and prone to aggregating?






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






29. What is the cause of fixed splitting of S2? why?






30. which antiarrythmic is associated with blue gray discoloration ?






31. What are the two coagulase negative staphylococci? How do you distinguish them?






32. Which branch of the facial nerve provides taste from ant 2/3 of tongue?






33. What does NF- KB do?






34. in essential fructosuria - what enzyme do patients use to metabolize fructose?






35. In What type of nephritis would you see high serum eos count?






36. 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?






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






38. What is difference between Arnold Chiari type I and II?






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






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






41. 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?






42. What causes curlings ulcers?






43. at four years of age - What are the social - fine motor - gross motor - and language developments?






44. What is the mc location of brain germinomas?What are the classic symptoms?






45. what hernia has a similar mechanism to hydrocele?






46. how does increased ICP result in curlings ulcers?






47. What is contraindicated in toxic mega colon?






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






49. What are the skin presentation in sarcoid?






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