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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In what population does cholelithiasis occur?






2. What is a keloid?






3. How do you calculate RPF from urine PAH?






4. What is the mcc of asymmetric inflammatory arthiritis of the lower extremities in young men? what HLA association?






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






6. 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?






7. What translocations can cause c - myc overexpression?






8. IL4 is used for isotypye switching to what?






9. What are the lab findings in poststreptococcal GN?






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






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






12. What is subacute sclerosisng encephalitis caused by?






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






14. What is the mcc of cystitis and and acute pyelonephritis? mcc of UTI in sexually active women?






15. What can too much IgA in serum produces?






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






17. What is the mcc of extrinsic allergic asthma?






18. Where does conjugation of bilirubin take place?






19. What is hyaline arteriosclerosis usually a sign of ?






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






21. how does eos release MBP to kill protozoa etc?






22. What is achalasia and how would this correlate on the esophageal mannometry?






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






24. which nerve provides innervation for plantar flexion and inversion?






25. What is cataplexy and When is it seen?






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






27. What does the severity of leprosy depend on?






28. What is congestive hepatomegaly specific for?






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






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






31. What causes vertical diplopia? horizontal?






32. What does extended consumption of appetite suppressants lead to?






33. What effects does cortisol have on catecholamines?






34. Which is faster purkinje system or atrial muscle?






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






36. What is acanthosis nigricans associated with?






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






38. What is the neurologic manifestation of ADPKD?






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






40. What is the difference between additive and synergistic?






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






42. Which nerve lies in close proximity to the inferior thyroid artery?






43. What is the most common initital symptom of ADPKD? what else?






44. erythema nodosum - elevated ACE - scattered granulomas - arthralgias - hilar lymphadenoapthy are indicative of what?






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






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






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






48. What three things can reduce the risk of non hereditary ovarian and endometrial cancer?






49. What is the mainstay treatment for acute mania?






50. do Class IC agents prolong the QT interval?