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






2. what Cardiac condition does the valsalva maneuver abolish? how? what muscle is most important?






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






4. What are some side effects seen in TCAs?






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

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6. When is an S4 sound normal?






7. What does C1 esterase do other than inhibiting complement pathway?






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






9. hypertonicity and hyperreflexity are ________________ of hydrocephalus






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






11. neisseria are...






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






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






14. why is there only minor blood pressure increase during exercise if sympathetic activity is high (to increase CO and HR)?






15. What are fenfluramine - phentermine?






16. What is epleronone?






17. ___________ is liver specific






18. What is a limiting factor when initiating ACE inhibitors? hwo do you prevent a really bad reaction?






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






20. what presents congenitally as macroglossia - generalized hypotonia - and an umbilical hernia?






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






22. Where does vasopressin act - on the medullary or cortical segment of collecting tubule?






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






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






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






26. What is the presentation of sever aortic stenosis?






27. What can worse neurologic dysfunction in cobalamic def?






28. which congenital hyperbilirubinemia actually presents with serious symptoms? which are less serious/






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






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






31. How do you calculate RPF from urine PAH?






32. What are the first line agents used in acute gouty arthritis? why not use colchicine? when would you use glucocorticoids?






33. What is Tzanck smear used to detect?






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






35. Where is aromatase used?






36. What are two indicators of chronic alcohol consumption?






37. What is a cardiac cause of head pounding with exertion and nocturnal palpitations? What can cause this?






38. What does the severity of leprosy depend on?






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






40. What is cataplexy and When is it seen?






41. What can differentiate between relative and absolute erythrocytosis? What can distinguish between primary and secondary erythrocytosis (both absolute mind you)?






42. hypertensive crises on food intake is typical of What antidepressant? what kind of food?






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






44. other than proteinuria - What can cause foamy froathy urine?






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






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






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






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






49. Where does glycolsylation occur of alpha procollagen chains occur? disulfide bond formation at the C terminus?






50. what drugs causes the red man syndrome? how does it occur?