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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. What are ulcers arising in the proximal duodenum in association with severe trauma or burns called?






2. How can renal blood flow be calculated from RPF?






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






4. in a positively skewed distribution is the mean greater than or equal to the median or the mode?






5. why does liver dysfunction cause coagulation disorders?






6. What is somatomedin C?






7. What are the potassium sparing diuretics?






8. What type of calcium channels dictate the plateau in cardiac myocyte?






9. other than in pyelonephritis - where else are WBC casts seen?






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






11. at one year of age - What are the social - fine motor - gross motor and language developments?






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






13. What is the best indicator for the severity of mitral stenosis?






14. What type of mutation does aflatoxin cause? what cancer does this increase for?






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






16. What does the tuberoinfundibular pathway connect? What is it responsible for?






17. What test would be best to determine if a gene is being transcribed? translated?






18. What is dobutamine? What is it used for?how it is it most helpful? What is bad about it?






19. What can chronic vit A toxicity cause?






20. In what view of CXR is anterior part of heart best seen? anterior part of heart is formed by?right border of heart is formed by? left border?






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






22. What is the most common location of colonization of all s. aureus types?






23. What type of gene is bcl 2 ? On what chromosome is it? what chromosome is IgG heavy chain on?






24. a patient fearing all white coats is a phenomenon of what?






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






26. metabolism of 1 gram of protein produces How many calories? carb? fat?






27. What is the mcc of elevated AFP leves in pregnancy>






28. What are the three predominant symptoms of VHL? What is its mode of inheritance?






29. which virus inactivates both Rb and p53?






30. Where is conduction in heart fastest? slowest?






31. What is the diagnosis in delayed puberty plus anosmia?






32. what dissolves the lipid bilayer of a viral envelope?






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






34. What does the clinical presentation of restlessness - agitation - dysphagia - and progression to coma 30-50 days after cave exploring? hwo do you prevent?






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






36. What is acanthosis nigricans associated with?






37. what disease causes hypoxia induced hemolysis? oxidant induced hemolysis?






38. if there are keratin swirls does that mean well or poorly differentiated?






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






40. In what population does cholelithiasis occur?






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






42. Where is high frequency sound best recepted? low frequency sound? Which is lost more in elderly?






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






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






45. What are the long term consequences of hydrocephalus?






46. What three factors effect total oxygen content of blood?






47. What is epleronone?






48. What effects does cortisol have on catecholamines?






49. What is it called if psychotic symptoms last less than one month? one to six months? more than six months?






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