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USMLE Step 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. ? CO - ? pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) - ? peripheral vascular resistance (PVR).






2. Low urine specific gravity in the presence of high serum osmolality.






3. A patient presents with tachycardia - wild swings in BP - headache - diaphoresis - altered mental status - and a sense of panic.






4. Unilateral - severe periorbital headache with tearing and conjunctival erythema.






5. If you want to know if race affects infant mortality rate but most of the variation in infant mortality is predicted by socioeconomic status - then socioeconomic status is a _____.






6. Causes of hypoxemia.






7. Causes of transudative effusion.






8. Arthritis - conjunctivitis - and urethritis in young men. Associated organisms?

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9. Associated with Propionibacterium acnes and changes in androgen levels.






10. Treatment for TTP.






11. A neonate has meconium ileus.

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12. Blood in the urethral meatus or high - riding prostate.






13. A condition associated with red 'currant - jelly' stools.






14. Treatment for bacterial vaginosis.






15. Meningitis in neonates. Causes? Treatment?






16. Cohort study






17. A patient continues to use cocaine after being in jail - losing his job - and not paying child support.






18. Number needed to treat?






19. Which healthy population is susceptible to UTIs?






20. Name the defense mechanism:






21. Life - threatening muscle rigidity - fever - and rhabdomyolysis.






22. After a minor fender bender - a man wears a neck brace and requests permanent disability.






23. Risk factors for pyelonephritis.






24. Indications for surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm.






25. Epidemics such as influenza






26. Administer to a symptomatic patient to diagnose myasthenia gravis.






27. Signs of neurogenic shock.






28. A schizophrenic patient takes haloperidol for one year and develops uncontrollable tongue movements. Diagnosis? Treatment?






29. A 55-year - old patient presents with acute 'broken speech.' What type of aphasia? What lobe and vascular distribution?

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30. Which of the following are ? in DIC: fibrin split products - D- dimer - fibrinogen - platelets - and hematocrit.






31. Lung cancer highly related to cigarette exposure.






32. A significant cause of morbidity in thalassemia patients. Treatment?






33. A child has loss of red light reflex. Diagnosis?






34. Treatment for opioid overdose.






35. Name the organism:






36. Complication of overly rapid correction of hyponatremia.






37. CSF findings:






38. 'Doughy skin.'






39. Why are Beta- blockers contraindicated in diabetics?






40. Classic CXR findings for pulmonary edema.

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41. Hypercholesterolemia treatment that ? flushing and pruritus.






42. Trauma series.






43. An elderly male with hypochromic - microcytic anemia is asymptomatic. Diagnostic tests?






44. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






45. Gout - self - mutilation - and choreoathetosis.






46. Treatment for atrial fibrillation.






47. Anemia associated with absent radii and thumbs - diffuse hyperpigmentation - caf

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48. PPD reactivity is used as a screening test because most people with TB (except those who are anergic) will have a +PPD. Highly sensitive or specific?






49. Lab findings in Hashimoto's thyroiditis.






50. Relative risk?