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USMLE Step 2

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Life - threatening muscle rigidity - fever - and rhabdomyolysis.






2. True or false: Once patients sign a statement giving consent - they must continue treatment.






3. Term for heavy bleeding during and between menstrual periods.






4. Mortality rate?






5. Presents with a herald patch - Christmas - tree pattern.






6. Signs suggesting radial nerve damage with humeral fracture.






7. A homeless child is small for his age and has peeling skin and a swollen belly.






8. Class of drugs that may cause syndrome of muscle rigidity - hyperthermia - autonomic instability - and extrapyramidal symptoms.






9. Post - HBV exposure treatment.






10. A nonsuppurative complication of streptococcal infection that is not altered by treatment of 1






11. Honeycomb pattern on CXR. Diagnosis? Treatment?






12. Definition of unstable angina.






13. Fertility rate?






14. Acceptable urine output in a trauma patient.






15. A patient with a history of lithium use presents with copious amounts of dilute urine.






16. Bias introduced into a study when a clinician is aware of the patient's treatment type.






17. Treatment for acute coronary syndrome.






18. The diagnostic test for pulmonary embolism.






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






20. Complication of scaphoid fracture.






21. Birth rate?






22. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






23. Elevated erythropoietin level - elevated hematocrit - and normal O2 saturation suggest?






24. Drowsiness - asterixis - nausea - and a pericardial friction rub.






25. Breast cancer type that ? the future risk of invasive carcinoma in both breasts.






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






27. Electrolyte changes in tumor lysis syndrome.






28. The most common cause of female infertility.






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






30. Cannon 'a' waves.






31. First - line medication for status epilepticus.






32. A middle - aged man presents with acute - onset monoarticular joint pain and bilateral Bell's palsy. What is the likely diagnosis - and how did he get it? Treatment?






33. A crescent - shaped hyperdensity on CT that does not cross the midline.






34. Molar pregnancy containing fetal tissue.






35. Virchow's triad.






36. Classic causes of drug - induced hepatitis.






37. Name the defense mechanism:






38. The most common cause of postpartum hemorrhage.






39. Neutropenic nadir postchemotherapy.






40. The percentage of cases within one SD of the mean? Two SDs? Three SDs?






41. The most common organism in burn - related infections.






42. Describe a test that consistently gives identical results - but the results are wrong.






43. Cause of neonatal RDS.






44. Name the organism:






45. Name the organism:






46. Meningitis in infants. Causes? Treatment?






47. Back pain that is exacerbated by standing and walking and relieved with sitting and hyperflexion of the hips.






48. Macrocytic - megaloblastic anemia with neurologic symptoms.






49. What is the immunodeficiency?






50. Characteristics favoring carcinoma in an isolated pulmonary nodule.