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USMLE Step 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Symptoms of placental abruption.






2. Rigidity and stiffness with resting tremor and masked facies.


3. Lung cancer associated with SIADH.






4. Treatment for ventricular fibrillation.






5. ? CO - ? PCWP - ? PVR.






6. Sudden onset of mental status changes - emesis - and liver dysfunction after taking aspirin.


7. Classic CXR findings for pulmonary edema.


8. Genetic disorder associated with multiple fractures and commonly mistaken for child abuse.






9. A 55-year - old obese patient presents with dirty - velvety patches on the back of the neck.






10. 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?






11. Signs of ? ICP (Cushing's triad).






12. Meningitis in neonates. Causes? Treatment?






13. Causes of transudative effusion.






14. Causes of hypoxemia.






15. What is the immunodeficiency?


16. Common symptoms associated with silent MIs.






17. Rhomboid - shaped - positively birefringent crystals on joint fluid aspirate.






18. Pure RBC aplasia.






19. A patient complains of headache - weakness - and polyuria; exam reveals hypertension and tetany. Labs reveals hypernatremia - hypokalemia - and metabolic alkalosis.






20. Flat - topped papules.






21. The first test to perform when a woman presents with amenorrhea.






22. A postoperative patient with significant pain presents with hyponatremia and normal volume status.






23. Four causes of microcytic anemia.






24. The most common inherited cause of hypercoagulability.






25. Inflammation and epithelial thinning of the anogenital area - predominantly in postmenopausal women.






26. Differential of hypervolemic hyponatremia.






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






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






29. Classic ultrasound and gross appearance of complete hydatidiform mole.


30. Gout - self - mutilation - and choreoathetosis.






31. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






32. The diagnostic test for pulmonary embolism.






33. How to diagnose and follow a leiomyoma.






34. Natural history of a leiomyoma.






35. Hip and back pain along with stiffness that improves with activity over the course of the day and worsens at rest. Diagnostic test?






36. Treatment for Guillain - Barr






37. The most common 1






38. Birth rate?






39. The most common location for an ectopic pregnancy.






40. Pinkish - scaling - flat lesions on the chest and back. KOH prep has a 'spaghetti - and - meatballs' appearance.






41. An eight -year - old child is in a serious accident. She requires emergent transfusion - but her parents are not present.






42. Initially presents with a pruritic papule with regional lymphadenopathy and evolves into a black eschar after 7-10 days. Treatment?






43. Cause of amenorrhea with normal prolactin - no response to estrogen - progesterone challenge - and a history of D&C.


44. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






45. Treatment of AF.






46. Postnatal mortality?






47. The most common cause of hypertension in young women.






48. Caf






49. Name the organism:






50. Presence of red cell casts in urine sediment.