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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. A young patient has angina at rest with ST- segment elevation. Cardiac enzymes are normal.

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2. Appropriate diagnostic test?






3. Causes of hypoxemia.






4. Medication given to accelerate fetal lung maturity.






5. A 35-year - old male has recurrent episodes of palpitations - diaphoresis - and fear of going crazy.






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






7. Gout - self - mutilation - and choreoathetosis.






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






9. Neutropenic nadir postchemotherapy.






10. Charcot's triad.






11. Medications and viruses that ? aplastic anemia.






12. Treatment for DTs.






13. A patient has ? vaginal discharge and petechial patches in the upper vagina and cervix.






14. Radiographic indications for surgery in patients with acute abdomen.






15. Infection of small airways with epidemics in winter and spring.






16. A patient from California or Arizona presents with fever - malaise - cough - and night sweats. Diagnosis? Treatment?






17. The most common type of nephrolithiasis.






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






19. Name the defense mechanism:






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






21. A painful - recurrent vesicular eruption of mucocutaneous surfaces.






22. Characteristics favoring carcinoma in an isolated pulmonary nodule.






23. Drugs that slow AV node transmission.






24. May be seen in children who are accused of inattention in class and confused with ADHD.






25. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






26. The most frequent presentation of intracranial neoplasm.






27. Bilious emesis within hours after the first feeding.






28. Name the organism:






29. Reynolds' pentad.

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30. Proteinuria - hypoalbuminemia - hyperlipidemia - hyperlipiduria - edema.






31. Name the defense mechanism:






32. Breast malignancy presenting as itching - burning - and erosion of the nipple.

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33. What is the immunodeficiency?






34. Causes of drug - induced SLE.






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






36. Key side effects of atypical antipsychotics.






37. A lesion characteristically occurring in a linear pattern in areas where skin comes into contact with clothing or jewelry.






38. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






39. Appropriate diagnostic test?






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






41. The most common cancer in men and the most common cause of death from cancer in men.






42. Presence of red cell casts in urine sediment.






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






44. A patient develops endocarditis three weeks after receiving a prosthetic heart valve. What organism is suspected?






45. The most common cause of seizures in children (2-10 years).






46. ECG findings suggesting MI.






47. Beck's triad for cardiac tamponade.






48. How to diagnose and follow a leiomyoma.






49. Definition of unstable angina.






50. 'Doughy skin.'