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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 weight lifter receives IV haloperidol and complains that his eyes are deviated sideways. Diagnosis? Treatment?






2. A 10-year - old boy presents with fever - weight loss - and night sweats. Examination shows anterior mediastinal mass. Suspected diagnosis?

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3. The most common type of testicular cancer.






4. Criteria for exudative effusion.






5. Name the defense mechanism:






6. CSF findings:






7. An autosomal - recessive disorder with a defect in the GPIIbIIIa platelet receptor and ? platelet aggregation.

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8. Nontender abdominal mass associated with elevated VMA and HVA.






9. Conditions in which confidentiality must be overridden.






10. Nonpainful chancre.






11. The mainstay of Parkinson's therapy.






12. What is the immunodeficiency?

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






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

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15. Proteinuria - hypoalbuminemia - hyperlipidemia - hyperlipiduria - edema.






16. Name the organism:






17. The most common cause of hypertension in young men.






18. RTA associated with abnormal HCO3 - and rickets.






19. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






20. Gout - self - mutilation - and choreoathetosis.






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






22. Lung cancer associated with SIADH.






23. A history significant for initial altered mental status with an intervening lucid interval. Diagnosis? Most likely etiology? Treatment?






24. Treatment of SIADH?






25. Flat - topped papules.






26. The most common location for an ectopic pregnancy.






27. Diagnostic test for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.






28. Asplenic patients are particularly susceptible to these organisms.






29. A four -year - old child presents with oliguria - petechiae - and jaundice following an illness with bloody diarrhea. Most likely diagnosis and cause?






30. The most common causes of hypercalcemia.






31. 'Stuck - on' appearance.






32. Aplastic crisis in sickle cell disease.






33. An agent that reverses the effects of heparin.






34. Medical options for endometriosis.






35. 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?






36. Neonatal mortality?






37. Treatment for mild and severe unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia.






38. Risk factors for pyelonephritis.






39. An eight -year - old boy presents with hemarthrosis and ? PTT with normal PT and bleeding time. Diagnosis? Treatment?






40. Honey- crusted lesions.






41. Name the organism:






42. Tanner stage 3 in a six-year - old female.






43. Treatment for neuroleptic malignant syndrome.






44. Causes of exudative effusion.






45. Non - small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) associated with hypercalcemia.






46. Testicular cancer associated with Beta- hCG - AFP.






47. ECG findings suggesting MI.






48. Name the organism:






49. Treatment of anaphylactic shock.






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