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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. Name the organism:






2. 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?






3. Name the defense mechanism:






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






5. Beck's triad for cardiac tamponade.






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






7. Name the organism:






8. Involuntary psychiatric hospitalization can be undertaken for which three reasons?






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






10. The diagnostic test for pulmonary embolism.






11. Cohort study






12. The most common 1






13. An 80-year - old man presents with fatigue - lymphadenopathy - splenomegaly - and isolated lymphocytosis. Suspected diagnosis?






14. A newborn female has continuous 'machinery murmur.'






15. A patient hasn't slept for days - lost $20 -000 gambling - is agitated - and has pressured speech. Diagnosis? Treatment?






16. Hypercholesterolemia treatment that ? flushing and pruritus.






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






18. The most common type of skin cancer; the lesion is a pearly- colored papule with a translucent surface and telangiectasias.






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






20. Difference between Mallory- Weiss and Boerhaave tears.






21. Dyspnea - lateral hilar lymphodenopathy on CXR - noncaseating granulomas - increased ACE - and hypercalcemia.






22. Method of calculating fluid repletion in burn patients.






23. Aplastic crisis in sickle cell disease.






24. Mortality rate?






25. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






26. A 14-year - old girl presents with prolonged bleeding after dental surgery and with menses - normal PT - normal or ? PTT - and ? bleeding time. Diagnosis? Treatment?

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27. Inspiratory arrest during palpation of the RUQ.

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28. IV drug use with JVD and holosystolic murmur at the left sternal border. Treatment?






29. Glomerulonephritis with hemoptysis.

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30. Microcytic anemia with ? serum iron - ? ferritin - and ? TIBC.






31. 'Doughy skin.'






32. 1






33. Differential of hypervolemic hyponatremia.






34. The most common cause of SAH.






35. The three most common causes of fever of unknown origin (FUO).






36. Acceptable urine output in a stable patient.






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






38. A 49-year - old male presents with acute - onset flank pain and hematuria.






39. Antihypertensive for a diabetic patient with proteinuria.






40. Gout - self - mutilation - and choreoathetosis.






41. The most common cause of Cushing's syndrome.

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42. Chromosomal pattern of a complete mole.






43. Treatment of central DI.






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






45. Treatment for neuroleptic malignant syndrome.






46. Cannon 'a' waves.






47. A patient presents with weakness - nausea - vomiting - weight loss - and new skin pigmentation. Labs show hyponatremia and hyperkalemia. Treatment?






48. Treatment for mild - persistent asthma.






49. Relative risk?






50. CSF findings: