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USMLE Step 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Side effects of corticosteroids.






2. Normalizing PCO2 in a patient having an asthma exacerbation may indicate?






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






4. Acute - phase treatment for Kawasaki disease.






5. 'Stones - bones - groans - psychiatric overtones.'






6. CSF findings:






7. 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?






8. A patient presents with pain on passive movement - pallor - poikilothermia - paresthesias - paralysis - and pulselessness. Treatment?






9. Causes of drug - induced SLE.






10. Drugs that slow AV node transmission.






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






12. Fetal mortality?

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13. Conditions in which confidentiality must be overridden.






14. Vaccinations at a six- month well - child visit.






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






16. The most common type of nephrolithiasis.






17. Treatment for atrial fibrillation.






18. 'Doughy skin.'






19. Treatment for DTs.






20. Treatment for mild - persistent asthma.






21. + Nikolsky's sign.






22. Indications for surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm.






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






24. Acid - base disturbance commonly seen in pregnant women.






25. 'Stuck - on' appearance.






26. Treatment of anaphylactic shock.






27. Peaked T waves and widened QRS.






28. The most common inherited cause of hypercoagulability.






29. A six-year - old girl presents with a port - wine stain in the V2 distribution as well as with mental retardation - seizures - and leptomeningeal angioma.






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

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31. Treatment of tension pneumothorax.






32. Case - control study






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

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34. Charcot's triad.






35. Gout - self - mutilation - and choreoathetosis.






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






37. Signs of neurogenic shock.






38. A 55-year - old man who is a smoker and a heavy drinker presents with a new cough and flulike symptoms. Gram stain shows no organisms; silver stain of sputum shows gram - negative rods. What is the diagnosis?






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






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






41. Lung cancer associated with SIADH.






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






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

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44. A 30-year - old woman has unpredictable urine loss. Examination is normal. Medical options?






45. Flat - topped papules.






46. The most likely cause of acute lower GI bleed in patients > 40 years old.






47. A violent patient has vertical and horizontal nystagmus.






48. Name the organism:






49. What is the immunodeficiency?

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