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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 defense mechanism:






2. Birth rate?






3. Treatment for AML M3.






4. Involuntary commitment or isolation for medical treatment may be undertaken For what reason?






5. Trauma series.






6. Indications for medical treatment of ectopic pregnancy.

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7. Macrocytic - megaloblastic anemia with neurologic symptoms.






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






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






10. Treatment for acetaminophen overdose.






11. Characteristics of 2

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12. Erythema migrans.






13. Begin Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis in an HIV- positive patient At what CD4 count? Mycobacterium avium - intracellulare (MAI) prophylaxis?






14. A 50-year - old man with a history of alcohol abuse presents with boring epigastric pain that radiates to the back and is relieved by sitting forward. Management?

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15. Treatment of DKA.






16. The most common cause of bloody nipple discharge.






17. AML subtype associated with DIC.






18. Precipitants of hemolytic crisis in patients with G6PD deficiency.






19. Name the organism:






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






21. Name the organism:






22. Joint pain and stiffness that worsen over the course of the day and are relieved by rest.






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






24. An agent that reverses the effects of heparin.






25. A 'blueberry muffin' rash is characteristic of what congenital infection?






26. Molar pregnancy containing fetal tissue.






27. Exophthalmos - pretibial myxedema - and ? TSH.

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28. Inspiratory arrest during palpation of the RUQ.

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29. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






30. Acute - phase treatment for Kawasaki disease.






31. A schizophrenic patient takes haloperidol for one year and develops uncontrollable tongue movements. Diagnosis? Treatment?






32. Endocarditis prophylaxis regimens.






33. Asplenic patients are particularly susceptible to these organisms.






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






35. CSF findings with SAH.






36. Diagnostic test for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.






37. Eight surgically correctable causes of hypertension.

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






39. Difference between a cohort and a case - control study.






40. The most common cause of female infertility.






41. Shortest AP diameter of the pelvis.






42. Treatment of SIADH?






43. Postnatal mortality?






44. Glomerulonephritis with deafness.

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45. Criteria for exudative effusion.






46. 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?






47. A 24-year - old male presents with soft white plaques on his tongue and the back of his throat. Diagnosis? Workup? Treatment?






48. A 17-year - old female has left arm paralysis after her boyfriend dies in a car crash. No medical cause is found.






49. 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.






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