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USMLE Step 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An 80-year - old man presents with fatigue - lymphadenopathy - splenomegaly - and isolated lymphocytosis. Suspected diagnosis?






2. Cross - sectional survey






3. An eight -year - old child is in a serious accident. She requires emergent transfusion - but her parents are not present.






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






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


6. What is the immunodeficiency?


7. Treatment for mild - persistent asthma.






8. Relative risk?






9. 'Stuck - on' appearance.






10. CSF findings:






11. Meningitis in neonates. Causes? Treatment?






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


13. An active 13-year - old boy has anterior knee pain. Diagnosis?






14. Classic ECG finding in atrial flutter.


15. CSF findings with SAH.






16. Goal hemoglobin A1c for a patient with DM.






17. A 10-year - old child presents in status epilepticus - but her parents refuse treatment on religious grounds.


18. Asplenic patients are particularly susceptible to these organisms.






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






20. Bilious emesis within hours after the first feeding.






21. A patient presents with signs of hypocalcemia - high phosphorus - and low PTH.






22. Fertility rate?






23. After a minor fender bender - a man wears a neck brace and requests permanent disability.






24. Treatment of AF.






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






26. Signs suggesting radial nerve damage with humeral fracture.






27. A son asks that his mother not be told about her recently discovered cancer.


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






29. Symptoms of placenta previa.






30. Waxy casts in urine sediment and Maltese crosses (seen with lipiduria).






31. Flat - topped papules.






32. Aplastic crisis in sickle cell disease.






33. Treatment of anaphylactic shock.






34. Findings in 3






35. Not contraindications to vaccination.






36. Cohort study






37. Evaluation of a pulsatile abdominal mass and bruit.






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






39. PPD reactivity is used as a screening test because most people with TB (except those who are anergic) will have a +PPD. Highly sensitive or specific?






40. Treatment for acetaminophen overdose.






41. Type of ARF in a patient with FeNa < 1%.






42. Signs of neurogenic shock.






43. 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?






44. Shortest AP diameter of the pelvis.






45. Antihypertensive for a diabetic patient with proteinuria.






46. 1






47. The most common histology of bladder cancer.






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


49. Treatment of SIADH?






50. First - line treatment for otitis media.