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USMLE Step3 Neurology

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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. anerior and anteriomedial thigh paresthesia - decreased DTR






2. How to stop antiepileptic drugs






3. What bp med to be given in a patient with high bp and signs of opioid withdrawal






4. women with unilateral eye pain; neurlogic symptoms here there at different times






5. How to tx lewy body dementia






6. infections in GBS






7. How to differentiate dementias






8. Tx of GBS






9. What percent of dementia is reversible






10. acoustic neuroma






11. Should we tx htn in acute ischemic stroke


12. GBS






13. When to use brain spect scintigraphy to confirm brain death






14. What is pronator drift






15. double vision at the end of day and ptosis






16. craniopharyngioma






17. MG






18. medial thigh sensory loss and weakness in addcution






19. cluster headache






20. How to differentiate medial and lateral medullary syndrome






21. differentiate lewy body dementia and vascular dementia






22. drags leg forward in every steps - no knee flexion; hip flexion and straight legs






23. How to perform apnea test






24. Acute onset of left arm weakness






25. construction worker works in squatting position; now develop decreased sensation over anterolateral thigh






26. lesion in dominant parietal lobe






27. When to use dopamine agonist pramipexol in parkinson






28. When to suspect traumatic LP






29. Most effective to reduce aspiration in stroke or patient with swallowing dysfunction






30. 2 yr old child with developmental delay; crawing at 11m; scissoring gait






31. How to manage stroke patient came within 4 hours






32. prodrome of vasovagal syncope






33. excessive elevation of legs during walking (toe touch floor earlier than heels)






34. benign essential tremor






35. botulism






36. Why V12 deficient develop hypokalemia after tx with b12






37. What is can be used cluster headache prevention






38. How to prevent prevent frequency of MS exacerbation






39. Blood transfusion in hypothermia






40. earliest sign of phenytoin toxicity






41. Unable to copy of matchstick - unable to dress up






42. oligoclonal band in CSF






43. impaired vibration and increased DTR






44. phenytoin and OCP






45. Tx of bells palsy






46. When to give aspirin when patient on tPA after stroke






47. headache - non reactive pupil - fall on both sides during walking - impaired upward gaze






48. How to tx stroke patient came after 6h






49. get up and go test






50. impaired perception of complex sounds