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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. severe headache and high BP






2. oligoclonal band in CSF






3. lesion in dominant parietal lobe






4. How to differentiate parkinson and benign essential tremor






5. what drug is used to extend effects of levodopa






6. Why V12 deficient develop hypokalemia after tx with b12






7. Tx of bells palsy






8. get up and go test






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






10. phenytoin and OCP






11. What percent of dementia is reversible






12. stroke with lower facial palsy - pronator drift despite on aspirin






13. at first tingling in toes and feet then weakness in extremities






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






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






16. Patient with carbamazepine; What should be advice?






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






18. How to tx stroke patient came after 6h






19. How to stop antiepileptic drugs






20. contraindication of sumatripta






21. differentiate lewy body dementia and vascular dementia






22. craniopharyngioma






23. How to differentiate medial and lateral pontine syndrome






24. korsafoff psychosis






25. dominant parietal lobe on the left side






26. best diagnosis for parkinsonim






27. patient with hx of cluster headache p/w retroorbital pain lacrimation - vomiting suddenly






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






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






30. botulism






31. earliest sign of phenytoin toxicity






32. 2 yr old child with developmental delay; crawing at 11m; scissoring gait






33. infections in GBS






34. GBS






35. benign essential tremor






36. What is can be used cluster headache prevention






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






38. medial thigh sensory loss and weakness in addcution






39. How to differentiate traumatic LP and SAH






40. how donepezil - acetylecholinsterase inhibitor works in Alzheimers






41. indication of plasmapheresis in GBS






42. How to confirm braindeath?






43. cortical lesion






44. When headache is presenting complaint of brain tumor






45. hx of epilepsy - now unresponsive - slight twhiching of mouth and arms






46. Blood transfusion in hypothermia






47. impaired vibration and increased DTR






48. How to tx acute exacerbation of MS






49. How to perform apnea test






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