USMLE Prep 2
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25 Questions

1. What is contraindicated in toxic mega colon?

2. What is the general compensatory mechanism to prevent edema is situations with increased central venous pressure?

3. What is the most common initital symptom of ADPKD? what else?

4. biotin is used By what in tissues responsible for gluconeogenesis

5. What test would be best to determine if a gene is being transcribed? translated?

6. What is extraocular muscle weakness a common symptom of?

7. why is there only minor blood pressure increase during exercise if sympathetic activity is high (to increase CO and HR)?

8. What would a deflection of the membrane potential to near zero indicate?

9. why is glucagon used in beta blocker toxicitiy?

10. What are the two pharmacologic antagonists that offer clear benefit in allergic asthma?

11. which two virus families have hemagluttinin on their surface?

12. what Cardiac condition does the valsalva maneuver abolish? how? what muscle is most important?

13. Where is aromatase used?

14. What is hypospadias caused by?

15. What antibiotic is best to treat alcoholic pulm infections? why?

16. what protects the resting heart from arrhythmias?

17. What are pancreatic pseudocysts called pseudo rather than true cysts?

18. what dissolves the lipid bilayer of a viral envelope?

19. What is used to prevent vertical transmission of HIV?

20. which are the only glycosylated proteins in HIV virus?

21. what happens to sperm count and semineferous tubules in patient with cryptoorchidism? hormonal function? why do they need to be surgically descended?

22. What does hypocapnia cause in teh brain? What is hypocapnia?

23. How do left sided colon adenocarcinomas present? right sided?

24. which congenital hyperbilirubinemia actually presents with serious symptoms? which are less serious/

25. What can nitrates lead to that is bad for angina therapy? How do you counter this?