USMLE step 2 practice exam 1 Question and Answer

patients blood smear shows that he has small hyper chromic red cells, without central pallor. this is called______ and what is another issue they will likely have? - speherocytes gallstones this HIV drug gives people bad dreams, dizzy, poor sleep, anxiety... - Efafirenz abacavir side effect - abacavir someone has urge incontinence. what is initial treatment? - frequent voluntary voiding pt on sumatriptan for migraine, what else should she NOT take - -ergots both are 5-ht agonists, risk of vasospasm pregnant woman has new carpal tunnel, what is the mechanism? Serum TSH normal. - accumulation of fluid in the carpal tunnel space patient is having early, preterm labor, drug given to stop it, now she has HTN, tacky, increased RR. 90% sats. What is the med she took and what is the mechanism - gave her terbutaline, a beta agonist. concern for pulmonary edema baby eating, gets blue lips, tongue, nail beds. Central or peripheral? cause - central, thiese are highly vascularived tissues. resulted from low arterial oxygen saturation. congenital heart disease young guy has pancreatitis, no drinking to gall stones. what is likely? what is treatment? - hyperlipidemia, which is hyperTRYglicerides Fenofibrate. regular OCP prevents which cancer? - ovarian meckles scan, T-99, what type of tissue does it find? - gastric mucosa type of murmur in mitral stenosis - low pitched diastolic (earlier= wrose) APEX