USMLE Step 1 Correct 100%

bacteria associated with stomach cancer - Answer H. pylori bug in debilitated, hospitalized pneumonia patient - Answer Klebsiella 21-hydroxylase deficiency - Answer congenital adrenal hyperplasia congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (black liver) - Answer Dubin-Johnson syndrome (inability of hepatocytes to secrete conjugated bilirubin into bile) iodine deficit/hypothyroidism - Answer cretinism - corticosteroid therapy - excess ACTH secretion by pituitary - Answer Cushing's syndrome gene involved in cancer - Answer p53 tumor suppressor gene - Enterobius vermicularis - Ascaris lumbricoides - Answer Helminth infection (U.S.) rupture of middle meningeal artery (arterial bleeding is fast) - Answer epidural hematoma rupture of bridging veins (trauma; venous bleeding is slow) - Answer subdural hematoma multiple blood transfusions can result in CHF and increase risk of hepatocellular carcinoma - Answer hemochromatosis