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  • October 23, 2024
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USMLE STEP 2 CK INTERNAL MEDICINE
Leukemoid reaction - Answers-Patient has leukocyte count >50k, high LAP score, more
metamyelocytes than myelocytes

Chronic myeloid leukemia - Answers-Patient has leukocyte count often >100k, low LAP
score, fewer metamyelocytes than myelocytes, absolute basophilia

Cyclosporine - Answers-Drug that inhibits transcription of IL-2, causes nephrotoxicity,
htn, neurotoxicity, glucose intolerance, infection, malignancy, gingival hypertrophy and
hirsutism

Tacrolimus - Answers-Drug that inhibits transcription of IL-2 but does not cause
hirsutism or gum hypertrophy

Mycophenolate - Answers-Drug that is a reversible inhibitor of inosine monophosphate
dehydrogenase (rate-limiting enzyme in de novo purine synthesis), causes bone
marrow suppression

Vertebral osteomyelitis - Answers-IV drug user presents with tenderness to gentle
percussion over spinous process, labs show thrombocytosis

Acute pericarditis - Answers-Patient presents with sharp, pleuritic chest pain that is
relieved by leaning forward

Diabetic ketoacidosis - Answers-Patient with DM presents with hyperventilation, glucose
250-500, bicarb <18, elevated anion gap, serum osmolality <320

Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state - Answers-Patient with DM presents with altered
mentation, glucose >600, bicarb >18, normal anion gap, serum osmolality >320

Hyperglycemia, ketonemia and anion gap metabolic acidosis - Answers-DKA Triad

Protein C deficiency - Answers-Underlying hereditary cause of transient
hypercoagulable state in first few days of warfarin therapy, leading to warfarin-induced
skin necrosis

Autoantibodies to platelet factor 4 - Answers-Genetic susceptibility to heparin-induced
thrombocytopenia

Cholesterol embolism - Answers-Patient with history of comorbid conditions presents
with livedo reticularis, Hollenhorst plaques (eyes), eosinophilia, renal injury after cardiac
catheterization

Statin - Answers-Drug used in therapy for patient with estimated 10-year ASCVD risk
>=7.5%

, Triglycerides - Answers-Lipid level reduced by use of fish oil

Niacin - Answers-Drug that is effective in raising HDL and has a modest effect of
lowering VLDL and LDL

Aortic regurgitation - Answers-Murmur in which patient presents with mild exertional
SOB and "pounding" of heart, aware of heartbeat while lying on L side, widened pulse
pressure (inc. systolic and dec. diastolic BP), water hammer pulse

Aortic stenosis - Answers-Murmur in which patient has pulsus parvus et tardus (small
amplitude and delayed upstroke)

Pyramidal tract disease - Answers-Condition detected by pronator drift test (patient has
outstretched arms with palms up and eyes closed, affected arm drifts downward and
pronates)

Romberg test - Answers-Test for proprioception in which patients are observed for
unsteadiness as they stand with feet together, arms to sides and eyes closed

Leser-Trelat sign (indicates occult internal malignancy) - Answers-Sudden onset of
multiple seborrhetic keratoses

CNS lymphoma - Answers-HIV+ patient presents with EBV DNA in CSF, MRI shows a
weakly ring-enhancing mass that is solitary and periventricular

Toxoplasmosis - Answers-MRI of HIV+ patient shows multiple, ring-enhancing, spherical
lesions in the basal ganglia

Squamous cell carcinoma - Answers-Former smoker presents with anorexia,
constipation, inc. thirst, easy fatigability, hypercalcemia d/t PTHrP , hilar mass on CXR

Acute respiratory distress syndrome - Answers-Paitent presents with dec. lung
compliance, pulmonary htn, hypoxemia with PaO2/FiO2 ratio =<300 mmHg

Central retinal artery occlusion - Answers-Patien presents with loss of monocular vision,
treated with ocular massage and high flow oxygen

Subacute thyroiditis (de Quervain) - Answers-Patient has prominent fever, hyperthyroid
symptoms, painful/tender goiter

Disseminated histoplasmosis - Answers-HIV+ patient presents with weight loss,
pulmonary symptoms (cough, dyspnea), mucocutaneous lesions, HSM, pancytopenia,
transaminitis, inc. LDH and ferritin

Relative risk - Answers-Measure of association used in cohort studies

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