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USMLE STEP 1 NOTES
Group 1
1• Subendothelial Deposits are seen in SLE patients
2• Subepithelial Humps are seen in Acute Poststreptococcal Glomeruloneprhitis
3• Linear Subendothelial are seen in Goodpasture’s (Type II)
4• Mesangial Deposits are seen in IgA Nephropathy
5• Spike and Dome are seen in Membranous
6• Subendothelial Humps are seen in Membranoproliferative
7• Azithromycin – administered to HIV + patients can prevent Mycobacterium Avium
8• Ethambutol – inhibits arabinosyl transferase which polymerizes arabinose into arabinan etc. Side Effects à Optic Neuritis
9• Rifampin – inhibits bacterial DNA dependent RNA polymerase and thus prevents transcription of DNA into mRNA.
10• Isoniazid – inhibits mycolic acid synthesis.
11• FF = GFR/RPF
12•GFR = Creatinine Clearance/Inulin
13• RPF = PAH
14• Fibroadenoma – cellular myxoid stroma, sometimes there are compressed cystic spaces.
15• Spongiosis - epidermal accumulation of edematous fluid in the intercellular spaces.
16• Diphenoxylate – opiate anti-diarrheal structurally related to Meperidine.
17• Octreotide – good for secretory diarrhea, which is a Somatostatin Analog
18• Urease – converts urea to carbon dioxide and ammonia and thus increases pH
19• Radiation Therapy - causes 1) DNA double strand breakage 2) formation of free radical
20• Methadone – has a long half life
21• In Fetal Lungs - after 30 weeks there is an increase in Lecithin
22• After 36 weeks there is a rise in Phosphatydylglycerol
23• Males with 5 α reductase deficiency - feminized external genitalia, small phallus and Hypospadias are common.
24• Repair Damage – Glycosylase à Endonuclease à Lyase à DNA Polymerase à Ligase
25• H. Pylori – most common cause of duodenal ulcers
26• CMV in immunocompromised – Mononucleosis
27• Retinitis in CMV – HIV+ Patients
28• Primary CNS Lymphoma – most commonly associated with AIDS
29• Squamous Cell Lung Cancer – produces Parathyroid Hormone Related Peptide, which in turn will decrease PTH
30• Campylobacter – can be transmitted from domestic animals
31• Shigella - is transmitted via fecal oral in day care centers
32• Keratin - marker of epithelial cell origin.
33• Secretin - produced by S endocrine cells in the duodenum, that increases bicarbonate secretion from exocrine pancreas into the small bowel.
34• Alprazolam – benzodiazepine with the shortest half life, which is used in Acute Anxiety.
35• Diazepam, Chlordiazepoxide and Clonazepam – longest half life, used in prophylaxis.
36• Sheets of Primitive Cells with Many Mitotic Figures – Medulloblastoma
37• Most Common Tumors in Children:
38• Pilocytic Astrocytoma - Rosenthal Fibers
39• Medulloblastoma - sheets of small blue cells, many mitotic figures
40• Ependyoma – can cause Hydrocephalus and form Rosettes
