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USMLE Step 2 CK High-Yield / Expert Verified Actual Questions & Answers for Guaranteed Pass / Newest Update, 2025/2026. Terms in this set (479) Quiz____? Classic EKG finding in atrial flutter - Answer✓✓ "Sawtooth" p waves Quiz____? Definition of unstable angina - Answer✓✓ Angina that is new, is worsening, or occurs at rest Quiz____? Antihypertensive for a diabetic patient with proteinuria - Answer✓✓ ACEI Quiz____? Beck's triad for cardiac tamponade - Answer✓✓ Hypotension, distant heart sounds, and JVD
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Terms in this set (479) Quiz____? Classic EKG finding in atrial flutter -
"Sawtooth" p waves Quiz____? Definition of unstable angina -
Angina that is new, is worsening, or occurs at rest Quiz____? Antihypertensive for a diabetic patient with proteinuria -
Quiz____? Beck's triad for cardiac tamponade -
Hypotension, distant heart sounds, and JVD Quiz____? Drugs that slow heart rate -
Beta-blockers, CCBs, digoxin, amiodarone Quiz____? Hypercholesterolemia treatment that leads to flushing and pruritus -
Niacin Quiz____? Murmur - hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy -
Quiz____? Murmur - mitral stenosis -
A diastolic, mid to late, low-pitched murmur preceded by an opening snap Quiz____? Treatment for atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter -
If unstable, cardiovert. If stable or chronic, rate control with CCBs or beta-blockers Quiz____? Treatment for ventricular fibrillation -
Immediate cardioversion Quiz____? Dressler's syndrome -
An autoimmune reaction with fever, pericarditis and increased ESR occurring 2-4 weeks post- MI Quiz____? IV drug use with JVD and holosystolic murmur at left sternal border. Treatment? -
Treat existing heart failure and replace tricuspid valve Quiz____? Diagnostic test for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy -
Echocardiogram (showing a thickened left ventricular wall and outflow obstruction) Quiz____? Pulsus paradoxus -
A decrease in systolic BP of > 10 mmHg with inspiration; seen in cardiac tamponade Quiz____?
Quiz____? Indications for surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm -
5.5cm, rapidly enlarging, symptomatic, ruptured Quiz____? Treatment for acute coronary syndrome -
ASA, heparin, clopidogrel, morphine, oxygen, sublingual nitro, IV beta-blockers Quiz____? Metabolic syndrome -
Abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, low HDL, hypertension, insulin resistance, prothrombotic or proinflammatory states Quiz____? Appropriate diagnostic test: 50yo male with stable angina can exercise to 85% of maximum predicted heart rate -
Exercise stress treadmill with ECG Quiz____? Appropriate diagnostic test: 65yo female with LBBB and severe OA has unstable angina -
Pharmacologic stress test (e.g. dobutamine echo) Quiz____? Target LDL in a patient with diabetes -
<70mg/dL Quiz____? Signs of active ischemia during stress testing -
Angina, ST-segment changes on ECG or decreased BP Quiz____?
Quiz____? Diagnostic test for PE -
Spiral CT with contrast Quiz____? Protamine -
Reverses effects of heparin Quiz____? Prothrombin time -
Coagulation paramter affected by warfarin Quiz____? A young patient with FHx of sudden death collapses and dies while exercising -
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Quiz____? Endocarditis prophylaxis regimens -
Oral surgery - amoxicillin for certain situations; GI or GU procedures - not recommended Quiz____? Virchow's triad -
Stasis, hypercoagulability, endothelial damage Quiz____? The most common cause of HTN in young women -
OCPs Quiz____? The most common cause of HTN in young men -
Psoriasis Quiz____? The most common type of skin cancer; lesion is pearly-colored papule with translucent surface and telangiectasias -
Basal cell carcinoma Quiz____? Honey-crusted lesions -
Impetigo Quiz____? A febrile patient with h/o diabetes presents with red, swollen, painful lower extremity -
Cellulitis
Quiz____? Positive Nikolsky's sign -
Pemphigus vulgaris Quiz____? Negative Nikolsky's sign -
Bullous pemphigoid Quiz____? A 55yo obese patient presents with dirty, velvety patches on the back of the neck -
Acanthosis nigricans. Check FBG to r/o diabetes Quiz____? Dermatomal distribution -
Varicella zoster
Pityriasis rosea Quiz____? Pinkish, scaling, flat lesions on the chest and back; KOH prep has a "spaghetti-and-meatballs" appearance -
Tinea versicolor Quiz____? Four characteristics of a nevus suggestive of melanoma -
Asymmetry, border irregularity, color variation, and large diameter Quiz____? A premalignant lesion from sun exposure that can lead to squamous cell carcinoma -
Actinic keratosis Quiz____?
"Dewdrops on a rose petal" -
Lesions of primary varicella Quiz____? "Cradle cap" -
Seborrheic dermatitis. Treat conservatively with bathing and moisturizing agents Quiz____? Associated with Propionibacterium acnes and changes in androgen levels -
Acne vulgaris Quiz____? A painful, recurrent vesicular eruption of mucocutaneous surfaces -
Herpes simplex
High TSH, low T4, anti-TPO antibodies Quiz____? Exophthalmos, pretibial myxedema, and decreased TSH -
Graves' disease Quiz____? The most common cause of Cushing's syndrome -
Iatrogenic corticosteroid administration. The second most common cause is Cushing's disease Quiz____? A patient presents with signs of hypocalcemia, high phosphorus, and low PTH -
Hypoparathyroidism Quiz____? Stones, bones, groans, psychic overtones -
Signs and symptoms of hypercalcemia Quiz____? A patient complains of HA, weakness and polyuria; exam reveals HTN and tetany. Labs show hypernatremia, hypokalemia and metabolic alk -
Primary hyperaldosteronism (due to Conn's syndrome or bilateral adrenal hyperplasia) Quiz____? A patient p/w tachycardia, wild swings in BP, HA, diaphoresis, AMS and sense of panic -
Pheo Quiz____? Which should be used first in treating pheo, alpha or beta-antagonists? -
Alpha (phentolamine and phenoxybenzamine)
