Usmle Step 2 Ck Buzzwords

Front 1

Friction rub

Back 1

Pericariditis

Front 2

Kussmaul breathing

Back 2

DKA

Front 3

Kayser-Fleisher rings

Back 3

Wilson's

Front 4

Bitot Spots

Back 4

Vit A def

Front 5

Dendritic ulcers on cornea on fluorescien stain

Back 5

Herpes keratitis

Front 6

Cherry red spot on macula WITHOUT hepatospenomegaly

Back 6

Tay sachs

Front 7

Cherry red spot on macula WITH hepatosplenomegaly

Back 7

Niemann Pick

Front 8

Bronze skin plus DM

Back 8

Hemochromatosis

Front 9

Malar rash on face

Back 9

SLE

Front 10

Heiliotrope rash on eyelids

Back 10

Dermatomyositis

Front 11

Clue cells

Back 11

Gardnerella

Front 12

Meconium ileus

Back 12

CF

Front 13

Rectal Prolapse

Back 13

CF

Front 14

Salty tasting infant

Back 14

CF

Front 15

Cafe Au lait with normal IQ

Back 15

Neurofibromatosis

Front 16

Cafe Au lait with MR

Back 16

Tuberous Sclerosis
Mcune Albright

Front 17

Honey Ingestion

Back 17

Infant botulism

Front 18

LLQ tender with rebound

Back 18

Diverticulaitis

Front 19

Animal torture

Back 19

conduct disorder

Front 20

Anaphylaxis from IVIG

Back 20

IgA def

Front 21

Post partum fever unresponsive to broad spec Abx

Back 21

septic pelvic thrombophlebitis

Front 22

Increased Hb A2

Back 22

Thalassemia

Front 23

Low grade fever in 24 hrs post surgery

Back 23

Atelectasis

Front 24

Bilateral hilar adenopathy in black patient

Back 24

Sarcoidosis

Front 25

Koilocytosis

Back 25

HPV or CMV

Front 26

Rash after admin of ampicillin or amoxicillin for sore throat

Back 26

EBV

Front 27

Facial Port wine stain and seizure

Back 27

Sturge Weber

Front 28

Beck triad

Back 28

JVD, muffled heart sounds and hypotension (tamponade)

Front 29

Brudzinski sign

Back 29

pain on neck flexion (meningitis)

Front 30

Charcot triad

Back 30

fever, jaundice, RUQ pain (cholangitis)

Front 31

Courvoisier Sign

Back 31

painless, palpable GB plus jaundice (pancreatic cancer)

Front 32

Chvostek Sign

Back 32

tap facial nerve elicits tetany (hypocalcemia)

Front 33

Cullen sign

Back 33

bluish discoloration or periumbilical area (pancreatitis with retroperitoneal hemorrhage)

Front 34

Cushing reflex

Back 34

hypertension, bradycardia, irregular respirations (high ICP)

Front 35

Grey turner sign

Back 35

blusih discoloration of flank (pancreatitis with retroperitoneal hemorrhage)

Front 36

Homan sign

Back 36

calf pain on forced dorsiflexion

Front 37

Kehr sign

Back 37

left shoulder pain from ruptured spleen

Front 38

Leriche syndrome

Back 38

claudication
impotence
atrophy

Front 39

Ortolani test

Back 39

abduction of hips causes palpaple/audible click

Front 40

Prehn sign

Back 40

elevation of painful testicle relieves pain (torsion)

Front 41

Virchow triad

Back 41

stasis, endothelial damage, hypercoagulability