Topics: MCQ QBank for the USMLE Step 3

The MCQ QBank for the USMLE Step 3 covers 27 subjects:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Allergy and Immunology
  • Cardiology
  • Endocrinology
  • Pulmonology
  • Rheumatology
  • Hematology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Neurology
  • Nephrology
  • Oncology
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Dermatology
  • Surgery
  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Urology Surgery
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Patient Safety In Surgery
  • Pediatrics
  • Obstetrics
  • Gynecology
  • Radiology
  • Psychiatry
  • Emergency Medicine And Toxicology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Ethics

The QBank contains carefully prepared, classic simulated Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) for each of the Topics listed below

Infectious Diseases

  • Actinomyces diagnosis and management
  • Aspergillus fungal infection management
  • Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women
  • Babesiosis diagnosis and management
  • Bacterial Pharyngitis management: diagnostic tests, treatment
  • Bacterial Sinusitis management
  • Blastomycosis diagnosis and management
  • Candida fungal infection management
  • Cellulitis diagnostic test and treatment
  • Chancroid, Haemophilus ducreyi treatment
  • Chlamydia diagnosis and management; male
  • Clindamycin mechanism of action
  • Coccidioidomycosis diagnosis and management
  • Complicated cystitis management
  • Cryptococcal fungal infection management
  • Cysticercosis diagnosis and management
  • Cytomegalovirus infection management
  • Ehrlichia/ Anaplasma management
  • Epididymo-orchitis diagnosis and management
  • Erysipelas management
  • Folliculitis, Furuncles, Carbuncles management
  • Fungal infections of the nails management
  • Gastrointestinal Bacteroides management
  • Genital warts treatment
  • Gonorrhea diagnosis and management; male
  • Granuloma inguinale management
  • HACEK Infective endocarditis diagnosis and management
  • Herpes simplex virus infection management
  • Histoplasmosis diagnosis and management
  • HIV HAART indications and follow up
  • Impetigo skin infections management
  • Indication for Linezolid
  • Indication for Telavancin
  • Indication for Vancomycin
  • Indications for Aminoglycosides
  • Indications for Carbapenems
  • Indications for Piperacillin
  • Infective endocarditis prophylaxis
  • Leptospirosis diagnosis and management
  • Lyme disease diagnosis and management
  • Lymphogranuloma venereum, treatment
  • Malaria diagnosis and management
  • Malignant otitis externa management
  • Management of E.coli infection
  • Management of Hepatitis B Virus infection
  • Management of Hepatitis C Virus infection
  • Management of Influenza virus infection
  • Management of Methicillin resistant staphylococcus
  • Management of minor Penicillin allergy
  • Management of Morganella infection
  • Management of Penicillin-related anaphylaxis
  • Management of Pseudomonas infection
  • Management of Sensitive staphylococcus in bone
  • Management of Sensitive staphylococcus in heart
  • Management of Sensitive staphylococcus in joints
  • Management of Streptococcal pneumonia
  • Mucormycosis fungal infection management
  • Mycobacterium Avium Intracellulare management
  • Needle stick injury management
  • Neutropenic fever bacterial infection management
  • Neutropenic fever fungal infection management
  • Nocardia diagnosis and management
  • Osteomyelitis diagnostic tests: initial test; most accurate test; X-ray imaging
  • Otitis externa management
  • Otitis Media management
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease
  • Perinephric abscess diagnosis and management
  • Pneumocystis Jiroveci management
  • Progressive multifocal encephalopathy management
  • Prostatitis diagnosis and management
  • Pyelonephritis diagnosis and management
  • Raltegravir mechanism of action
  • Respiratory anaerobes management
  • Salmonella-induced osteomyelitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Side effects of HIV antiviral medications
  • STD cervicitis diagnosis and management; female
  • Streptococcus bovis endocarditis- work up and treatment
  • Syphilis diagnosis and management
  • Toxoplasmosis Gondii diagnosis and treatment
  • Tularemia diagnosis and management
  • Uncomplicated cystitis management

Allergy and Immunology

  • Allergic rhinitis diagnosis and management
  • Anaphylactic emergencies management
  • Angioedema diagnosis and management
  • Common variable immunodeficiency diagnosis and management
  • Desensitization therapy indications
  • Hyper Ig E syndrome diagnosis and management
  • Ig A deficiency diagnosis and management
  • Insect bite diagnosis and management
  • Sulfa drug allergies diagnosis and management
  • X-linked Agammaglobulinemia diagnosis and management

Cardiology

  • Abdominal aorta aneurysm screening, diagnosis, and management
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support
  • Atrial fibrillation EKG and management
  • Atrial flutter EKG and management
  • Cardiovascular physical exam
  • Chest pain; differential diagnosis, work up, and treatment
  • Chest X-ray in congestive heart failure
  • Chronic angina management
  • Clopidogrel indications post-MI
  • Complications of myocardial infarction
  • Congestive heart failure diagnostic tests and treatment
  • Constrictive pericarditis diagnosis and treatment
  • Diastolic dysfunction management
  • Dilated Cardiomyopathy diagnosis and treatment
  • Holter monitor indications
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy diagnosis and treatment
  • Indications for angioplasty in MI
  • Indications for CABG in MI
  • Indications for cardiac nuclear tests
  • Indications for thrombolytics in MI
  • Initial treatment of myocardial infarction
  • Lipid management goals
  • Medications that lower mortality in post- MI
  • Multifocal atrial tachycardia EKG and management
  • Murmurs and their changes in Aortic stenosis and Aortic regurgitations
  • Murmurs and their changes in Mitral stenosis and Mitral regurgitations
  • Myocardial infarction cardiac enzymes
  • Myocardial infarction EKG interpretation
  • Pacemaker indications post-MI
  • Pericardial tamponade diagnosis and treatment
  • Pericarditis diagnosis and treatment
  • Peripheral arterial disease diagnosis and management
  • Physical exam in Congestive heart failure
  • Restrictive cardiomyopathy diagnosis and treatment
  • Risk factors of ischemic heart disease
  • Sexual activity post-MI
  • Statin medications for cholesterol indications
  • Supraventricular tachycardia EKG and management
  • Synchronous cardioversion indications
  • Syncope differential diagnosis and management
  • Thoracic aorta dissection diagnosis and treatment
  • Valvular heart diseases, physical exam, diagnosis, work up, and treatment
  • Ventricular fibrillation management
  • Ventricular tachycardia EKG and management
  • Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome EKG and management

Endocrinology

  • Acromegaly diagnosis and management
  • Addison disease
  • Adrenal Adenoma diagnosis and management
  • Alpha- glucosidase inhibitors in diabetes
  • Amenorrhea because of prolactinemia
  • Amenorrhea differential diagnosis
  • Androgen insensitivity
  • Complications of diabetes
  • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
  • Conn syndrome laboratory findings
  • Cushing syndrome differential diagnosis and laboratory tests
  • Deptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors in diabetes
  • Diabetes nephropathy diagnosis and management
  • Diabetic ketoacidosis; diagnosis, laboratory, and management
  • Diabetic neuropathy management
  • Diagnosis criteria for type 2 diabetes
  • Differentiating type 1 and type 2 diagnosis diagnosis
  • GLP analogs in diabetes
  • Graves disease complications
  • Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state
  • Hyperparathhyroidism in Multiple Endrocrine Neoplasm
  • Hyperthyroidism diagnosis and management
  • Hypocalcemia diagnosis and management
  • Hypothyroidism diagnosis and management
  • Indications for insulin in type 2 diabetes
  • Initial management of type 2 diabetes
  • Kallman's syndrome
  • Klinefelter syndrome
  • Malignancy-related hypercalcemia
  • Management of erectile dysfunction in diabetes
  • Management of gastroparesis in diabetes
  • Metformin, its benefits; its contraindications
  • Pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes
  • Pheochromocytoma diagnosis and management
  • Pituitary adenoma diagnosis and management
  • Pituitary gland tumor-induced Cushing syndrome
  • Polycystic ovarian syndrome
  • SGLT inhibitors in diabetes and their side effects
  • Side effects of sulfonylurea medications
  • Thiazolidinediones in diabetes and their contraindications

Pulmonology

  • ABGs and other labs in COPD
  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome diagnosis and management
  • Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
  • Asthma diagnosis with PFT
  • Chronic persistent asthma management
  • Community acquired pneumonia diagnosis and management
  • COPD chronic management
  • COPD diagnosis with PFT
  • COPD exacerbation, diagnosis and management
  • COPD mortality reduction and prognosis
  • Hospital-acquired pneumonia diagnosis and management
  • Hypercalcemia and Angiotensin converting enzyme in Sarcoidosis
  • Interstitial lung disease
  • Obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis and management
  • Omalizumab indications in Asthma
  • Pleural effusions laboratory tests
  • Pleural effusions X-ray diagnosis
  • Pulmonary embolism initial diagnostic tests and confirmation
  • Pulmonary embolism management; small and large
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Sarcoidosis X-ray diagnosis and management
  • Swan-Ganz catheter data interpretation
  • Tuberculosis laboratory and imaging diagnostic tests
  • Tuberculosis standard management

Rheumatology

  • Behcet's disease diagnosis and management
  • Belimumab indications in SLE
  • Drug induced SLE laboratory findings
  • Eosinophilic fasciitis diagnosis and management
  • Morton neuroma diagnosis and management
  • Plantar fasciitis diagnosis and management
  • Pseudogout diagnosis and management
  • Rheumatoid arthritis history and physical exam diagnosis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis initial tests and confirmation

Hematology

  • Essential thrombocytopenia diagnosis and treatment
  • Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
  • Hemolytic anemia diagnosis and management; autoimmune and cold-induced
  • Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
  • Methemoglobinemia
  • Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
  • Myelodysplasia diagnosis and treatment
  • Myelofibrosis diagnosis and treatment
  • Myeloproliferative disorders diagnosis and treatment
  • Pyruvate kinase deficiency
  • Uremia induced platelet dysfunction

Gastroenterology

  • Achalasia diagnosis and treatment
  • Acute Mesenteric ischemia diagnosis and treatment
  • Acute pancreatitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Alcoholic Hepatitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Ascites, serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) interpretation
  • Atrophic gastritis diagnosis and treatment
  • Autoimmune hepatitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Barret Esophagus diagnosis and treatment
  • Carcinoid syndrome diagnosis and treatment
  • Celiac disease diagnosis and treatment
  • Chronic pancreatitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Cirrhosis of the liver diagnosis and treatment
  • Clostridium difficile diagnosis and treatment
  • Diverticula disease diagnosis and management
  • Dumping syndrome diagnosis and treatment
  • Esophagitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease diagnosis and treatment
  • Hemochromatosis diagnosis and treatment
  • Hepatitis A,B, and C vaccination
  • Infectious diarrhea diagnosis and treatment
  • Inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis and treatment
  • Irritable bowel syndrome diagnosis and treatment
  • Lactose intolerance diagnosis and management
  • Malabsorption syndromes differential diagnosis
  • Mallory-Weiss diagnosis and treatment
  • Necrotic pancreatitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis diagnosis and treatment
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Stress ulcer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
  • Variceal bleeding diagnosis and treatment
  • Whipple disease diagnosis and treatment
  • Wilson's disease diagnosis and treatment
  • Zenker's diverticulum diagnosis and treatment
  • Zollinger Ellison syndrome diagnosis and treatment

Neurology

  • Acoustic neuroma diagnosis and treatment
  • Alzheimer's diagnosis and treatment
  • Bacterial meningitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Benign positional vertigo diagnosis and treatment
  • Brain abscess diagnosis and treatment
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosis and treatment
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease diagnosis and treatment
  • Myasthenia Gravis diagnosis and treatment

Nephrology

  • Acute renal failure differential diagnosis
  • Asymptomatic proteinuria diagnosis and treatment
  • Hypermagnesemia diagnosis and treatment
  • Hypomagnesemia diagnosis and treatment
  • Nephrotic syndrome diagnosis and treatment
  • Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone diagnosis and treatment

Oncology

Preventive Medicine

  • Lung cancer screening

Dermatology

  • Pemphigus foliaceus diagnosis and treatment
  • Phemphigus vulgaris diagnosis and treatment
  • Pityriasis rosacea diagnosis and treatment
  • Porphyria cutanea tarda diagnosis and treatment
  • Psoriasis diagnosis and treatment
  • Scabies diagnosis and treatment
  • Seborrheic dermatitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome diagnosis and treatment
  • Stasis dermatitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Stevens-Johnsonsons Syndrome diagnosis and treatment

Surgery

  • Abdominal trauma diagnosis and treatment
  • Acute abdomen-perforation,obstruction,inflammation, ischemia diagnosis and treatment
  • Acute appendicitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Acute ascending cholangitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Acute cholecystitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Acute diverticulitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Acute pancreatitis diagnosis and treatment
  • Chronic subdural hematoma diagnosis and treatment
  • Intra-abdominal abscess diagnosis and treatment
  • Pericardial tamponade diagnosis and treatment
  • Toxic megacolon diagnosis and treatment

Pediatric Surgery

Orthopedic Surgery

Urology Surgery

  • Urologic obstructions

Vascular Surgery

  • Aortic aneurysm

Patient Safety In Surgery

Pediatrics

  • Aortic stenosis diagnosis and treatment
  • Atrial septal defect diagnosis and treatment
  • Newborn reflexes and age at their disappearance
  • Patent ductus arteriosus diagnosis and treatment
  • Pulmonary stenosis diagnosis and treatment
  • Thalassemia diagnosis and treatment
  • TORCH infections features on exam, diagnostic tests, treatment

Obstetrics

  • Abruptio placenta diagnosis and management
  • Accreta, Increta, Percreta diagnosis and management
  • Amniocentesis; procedure and complications
  • Amniotic fluid embolism
  • Arrhythmia in pregnancy diagnosis and management
  • Classic C-sections indications and complications
  • Diagnosis of pregnancy
  • First trimester prenatal screening
  • Forceps and Vacuum assisted delivery indications and use
  • Free Fetal DNA testing
  • Group B streptococcus infection prenatal management and prognosis
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus in pregnancy; transfer risks and management
  • Intrauterine growth restriction; etiologies, diagnosis, and management
  • Second trimester prenatal screening
  • Third trimester prenatal screening
  • Trial of vaginal birth after C-section

Gynecology

  • Cervical cancer vaccine

Radiology

Psychiatry

  • Bipolar disorder diagnosis and management
  • Depression differential diagnosis, diagnostic tests, and management
  • Schizophrenia diagnosis, laboratory tests, and management

Emergency Medicine And Toxicology

  • Digoxin toxicity and management
  • Malignant hyperthermia diagnosis and management
  • Tricyclic antidepressant toxicity and management

Ophthalmology

Ethics

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