A 30 year-old woman with a history of Grave’s disease presents to her physician for a routine evaluation. She was treated 2 years ago with radioactive iodine. Three months later, she was prescribed levothyroxine 0.125 mg. On her last evaluation, six months ago, her doctor lowered her dose to 0.088 mg due to decrease of […]
USMLE Q Bank Step 2 CK-5
A 39 year-old man presents to the ER by his wife. They were watching TV when she noticed that her husband was confused and stumbling. He is not usually at home at this time but he did not feel good all the day. He used to drink every night with his friends at the bar […]
USMLE Q Bank Step 2 CK-4
A 23 year-old woman presents to the emergency room with severe lower right abdominal pain for the last six hours. She had intermittent lower abdominal pain for three days but never been severe like this time. Her last menstrual period was three months ago and before that she had regular 28 day periods. On physical […]
USMLE Q Bank Step 1-4
A 6 year old girl presents to the emergency room with her mother for a deep wound on her right forearm. Her mother tells you that her daughter was playing at school today and wounded herself when she fell on a big rock. When you ask her about her vaccination, she tells you that her […]
USMLE Q Bank Step 1-3
A 2-year old girl is presented with rectal bleeding. Her mom noticed blood in her BM yesterday and was worried about it and she decided to go to your clinic to examine her daughter. There is mild pain, not related to meals. No nausea or vomiting. The girl is healthy and her routine physical examination […]
USMLE Q Bank Step 2 CK-3
37-year-old previously healthy man is brought to the emergency room for dizziness, chest pain and A palpitations. Cardiac chemistry panel is normal. ECG shows a sloping upstroke of the QRS complex. What is the treatment of choice of this condition? A-Atropine B-Digoxin C-Metoprolol D-Procainamide E-Verapamil Answer: According to ECG findings, this is a case of […]