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USMLE Step 1: Postpartum amenorrhea and hormone levels

A 32-year-old woman comes to the physician because of amenorrhea after delivering a baby. Which hormone is likely to show normal levels?

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USMLE Step 1: Which metabolite is most linked with bony lesions?

A 75-year-old man has trouble emptying his bladder, an enlarged prostate and osteoblastic lesions in the vertebral bodies.

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USMLE Step 1: Predict endocrine laboratory findings

A woman with no history of menstruation has surgery to remove gonadal structures. What laboratory findings in serum are likeliest prior to surgery?

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USMLE Step 1: Predict viral replication in enucleated cells

An investigator removes the nuclei of kidney fibroblasts by cytosurgery. Can you predict which virus would be capable of replication in these cells?

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USMLE Step 1: Predict the loss from injury

This exam question deals with a 41-year-old woman whose knee is injured during surgery to aspirate a cyst. Can you predict the loss she will experience?

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USMLE Step 1: Diagnose a patient in shock

This USMLE Step 1 exam question deals with an 82-year-old male who’s been in a car crash. Eight hours after surgery, he’s intubated due to respiratory failure. What type of shock would you diagnose?

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Test your readiness with this month’s USMLE Step 1 stumper

This USMLE Step 1 test prep question deals with parietal cells and acid secretion. Investigate what happens when atropine is administered. Kaplan Medical explains the answer.

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USMLE Step 1 prep: Identify drugs used in an experiment

A diagram shows changes in blood pressure and heart rate in an animal with intact reflexes in response to two drugs. Assume the antagonist's effects will last for the duration and the agonist's effects are transient.

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