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Kaplan USMLE Step 1: Patient exam shows conjunctival pallor

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A peripheral blood smear shows microcytic and hypochromic red blood cells. What is the best treatment option?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1: Follow-up for woman with type 2 diabetes

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The patient attempted diet control and exercise. Laboratory studies show an A1c of 8.9%. What is the appropriate treatment?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1: Flank pain in patient with sickle cell disease

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. What is the most likely cause of this patient’s sharp left flank pain associated with nausea and vomiting?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1: Calculate the frequency of this disease

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. An autosomal recessive disease has a carrier frequency of 1/25. What is the frequency of individuals expressing the disease?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1: Patient with protein-losing gastroenteropathy

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. An endoscopy shows enlarged gastric rugal folds. What would you expect to see in the mucosa of the biopsy specimen?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1: Patient with asthma develops seizures

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Can you answer this stumper: The drug most likely responsible for this patient's symptoms acts by what mechanism?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1: Blood accidentally drawn from femoral vein

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. When compared to an arterial blood sample, the venous sample will most likely show what differences?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1: Patient has sudden jerking movements in arms

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Patient has condition that leads to loss of GABAergic neurons in the basal ganglia. What condition has a similar pathogenesis?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1: Which factor is involved in the pathogenesis?

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A patient currently on antiretroviral therapy enters emergency department with confusion, dizziness and fatigue.

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