USMLE® Step 1

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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: Woman treated with linear doses of a hormone

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. In this double-blind study of fertility-enhancing drugs, which hormone is the patient most likely being treated with?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1: Maximizing drug efficacy in strep throat

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A young girl tests positive for strep throat. Which phase will produce the greatest efficacy for the treatment drug of choice?

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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: Young boy gets blistering sunburn

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. What defect in cellular processes causes a boy to get a blistering sunburn after barely five minutes in the sun?

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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: Calculating a drug’s half-life

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: After an adverse reaction to an investigational drug, how long before the plasma drug level is about 6%?