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First Aid Microbiology Tables
These Tables were cut from the 2010 First Aid Edition and are provided here:
First Aid Step 1Casebook
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- A newborn boy is found to have an increased head circumference, macroglossia, an umbilical hernia, lethargy, and a hoarse cry. The mother has no significant past medical history, takes no medications, and received adequate prenatal care. His serum thyroxine (T4) concentration is ~50% that of normal [...] - A 4-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department after being seen shaking on the floor. He had been playing with a video game when the episode began. He has no prior history of seizures or neurologic disorders. The episode resolved after 2 minutes.
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A bright medical student is studying for the USMLE Step 1 in the library basement. Although he feels that he would much rather [...] - A woman rushes her 65-year-old husband into the emergency department after he said he felt crushing chest pain while eating a steak. Blood work is ordered and the physician finds that the man’s cholesterol is very high and that the man most likely had an acute myocardial infarction because of the [...] - A 22-year-old woman who has recently lost her father in an automobile accident comes to her psychiatrist for psychotherapy. Over the past 7 months of undergoing therapy, she has had an increasing number of symptoms such as hallucinations, including “seeing her father in the hallway,” that are not [...]
Step 1 USMLE-Rx Questions
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ABO testing on a sample of B-positive blood and two unknown sample types (donor and recipient) is performed. Positive antibody-antigen [...] - Check out today’s Step 1 Qmax Question Challenge.
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Comparing the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curves in the image, which of the following conditions represents curve B as compared to [...] - Check out today’s Step 1 Qmax Question Challenge.
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A 71-year-old Russian man comes to the physician complaining of a 4-month history of fatigue, low-grade fevers, night sweats, and [...] - Check out today’s Step 1 Qmax Question Challenge.
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A 25-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug use presents to the physician with pain and swelling over his right upper arm. His [...] - Check out today’s Step 1 Qmax Question Challenge.
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A 12-year-old girl is brought to the pediatrician because of a fever of 39.7°C (103.5°F), trouble swallowing, and drooling. Within a [...] - Check out today’s Step 1 Qmax Question Challenge.
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A 27-year-old woman presents to her physician complaining of flu-like symptoms. She reports that she has been feeling fatigued with [...] - Check out today’s Step 1 Qmax Question Challenge.
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A 2-year-old girl presents to the emergency room because of the acute onset of fevers to 40°C (104°F). On physical examination, she [...] - Check out today’s Step 1 Qmax Question Challenge.
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Four months after a kidney transplant, a 67-year-old man develops a fever of 38.9°C (102°F) and a productive cough. Fearing that [...] - Check out today’s Step 1 Qmax Question Challenge.
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A 3-week-old girl is brought to the emergency department by her mother, who says her daughter has suddenly developed a large, tense [...] - Check out today’s Step 1 Qmax Question Challenge.
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A 45-year-old man who is HIV positive is being treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy. Despite his aggressive medication [...]
First Aid Step 2CK Casebook
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- A 70-year-old man presents to the emergency department complaining of increased shortness of breath with minimal exercise, cough, and fatigue. These symptoms began 2 weeks ago and have progressed gradually. He reports he used to feel this way “all the time” years ago, but that this has not happened [...]
Step 2CK USMLE-Rx Questions
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A 65-year-old man with a long history of hypertension and cocaine abuse presents to the emergency department [...] - Check out today’s Step 2 Qmax Question Challenge.
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A 70-year-old man is seen in the emergency department because of lower left quadrant abdominal pain that he describes [...] - Check out today’s Step 2 Qmax Question Challenge.
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A 16-year-old girl who recently immigrated to the United States presents to her pediatrician with complaints of fever, [...] - Check out today’s Step 2 Qmax Question Challenge.
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Four hours after birth, a neonate without dysmorphic features has noticeable periorbital and perioral cyanosis, [...] - Check out today’s Step 2 Qmax Question Challenge.
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A 17-year-old boy presents to the emergency department after being rescued from the scene of a motor vehicle accident. [...] - Check out today’s Step 2 Qmax Question Challenge.
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A 20-year-old primigravid woman with no significant medical history is 13 weeks’ pregnant. Over the past week, she has [...] - Check out today’s Step 2 Qmax Question Challenge.
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An 86-year-old man is brought to the emergency department by ambulance after falling in his bathroom. He is unarousable [...] - Check out today’s Step 2 Qmax Question Challenge.
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A 62-year-old man presents for his first check-up in 10 years. He has been a smoker for 45 years and typically [...] - Check out today’s Step 2 Qmax Question Challenge.
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Over the course of a year, a 45-year-old woman experiences several attacks of double vision, lower extremity [...] - Check out today’s Step 2 Qmax Question Challenge.
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A 56-year-old woman presents to her physician with a chief complaint of pain in her hands. She states that for the past 3 months her [...]
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