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USMLE-Rx Step 2 Qmax Challenge #23531
101 month ago
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 experienced some intermittent painless vaginal bleeding. The obstetrician finds that her uterus is measuring larger than expected based on dates. Ultrasound imaging is performed (see image). There are no fetal heart tones.
Which of the following is the best next step in management for this patient?
A. ?-Human chorionic gonadotropin level
B. Methotrexate
C. Suction curettage
D. CT of the chest
E. Hysterectomy
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Dr. Tao Le to Speak at SNMA 2013 AMEC
01 month ago
Dr. Tao Le will give a First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 talk at the Student National Medical Association’s 2013 Annual Medical Education Conference.
Date: Friday, March 29, 2013
Time: 10am
Place: Galt House, 140 North Fourth Street, Louisville, KY 40202
For more information and to register, visit the SNMA website at http://www.snma.org/amec.php.
USMLE-Rx Step 1 Qmax Challenge #2076
91 month ago
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 refuses to walk and does not move very much. In addition a purpuric rash is noted on her legs. Blood for cultures is drawn and empiric antibiotic treatment is begun. Twenty four hours later, a Gram stain of the culture growth is performed with the results shown in the image.
This child’s infection is associated with a deficiency of which of the following complement molecules?
A. C1 esterase
B. C2
C. C4
D. C5-C8
E. Decay accelerating factor
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Med School Done Right: Don’t Let Others Tell You What You Should Care About – Part 1
01 month ago
By Luke Murray
This post is part of a series called “Med School Done Right,” which will look at not just succeeding in medical school in the narrow terms of “getting good grades,” but at shaping the kind of experiences you want to have during these (usually) four very important years of your life.
Everyone told me that Step 2 CS was easy and didn’t matter, so I didn’t start studying until a couple days before the test. This was half way through my 4th year.
Gunner Style! (Gangnam Style Med School Parody)
21 month ago
We love this video from the Feinberg School of Medicine! Why? Because he’s “got all these books, but I only read First Aid.”
USMLE-Rx Step 2 Qmax Challenge #23462
82 months ago
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 to voice but grimaces on sternal rub and withdraws to pain. On examination he has bruising to his head and injuries to his left arm. His vital signs are stable. CT of the head is shown in the image.
Which of the following is the most likely process underlying his decreased mental status?
A. Laceration of middle meningeal artery
B. Rupture of aneurysm
C. Hemorrhage into a subdural hygroma
D. Tearing of small bridging veins
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Surviving Step 1: MCAT Scores & USMLE Performance
12 months ago
by rstigall
in Study Tips
By Walter Wiggins
Are MCAT scores predictive of USMLE performance? This question strikes the minds of many medical students, particularly when trying to set performance goals for Step 1. I wondered the same thing when I was preparing for Step 1, and I was a little concerned because I hadn’t done as well on the MCAT as I felt I could have. In college, I majored in mathematics and took the bare minimum science requirements to apply to medical school plus a little extra chemistry. On top of that, I didn’t take MCAT prep as seriously as I should have. The result was a score that was successful by most standards (and, obviously, got me into med school), but I knew when I started preparing for Step 1, that I wanted to do better.
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