Category: Allopathic Medicine (MD)

This week, we are sharing another USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case focuses on a 5-month-old female infant that is admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit for surgical treatment of preductal coarctation of the aorta. During subsequent evaluation, the patient is found…

This week, we are sharing another USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case focuses on a 55-year-old with a history of diabetic nephropathy and chronic kidney failure, who recently underwent a successful kidney transplant and is currently taking tacrolimus, presents with a 3-day fever.…

This week, we are sharing another USMLE® Step 2-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case focuses on a 56-year-old man that has an occipital headache that progressed and is now associated with nausea, vomiting, and fever. The patient has a past medical history of diabetes, hypertension,…

This week, we are sharing another USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case focuses on a 16-year-old girl with a history of menarche at age 13 presents with amenorrhea for the last 5 months. She has joined the gymnastics team at school and is…

This week, we are sharing another USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case focuses on a 19-year-old who comes to the office because of worsening acne. She has had multiple bouts of acne affecting her shoulders, chest, and face. Her acneiform lesions have increased…

This week, we are sharing another USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case focuses on a 35-year-old who reported “No one seems good enough for me. I’ve tried and tried with all the people in my life, but they all seem the same. I…

This week, we are sharing another USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case focuses on a 73-year-old woman with shortness of breath. Past medical history is notable for hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and type II diabetes mellitus. Can you figure it out? A 32-year-old…

This week, we are sharing another USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case focuses on a 51-year-old woman who comes to the clinic for an assessment of a tongue lesion. Her history is significant for active IV drug use and homelessness. She was recently…

This week, we are sharing another USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a 5-month-old infant who was brought to a pediatrician for evaluation of failure to thrive. Upon physical examination, the patient has a weak cry and diffuse hypotonia. Hepatomegaly is…

This week, we are sharing another USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a 22-year-old woman who was diagnosed with herpes simplex genital infection two months ago. Speculum examination reveals mucopurulent discharge and a friable erythematous cervix. Cervical motion tenderness is absent. Which of…

This week, we are sharing another USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case focuses on a 38-year-old man who got laid off from work and could no longer concentrate long enough to write poems, which he loved doing in the past, decreased in…

This week, we are sharing another USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case focuses on a 6-month-old boy who was taken to a hospital following an accident. Physical examination reveals several bruises over the trunk and extremities at different stages of healing, which the…

This week, we are sharing another USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case focuses on a 4-year-old-boy who was brought to the pediatrician for evaluation of unusual behavior. Can you figure it out? A 4-year-old boy is brought to the pediatrician for evaluation of…