USMLE-United States Medical Licensing

USMLE Step 2 CK High-Yield with complete solution Classic EKG finding in atrial flutter "Sawtooth" p waves Definition of unstable angina Angina that is new, is worsening, or occurs at rest Antihypertensive for a diabetic patient with proteinuria ACEI Beck's triad for cardiac tamponade Hypotension, distant heart sounds, and JVD Drugs that slow heart rate Beta-blockers, CCBs, digoxin, amiodarone Hypercholesterolemia treatment that leads to flushing and pruritus Niacin Murmur - hy...

USMLE Step 1 Rapid Review With Complete Solution Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly, (also high D dimer, CHF without JVD) Budd-Chiari syndrome Achilles tendon xanthoma Familial hypercholesterolemia Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia) Arachnodactyly, lens dislocation, aortic dissection, hyperflexible joints Marfan's (fibrillin defect) Athlete with polycythemia Erythropoietin injection Back pain, fever, night sweats, weight loss ...

STEP 1 USMLE REVIEW WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION often precedes squamous cell carcinoma actinic keratosis primary adrenocortical deficiency Addison's disease polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, cafe-au-lait spots, short stature, young girls - diagnosis? Albright's syndrome hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness Alport's syndrome anti-basement membrane antibodies - diagnosis? Goodpasture's syndrome anticentromere antibodies - diagnosis? scleroderma (CREST) anti-doubl...

Master the Boards USMLE Step 2CK - Gastroenterology Essential feature of the majority of esophageal disorders Dysphagia Difficulty swallowing Dysphagia Proper term for pain while swallowing Odynophagia Both dysphagia & odynophagia can lead to? Weight loss When severe, some forms of esophageal disorder will also give rise to what? - Anemia - Heme+ stool What should be done when gastrointestinal alarm symptoms are present? Endoscopy Alarm symptoms indicating endoscopy - Weight los...

USMLE Step 2 CK With Complete Solution Argatroban Direct thrombin inhibitor Contraindicated in Renal Insuficiency Indicated in Liver Disease Fondaparinux Factor Xa inhibitor Contraindicated in Liver failure Indicated in Kidney Failure Conditions associated to ITP Lymphoma, leukemia, HIV, HCV, EBV, SLE, alcohol use, chemotherapy lead poisoning Mild (5-44): no med, repeat levels & relocation Moderate (45-69): DMSA Severe (>70): Dimercaprol + EDTA if encephalopathy Sideroblastic...

The Next Best Step Vignettes (USMLE Step 2 CK) with complete solution compare to previous chest x-ray when you find a pulmonary nodule on chest x-ray Pulmonary angiogram (gold standard), but usually used in CT pulmonary angiography or CT with contrast most accurate test in PE NO LIP Nitrates Oxygen Loops Ionotropic drugs (dobutamine) Positioning (blood pools in the legs) BNP > 400 tx acute CHF V/Q scan if the patient cannot have CT angio then what imaging do you use to dx the ...

USMLE Step 2 CK: Next Step in Management with complete solution high-grade reflux in females that persists into adulthood with no clear secondary cause surgical repair multiple 2nd trimester spontaneous abortions cervical cerclage erythematous knee with effusion and fever arthrocentesis [ need to tell apart gout from septic arthritis] spontaneous pneumothorax in a tall young man supplemental oxygen clue cells seen in vaginal swab in a fertile woman oral metronidazole acute open-angl...

USMLE Step 2 Rapid Review With Complete Solution "Sawtooth" P waves Classic ECG finding in atrial flutter. Angina is new, is worsening, or occurs at rest Definition of unstable angina. ACEI Antihypertensive for a diabetic patient with proteinuria. Hypotension, distant heart sounds, and JVD Beck's triad for cardiac tamponade. β-blockers, digoxin, calcium channel blockers Drugs that slow AV node transmission. Niacin Hypercholesterolemia treatment that → flushing and pruritus. ...

USMLE step 2 CK with complete solution(Latest 2021 update) pregnant with active HBV tx newborn with HBIG and HBV vaccine Beck's triad for tamponade hypotension, JVD, muffled heart sounds (also pulsus paradoxus). Electrical alternans subarachnoid hemorrhage increased ADH and BNP --> hyponatremia. Tx - water restriction coccidioidomycosis SW US, central/south America. Pulm infection - dry cough, weight loss, pleuritic chest pain, erythema multiforme/nodosum, arthralgias histoplasmos...

STEP 1 USMLE REVIEW WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION often precedes squamous cell carcinoma actinic keratosis primary adrenocortical deficiency Addison's disease polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, cafe-au-lait spots, short stature, young girls - diagnosis? Albright's syndrome hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness Alport's syndrome anti-basement membrane antibodies - diagnosis? Goodpasture's syndrome anticentromere antibodies - diagnosis? scleroderma (CREST) anti-doubl...