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USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: Man has severe epigastric pain

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A 39-year-old man has a two-day history of severe epigastric pain that radiates to the back, nausea, and vomiting. What is the complication?

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Which substance will confirm diagnosis?

Prep-with-help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A 55-year-old man is admitted to the hospital because of hematemesis. Administration of which substance will confirm diagnosis?

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Woman has history of chest pain on exertion

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A 57-year-old woman has a two-day history of chest pain on exertion. What increased in this patient?

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Woman complains of abdominal pain, nausea

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A 19-year-old woman comes to the clinic because of abdominal pain and nausea. What is most likely a complication of her disorder?

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Which diuretics will produce results?

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A graph shows that increased NaCl delivery to the macula densa raises glomerular afferent arteriolar resistance.
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Ethics

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Art and medicine: Looking at the role of portraiture in health care

Portraiture can be used to motivate deeper and fuller understanding of the experiences of patients, physicians, caregivers, and others in health care. Find out more.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Four phases of coronary blood flow

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: In the four phases of coronary blood flow in the left coronary artery during one complete cardiac cycle, when does the left ventricle contract?
Patient being given anesthesia in operating room

Ethics

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How to navigate the anesthesiologist-surgeon relationship

Most depictions of operating rooms focus on the surgeon and patient. However, surgical care is built on a triadic relationship between surgeons, anesthesiologists and patients.