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USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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5 MIN READ

Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: What do these lab studies reveal?

What condition do these laboratory studies reveal for this 81-year-old male patient found on his living room floor?

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: Lab work leads to shortness of breath

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A young man experiences increasing shortness of breath after recently starting work in a scientific laboratory.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: Finding treatment for schizophrenia

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. This is the patient’s third hospital admission in six months, and each time he is less responsive to antipsychotic agents.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: What’s behind dilated pupils, tachycardia?

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A checkup with a college freshman following the first week of finals is far from routine. Can you solve this stumper?
Doctor speaking to a patient sitting on an examination table, both wearing masks.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: 6 stumpers on middle-aged patients

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical and test your knowledge. Can you answer these questions involving middle-aged patients? Find out now.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: Patient says his skin is crawling

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Physical exam of 50-year-old is notable for diaphoresis and tremulousness. What’s the first step?

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: Next step for patient with groin pain

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Urgent-care examination shows mild right-sided erythema. Learn more about this commonly missed question.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: Woman seeks long-term weight loss

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A woman with obesity has made multiple attempts to lose weight with no lasting success. She says she can’t resist sweets.

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