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    Medicine A 40 year old woman with a history of type 1 diabetes presents to the clinic for left ear pain and fullness. She also complains of decrease of hearing

    #january2020usmle2k A 40 year old woman with a history of type 1 diabetes presents to the clinic for left ear pain and fullness. She also complains of decrease of hearing on the affected side. The patient didn’t measure her blood sugar for 6 months although she has glucometer at home. Her...
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    Medicine A 36-year-old man visits his physician complaining of chronic gastric pain for several years. Physical examination is unremarkable. Serology studies a

    #january2020usmle2k A 36-year-old man visits his physician complaining of chronic gastric pain for several years. Physical examination is unremarkable. Serology studies are positive for Helicobacter Pylori. Endoscopy reveals gastritis with no ulcers or tumors. Treatment starts with omeprazole...
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    Medicine A 56-year-old man with a history of type 2 diabetes presents to his physician for a follow up. He complains of recurrent hypoglycemic reactions to his

    #january2020usmle2k A 56-year-old man with a history of type 2 diabetes presents to his physician for a follow up. He complains of recurrent hypoglycemic reactions to his medications. Which of these medications is most likely responsible for this patient’s hypoglycemic reactions? A- Glyburide...
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    Paediatrics A 7-year-old boy has a difficult time at school. He sleeps during most of the classes and doesn’t interact with his teachers in class. He is fighting

    #january2020usmle2k A 7-year-old boy has a difficult time at school. He sleeps during most of the classes and doesn’t interact with his teachers in class. He is fighting with many of his classmates because of stealing their lunches but he has never started a fight. When teachers tried to...
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    Medicine A 64 year old woman complains of low back pain for 1 week. Her pain and tenderness is localized over the lumbar spine and exaggerated by movement. Her

    #january2020usmle2k A 64 year old woman complains of low back pain for 1 week. Her pain and tenderness is localized over the lumbar spine and exaggerated by movement. Her physician prescribes her a phosphonate drug. What is the mechanism of action of this drug for this patient? A- Decrease...
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    Medicine A 28 year old woman visits her physician for evaluation of bilateral proximal muscle weakness and muscle pain. Her symptoms started last week and her

    #january2020usmle2k A 28 year old woman visits her physician for evaluation of bilateral proximal muscle weakness and muscle pain. Her symptoms started last week and her pain is getting worse. Her records indicate alcohol abuse and cocaine addiction. She is HIV positive and she takes...