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    Medicine A 62-year-old man complains of fatigue, progressive weakness and numbness of his arms and legs. Complete blood count shows decreased numbers of erythr

    #june2020usmle2ck A 62-year-old man complains of fatigue, progressive weakness and numbness of his arms and legs. Complete blood count shows decreased numbers of erythrocytes and increase in the mean cell volume. Removal of which of these structures requires lifelong administration of the...
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    Medicine An obese 46-year-old man presents to the clinic with complaints of weakness, fatigue and tingling and numbness of his hands and feet. He rarely exerci

    #june2020usmle2ck An obese 46-year-old man presents to the clinic with complaints of weakness, fatigue and tingling and numbness of his hands and feet. He rarely exercises and he eats almost daily in fast food restaurants. Laboratory tests show fasting blood glucose of 156 mg/dL. He is advised...
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    Paediatrics A 4-month-old boy is brought to the pediatrician by his parents who are concerned about a white dot on his right eye. Examination reveals a white pupi

    #june2020usmle2ck A 4-month-old boy is brought to the pediatrician by his parents who are concerned about a white dot on his right eye. Examination reveals a white pupillary reflex in his right eye. Imaging studies confirms the presence of a large tumor in the left eye that does not involve the...
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    Medicine A 24-year-old man with a history of HIV infection develops pallor and increasing fatigue. Laboratory tests confirm the diagnosis of acute lymphoblasti

    #june2020usmle2ck A 24-year-old man with a history of HIV infection develops pallor and increasing fatigue. Laboratory tests confirm the diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Which one of these chemotherapeutic agents is used for this patient without causing further damage to his immune...
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    Medicine A 58-year-old man presents to the clinic with sudden weakness of his right arm. He also complains of progressive difficulty breathing on exertion, pal

    #june2020usmle2ck A 58-year-old man presents to the clinic with sudden weakness of his right arm. He also complains of progressive difficulty breathing on exertion, palpitations and a low grade fever during the last month. Examination reveals elevated jugular venous pressure, a loud S1 and...
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    Medicine A 12-year-old boy with a history of cystic fibrosis develops dyspnea, cough and fever. His temperature is 103.1 F, his pulse is 120/min and his oxygen

    #june2020usmle2ck A 12-year-old boy with a history of cystic fibrosis develops dyspnea, cough and fever. His temperature is 103.1 F, his pulse is 120/min and his oxygen saturation is 85%. Lung examination reveals bilateral rhonchi. What is the appropriate antibiotic treatment? A-Ampicillin...
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    Medicine An Acrobat player fell from a height of about 30 feet on her back during her performance and sustained a serious injury. Her thoracic and abdominal mu

    #june2020usmle2ck An Acrobat player fell from a height of about 30 feet on her back during her performance and sustained a serious injury. Her thoracic and abdominal muscles are completely paralyzed. She is still able to breathe as the diaphragm is not paralyzed by this injury. What is the...
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    Medicine A 24-year-old woman visits her physician for treatment of anxiety. She requests to change her current medication because it is sedative.

    #june2020usmle2ck A 24-year-old woman visits her physician for treatment of anxiety. She requests to change her current medication because it is sedative. Which one of these drugs has the minimum sedative effect? A-Buspirone B-Lorazepam C-Midazolam D-Promethazine E-Trazodone
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    Medicine A 28-year-old man presents to the emergency room after a bar fight in which he was shot. He is mildly distressed but oriented to place and time. Neuro

    #june2020usmle2ck A 28-year-old man presents to the emergency room after a bar fight in which he was shot. He is mildly distressed but oriented to place and time. Neurological examination reveals weakness of the right extremities with loss of touch, position and vibratory sensations on the same...
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    Medicine A 66-year-old man complains of difficult micturition and drippling at the end of urination. Laboratory investigations and imaging studies confirm the

    #june2020usmle2ck A 66-year-old man complains of difficult micturition and drippling at the end of urination. Laboratory investigations and imaging studies confirm the diagnosis of senile enlarged prostate and exclude prostate cancer. Which these drugs is the most appropriate for this patient...
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    Medicine A 32-year-old man visits his physician for a follow up after receiving a punch to the right side of his face. He complains of difficulty to chew food

    #june2020usmle2ck A 32-year-old man visits his physician for a follow up after receiving a punch to the right side of his face. He complains of difficulty to chew food on the right side. Examination reveals possible injury to muscles of mastication. Muscles of mastication are derived form...
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    Medicine A 45-year-old woman is sent to the emergency room from a vision center after examining her eyes to get new glasses. While she was in the waiting room,

    #june2020usmle2ck A 45-year-old woman is sent to the emergency room from a vision center after examining her eyes to get new glasses. While she was in the waiting room, she developed severe ocular pain in her right eye and she started seeing halos around light. Which of these agents most...
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    Medicine A 37-year-old woman complains of watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps and periodic facial flushing for the last six months. Examination reveals bilateral

    #june2020usmle2ck A 37-year-old woman complains of watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps and periodic facial flushing for the last six months. Examination reveals bilateral wheezing and slightly enlarged liver. Urine analysis shows high levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA). Multiple tumors...
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    Medicine A 40-year-old man who works in a manufacture of explosives presents to the clinic for a routine physical examination. Medical history reveals that the

    #june2020usmle2ck A 40-year-old man who works in a manufacture of explosives presents to the clinic for a routine physical examination. Medical history reveals that the patient experiences episodes of headache and palpitation every Monday. Physical examination, laboratory tests and ECG show...
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    Medicine A 32-year-old woman with a history of generalized anxiety disorder develops numbness of her face particularly around her mouth. Physical examination a

    #june2020usmle2ck A 32-year-old woman with a history of generalized anxiety disorder develops numbness of her face particularly around her mouth. Physical examination and x-ray show no abnormalities other than markedly increased respiratory rate. Laboratory investigations are as follows: PO2...
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    Medicine Studies are done on normal volunteers for phase 1 clinical trials of a new drug. The volume of distribution and clearance has been measured. The rese

    #june2020usmle2ck Studies are done on normal volunteers for phase 1 clinical trials of a new drug. The volume of distribution and clearance has been measured. The researchers now are calculating the half-life of the drug. Assuming that the volume of distribution is 60 L and the clearance is 3...
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    Medicine A 26-year-old man presents to the clinic with a complaint of recurrent episodes of bloating, flatulence and diarrhea following eating dairy products.

    #june2020usmle2ck A 26-year-old man presents to the clinic with a complaint of recurrent episodes of bloating, flatulence and diarrhea following eating dairy products. He mentions that he does not experience these symptoms if he does not drink milk or if he is fasting. What is the most likely...
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    Medicine A 60-year-old man visits the clinic due to profuse watery diarrhea and left lower abdominal colicky pain for the last 6 hours. Upon taking history, th

    #june2020usmle2ck A 60-year-old man visits the clinic due to profuse watery diarrhea and left lower abdominal colicky pain for the last 6 hours. Upon taking history, the patient claims that he is taking broad spectrum antibiotics for acute bronchitis. Which is the most likely causative...
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    Paediatrics A 1-year-old girl is brought to the pediatrician by her parents due to poor growth and skeletal abnormalities. Laboratory investigations show microcyt

    #june2020usmle2ck A 1-year-old girl is brought to the pediatrician by her parents due to poor growth and skeletal abnormalities. Laboratory investigations show microcytic anemia and higher concentration of hemoglobin A2. Which is the most likely diagnosis? A- Sickle cell anemia B-...
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    Paediatrics A 3-month-old girl is brought to the clinic due to weakness and pallor for one week. History claims that she was born after premature delivery. She is

    #june2020usmle2ck A 3-month-old girl is brought to the clinic due to weakness and pallor for one week. History claims that she was born after premature delivery. She is normal in development and growth. She is breastfed and her immunizations are up to date. What is the most appropriate...