[AMC 1] General Discussions
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A 33-year-old woman is involved in a high-speed automobile collision. She arrive sat the emergency department gasping for breath. Her lips are cyanoti
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A 30-year-old man attends a daily psychiatric partial-hospitalization program. At the age of 18, he began hearing the voices of a man and a woman tell
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A 36-year-old woman comes to her gynecologist because of a three-month history of amenorrhea. Until this time, her menstrual periods had been regular.
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A 45-year-old woman, who wears high-heeled, pointed shoes, complains of pain in the forefoot after prolonged standing or walking. Occasionally, she al
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A 56-year-old man is been admitted to the medical intensive care unit (MICU) in respiratory distress. An endotracheal tube is placed for mechanical ve
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A 55-year-old woman comes to the emergency department because of a 3-day history of chills and spiking fever. She is clinically jaundiced, and the lab
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A young woman sustains minor injuries after a motor vehicle accident and is admitted to the hospital. During the observation period, the intern notice
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A 55-year-old man comes to the physician because of daily headaches awakening him in the early morning. Often, the pain is exacerbated by straining du
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A 31-year-old man has suffered from Crohn disease for several years. Initially he was treated with diet and sulfasalazine, but for the past six months
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A 50-year-old woman is seen by her family physician because she is feeling poorly. The woman has a known history of severe chronic gastritis. Physical
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A 6 month-old male is thought to have sickle cell anemia, and as his pediatrician you want to sequence the gene that may be mutated, causing this dise
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A 52-year-old male immigrant from Bolivia presents to the clinic complaining of dyspnea, weakness, and mild edema. Cardiac ultrasound reveals dilatati
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A 40 year old man presents to your clinic for evaluation of progressive loss of sensation in both his arms. Further questioning reveals that the patie
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A 33-year-old man status-post renal transplant presents with one week of cough, fever, chills, and pleuritic chest pain. Chest x-ray is negative for c
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A 51-year-old man comes to the doctor's office with shortness of breath and productive cough. The patient has a history of smoking for the past 32 yea
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A 12-year-old blind boy is learning to read Braille for the first time. Which sensory organ in his finger tips is responsible for translating this lig
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A 62-year-old man presents to his primary care physician complaining of a recent eruption of blisters all over his body. On exam, the patient has mult
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A 55 year-old male arrives at your office because recently he attempted to fly for the first time in his life. At the airport, he set the metal detect
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