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Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 22-year-old woman presents to her primary care provider with an unrelenting headache accompanied by fever, chills, and malaise for the past 4 days. She also complains of an earache and dry hacking cough. Past medical history is noncontributory. She takes oral contraceptives and a multivitamin with calci... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> One day after doctors helped a 28-year-old primigravid woman deliver a 4,700 g (10 lb 6 oz) boy, the newborn has bluish discoloration of the lips and fingernails. His temperature is 37.3°C (99.1°F), the pulse is 166/min, the respirations are 63/min, and the blood pressure is 68/44 mm Hg. Pulse oximetry on... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 44-year-old woman is admitted after an episode of dizziness and palpitations with a subsequent loss of consciousness. At the time of admission, the patient is alert, but then quickly becomes lethargic and reports reoccurrence of palpitations. Past medical history is significant for an episode of ventric... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 62-year-old woman presents to the clinic with a lacerated wound on her left forearm. She got the wound accidentally when she slipped in her garden and scraped her hand against some nails sticking out of the fence. The patient has rheumatoid arthritis and takes methylprednisolone 16 mg/day. She cannot re... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 50-year-old man is brought to the emergency department because of a 3-day history of left flank pain. The patient has had two episodes of urolithiasis during the last year. He initially had pain with urination that improved with oxycodone. Over the past day, the pain has worsened and he has additionally... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 48-year-old homeless man is brought to the emergency department 2 hours after his right arm was burned by a fire. He is diagnosed with extensive third-degree burns of the right forearm and upper arm and is admitted to the hospital for debridement and grafting. During his stay in the hospital, he suddenl... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> An 11-year-old girl comes to the physician with her mother because of a 2-day history of passing “cola-colored“ urine. During the past week, her mother noticed episodes of facial swelling. The patient had a rash on her face about 4 weeks ago. A renal biopsy after immunofluorescence is shown. Which of the ... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 69-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus has an HbA1c of 3.9% and has been using basal-bolus insulin to manage her diabetes for the past 5 years. She has been maintaining a healthy diet, taking her insulin as scheduled but her records show morning hyperglycemia before eating breakfast. To determi... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 37-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after being attacked with a knife. Physical examination shows a 4-cm laceration in the midline of the right forearm. An MRI of the right arm shows damage to a nerve that runs between the superficial and deep flexor digitorum muscles. Loss of sensati... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 25-year-old nulliparous woman at 8 weeks' gestation comes to her physician accompanied by her husband for her first prenatal visit. She has no personal or family history of serious illness. Her vaccinations are up-to-date and she takes no medications. She has no history of recreational drug use and does... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 24-year-old woman presents with generalized edema, hematuria, and severe right-sided flank pain. Her vital signs are normal. A 24-hour urine collection shows >10 grams of protein in her urine. Serum LDH is markedly elevated. Contrast-enhanced spiral CT scan shows thrombosis of the right renal vein. Whic... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> Ten days after undergoing left hip replacement, a 73-year-old hospitalized man develops a fever, dyspnea, cough productive of yellow sputum, confusion, nausea, and diarrhea. Several patients in the hospital report similar symptoms. Physical examination shows decreased breath sounds on the left side and in... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A group of scientists is studying various methods of bacterial reproduction. They find out that bacteria also exchange genetic material via these reproductive processes. They are about to study one such method known as bacterial conjugation. Which of the following occurs through bacterial conjugation? ---... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> An 81-year-old man is brought in by his neighbor with altered mental status. The patient’s neighbor is unsure exactly how long he was alone, but estimates that it was at least 3 days. The neighbor says that the patient usually has his daughter at home to look after him but she had to go into the hospital ... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 52-year-old man is brought to the emergency department by a friend because of a 5-day history of fever and cough productive of purulent sputum. One week ago, he was woken up by an episode of heavy coughing while lying on his back. He drinks large amounts of alcohol daily and has spent most of his time i... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 42-year-old man is brought to the emergency department because his neck was fixed in lateral flexion. For the past week, the patient has been complaining of low-grade fever, head pain, and neck pain. His partner has also noticed him behaving erratically. His family and personal medical history are not r... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 36-year-old software professional consults a physician to discuss his concerns about small-vessel vasculitis as his mother and sister both have autoimmune small-vessel vasculitides. He has read about vasculitides and recently he came across an article which stated that an analgesic that he often uses fo... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 22-year-old man with no significant medical history presents with a two day history of bilateral eye redness, irritation, and watery mucous discharge as seen in the photograph provided. He has crusting of his eyes in the mornings without adhesion of his eyelids. He does not wear contact lenses and has h... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 58-year-old man with an unknown previous medical history is found on the floor at home by his daughter. During the initial assessment, the patient has right-sided arm weakness and incomprehensible speech. The patient is admitted to the hospital where he is diagnosed with an ischemic stroke where his mag... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 16-year-old girl is brought to the emergency department by her parents because of fever, vomiting, rash, and worsening confusion since this morning. On questioning, her mother reports that her last menstrual period was 1 week ago and that she recently started using tampons. She appears lethargic and is ... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 27-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after a motor vehicle accident. He complains of tingling of his legs, and he is unable to move them. His temperature is 36.5°C (97.7°F), the blood pressure is 110/75 mm Hg, and the pulse is 88/min. On physical examination, pinprick sensation is abse... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 40-year-old Indian female is hospitalized with exertional dyspnea and lower extremity edema. The patient immigrated to the United States at age 15 and does not use tobacco, alcohol, or drugs. A mid-diastolic murmur is present and heard best at the apex. Which of the following symptoms would be most cons... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 14-year-old Caucasian girl presents to the pediatrician for poor balance. She reports a 7-month history of frequent falls that has progressively worsened. She has fallen 3 times in the past week and feels like she cannot walk normally. She was born full-term and spent 2 days in the neonatal intensive ca... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 47-year-old farmer presents to his primary care physician for the first time appointment. The patient has never seen a doctor and states that he is in good health. He has worked as a farmer for the past 30 years and has no complaints. His temperature is 98.9°F (37.2°C), blood pressure is 197/118 mmHg, p... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 26-year-old woman presents to the office complaining of bloating and consistent fatigue. Past medical notes on her record show that she has seen several doctors at the clinic in the past year for the same concerns. During the discussion, she admits that coming to the doctor intensifies her anxiety and s... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 45-year-old man presents to his primary care physician for lower extremity pain and unsteadiness. He describes the pain as severe and stabbing and affecting his lower extremities. These episodes of pain last for minutes at a time. He also reports knocking into furniture regularly. Medical history is sig... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 25-year-old male wrestler presents to his primary care physician for knee pain. He was in a wrestling match yesterday when he was abruptly taken down. Since then, he has had pain in his left knee. The patient states that at times it feels as if his knee locks as he moves it. The patient has a past medic... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 71-year-old woman comes to the physician because of progressive shortness of breath and swollen legs for 4 weeks. She has tried sleeping in a raised position using 2 pillows but still wakes up occasionally from a choking sensation. She returned from a safari tour in Tanzania 3 months ago. She has type 2... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 6-year-old boy is brought to the pediatrician by his mother for diarrhea and a skin rash. His mother reports that he had a cough, sore throat, and runny nose 1 week ago. Although his upper respiratory symptoms improved after two days, he started having multiple watery bowel movements 3 days ago. He also... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 49-year-old man comes to the physician because of a 5-month history of progressive fatigue and exertional dyspnea. Cardiac examination shows a loud S2 in the 2nd left intercostal space. Right heart catheterization shows a pulmonary artery pressure of 32 mm Hg. Treatment with bosentan is initiated. The b... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 2-week-old newborn girl is brought to the physician for a follow-up examination after the initial newborn examination showed asymmetry of the legs. She was born at term to a 26-year-old woman, gravida 3, para 2. Pregnancy was complicated by a breech presentation and treated with an emergency lower-segme... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 26-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a progressive swelling in her mouth that she first noticed 5 years ago. Initially, the swelling was asymptomatic but has now caused some difficulty while chewing food for the past month. She has no pain. She has not undergone any dental procedures in t... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 54-year-old man presents to the emergency department after vomiting blood an hour ago. He says this happens to him occasionally but denies feeling pain in these episodes. The man is disheveled and has slurred speech as he describes his symptoms. He is reluctant to give further history and wants immediat... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 60-year-old man is brought to the emergency room because of fever and increasing confusion for the past 2 days. He has paranoid schizophrenia treated with chlorpromazine. He appears diaphoretic. His temperature is 40°C (104°F), pulse is 130/min, respirations are 29/min, and blood pressure is 155/100 mm ... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 10-month-old infant is brought to the emergency by his parents after a seizure. The parents report no history of trauma, fever, or a family history of seizures. However, they both say that the patient fell while he was running. Neurologic examination was normal. A head CT scan was ordered and is shown i... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> An 80-year-old woman presents to her cardiologist for a scheduled appointment. She was shown to have moderate atrial dilation on echocardiography 3 years ago and was started on oral medications. The patient insists that she does not want aggressive treatment because she wants her remaining years to be pea... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 3-year-old girl is brought in by her parents to her pediatrician for concerns about their child’s behavior. Since the parents started taking their child to daycare, they have become concerned that their daughter has not been behaving like other children her age. Most notably, she seldom responds when he... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 27-year-old man comes to the physician because of multiple, dry, scaly lesions on his elbows. The lesions appeared 4 months ago and have progressively increased in size. They are itchy and bleed when he scratches them. There is no associated pain or discharge. He was diagnosed with HIV infection 6 years... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 45-year-old African-American woman presents with dyspnea, cough, and non-radiating chest pain. Her chest pain is relieved by leaning forward and worsens upon leaning backwards. A scratchy rub is heard best with the patient leaning forward. Physical examination did not elucidate evidence of a positive Ku... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> Shortly after the removal of a subclavian venous catheter by a surgical resident in an academic medical center, a 50-year-old man develops tachycardia, respiratory distress, and hypotension. Despite appropriate lifesaving treatment, the patient dies. Examination of the lungs during autopsy shows air in th... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 63-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a skin lesion on her neck for 7 months. It is neither pruritic nor painful. She has tried using over-the-counter topical medications, but none have helped. She has hypertension, hypothyroidism, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. Current medications i... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 45-year-old man comes to the physician for a follow-up examination after being diagnosed with hypertension 6 months ago. He has cut salt out of his diet and started exercising regularly, but home blood pressure measurements continue to be elevated. His blood pressure is 160/85 mm Hg. An antihypertensive... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 10-year-old boy presents with sudden shortness of breath. The patient’s mother says he was playing in the school garden 2 hours ago and suddenly started to complain of abdominal pain and vomited a few times. An hour later, he slowly developed a rash that involved his chest, arms, and legs, and his breat... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 60-year-old man comes to the emergency department because of a 2-day history of sharp chest pain and a nonproductive cough. The pain worsens with deep inspiration and improves when he leans forward. Three weeks ago, the patient was diagnosed with an ST-elevation myocardial infarction and underwent stent... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> Which of the following correctly pairs a neurotransmitter with its location of synthesis? ---- <<Choices:>> A) Norepinephrine -- Caudate nucleus B) GABA -- Ventral tegmentum C) Serotonin -- Raphe nucleus D) Acetylcholine -- Nucleus accumbens ---- <<Answer:>> | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 22-year-old man presents to the emergency department with abdominal pain. The patient states that he has had right lower quadrant abdominal pain for "a while now". The pain comes and goes, and today it is particularly painful. The patient is a college student studying philosophy. He drinks alcohol occas... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 12-year-old girl is brought to the physician because of fatigue, dyspnea, and mild chest pain on exertion for 1 week. She does not have a fever or a rash. She had an upper respiratory infection 3 weeks ago. She returned from summer camp in Colorado 3 days ago. She says they went hiking and camping as pa... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 2-year-old boy is brought to a pediatrician for recurrent respiratory infections. The parents explain that their child has gotten sick every month since 2 months of age. The boy had multiple upper respiratory infections and has been treated for pneumonia twice. He coughs frequently, and a trial of salbu... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 43-year-old man comes to the physician for evaluation of a headache he has had for the last 6 months. The patient reports that nothing helps to relieve the headache and that it is more severe in the morning. Throughout the last 2 months, he has been unable to maintain an erection and states that his sex... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 68-year-old male presents with several years of progressively worsening pain in his buttocks. Pain is characterized as dull, worse with exertion especially when ascending the stairs. He has a history of diabetes mellitus type II, obesity, coronary artery disease with prior myocardial infarction, and a 4... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 27-year-old man presents to the emergency department following a motor vehicle accident. Having been found as a restrained driver, he did not suffer from any chest injuries; nevertheless, his legs were pinned in position by the front of the highly damaged vehicle. After a prolonged extrication, the man ... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 3-year-old is brought to the pediatrician by by his mother. She is concerned that he appears fatigued all the time. She also mentions that he struggles to get out of his seat after eating his meals and when he waddles when he walks now. The child was born at 39 weeks via spontaneous vaginal delivery. He... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 5-month-old boy is brought to the physician by his parents because of difficulty breathing for the past hour. The parents report noisy breathing and bluish discoloration of their son's lips. During the past two months, the patient has had several upper respiratory tract infections and poor weight gain. ... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 68-year-old man presents to his primary care physician for fatigue. He is accompanied by his granddaughter who is worried that the patient is depressed. She states that over the past 2 months he has lost 15 lbs. He has not come to some family events because he complains of being “too tired.” The patient... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> Eighteen hours after undergoing surgery for a splenic rupture and liver laceration following a high-speed motor vehicle collision, a 23-year-old man's pulse is 140/min, blood pressure is 80/50 mm Hg, and central venous pressure is 19 cm H2O. He was transfused with 6 units of packed red blood cells during ... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 30-year-old man presents to his family physician admitting to using heroin. He says he started using about 6-months ago when his back pain medication ran out. At first, he says he would borrow his wife’s Percocet but, eventually, that ran out and he had to find a different source. Since then, he has bee... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 53-year-old man presents to an urgent care center with severe fever that began during the day along with muscle and joint pains. He states that he felt fine the day before but then developed a fever to 103°F (39.4°C) and had to leave work after which he developed a headache and body pains. The patient s... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 64-hour-old baby girl is being evaluated for discharge. She was born by forceps-assisted vaginal delivery at 39 weeks gestation. The mother has no chronic medical conditions and attended all her prenatal visits. The mother’s blood type is A+. On day 1, the patient was noted to have a scalp laceration. B... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> An autopsy of a 75-year-old man reveals obliterating endarteritis of the vasa vasorum of the aorta. Which of the following investigations will most likely be positive in this patient? ---- <<Choices:>> A) Increased double-stranded (ds) DNA titer B) Increased ketonuria C) Increased serum creatinine D) Rapi... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 43-year-old woman comes to the physician for a routine examination prior to starting a new job as a nurse. Over the past year, the patient has had mild shortness of breath and a cough productive of white sputum, particularly in the morning. She immigrated to the United States from South Africa with her ... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 24-year-old G1P0000 presents for her first obstetric visit and is found to be at approximately 8 weeks gestation. She has no complaints aside from increased fatigue and occasional nausea. The patient is a recent immigrant from Africa and is currently working as a babysitter for several neighborhood chil... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 54-year-old man is brought to the emergency department by his wife because of progressive nausea, vomiting, and right-sided flank pain for 2 days. The pain is colicky and radiates to the groin. He has a history of gout and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Current medications are metformin and allopurinol. He r... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 33-year-old man comes to the physician because of decreased hearing in his right ear for the past 4 months. During this period, he has also had multiple episodes of dizziness and a constant ringing noise in his right ear. Over the past 5 weeks, he has also noticed scant amounts of right-sided ear discha... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 73-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Her daughter who accompanies her says she was in her usual state of health until two days ago when she started to complain of abdominal pain and was unable to tolerate oral intake. She has hypertens... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> You are asked to examine a 1-year-old child brought to the emergency department by his sister. The sister reports that the child has been acting strangely since that morning after "getting in trouble" for crying. The child appears lethargic and confused and is noted to have a cigarette burn on his forearm... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> Paramedics respond to a call regarding an 18-year-old male with severe sudden-onset heart palpitations. The patient reports symptoms of chest pain, fatigue, and dizziness. Upon examination, his heart rate is 175/min and regular. His blood pressure is 110/75 mm Hg. Gentle massage below the level of the lef... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 57-year-old female visits her primary care physician with 2+ pitting edema in her legs. She takes no medications and does not use alcohol, tobacco, or illicit drugs. 4.5 grams of protein are collected during 24-hour urine excretion. A kidney biopsy is obtained. Examination with light microscopy shows di... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 28-year-old woman, gravida 1, para 0, at 10 weeks' gestation comes to the physician for her initial prenatal visit. She has no history of serious illness, but reports that she is allergic to penicillin. Vital signs are within normal limits. The lungs are clear to auscultation, and cardiac examination sh... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 46-year-old man is brought to the emergency room by police after being found passed out on the sidewalk. He is intermittently alert and smells strongly of alcohol. He is unable to provide a history, but an electronic medical record search reveals that the patient has a history of alcohol abuse and was s... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 27-year-old woman who resides in an area endemic for chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum malaria presents to the physician with fatigue, malaise, and episodes of fever with chills over the last 5 days. She mentions that she has episodes of shivering and chills on alternate days that last for approximate... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> An 8-year-old boy presents to your office for a routine well-child visit. Upon physical examination, he is found to have a harsh-sounding, holosystolic murmur that is best appreciated at the left sternal border. The murmur becomes louder when you ask him to make fists with his hands. Which of the followin... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 50-year-old woman, gravida 5, para 5, comes to the physician for the evaluation of decreased sexual desire for approximately 6 months. She has been sexually active with her husband but reports that she has no desire in having sexual intercourse anymore. She states that she feels guilty and is worried ab... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 37-year-old previously healthy woman presents to the emergency room with right leg pain and difficulty breathing. She recently returned from a trip to Alaska and noticed her leg started to swell when she got home. Her medications include a multivitamin and oral contraceptives. She is diagnosed with a de... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 25-year-old man presents to the emergency department after fainting at his investment banking office. He states that he has experienced intermittent headaches since high school, but has never fainted. He reports eating multiple small meals regularly throughout the day. He further notes that multiple fam... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 43-year-old man presents to the emergency department with nausea and vomiting. He says symptoms onset 4 hours ago and is progressively worsening. He denies any hematemesis. Past medical history is significant for a recent negative screening colonoscopy that was performed due to a family history of colon... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A group of investigators is evaluating the diagnostic properties of a new blood test that uses two serum biomarkers, dityrosine and Nε-carboxymethyl-lysine, for the clinical diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children. The test is considered positive only if both markers are found in the serum... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 51-year-old man is brought to the local emergency room in severe respiratory distress. The patient is an industrial chemist and was working in his lab with a new partner when a massive chemical spill occurred releasing fumes into their workspace. The patient and his lab partner attempted to clean up the... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> Blood cultures are sent to the laboratory. Antibiotic treatment is started. Blood cultures confirm an infection with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus epidermidis. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in management? ---- <<Choices:>> A) Oral penicillin V + gentamicin for 4 weeks B... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 6-week-old child is brought to his pediatrician for a physical exam and hepatitis B booster. The boy was born at 39 weeks gestation via spontaneous vaginal delivery to a 19-year-old G-1-P-1. He was previously up to date on all vaccines and is mildly delayed in some developmental milestones. His mother i... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 16-year-old girl presents to the emergency room with her 8-month-old daughter for evaluation of “turning blue when she cries.” The baby is found to have an atrial septal defect that is causing a left to right shunt, resulting in cyanosis and pulmonary hypertension. Surgical intervention is indicated; ho... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 27-year-old man presents to the outpatient clinic with a swollen and painful toe. The pain intensity increased further after he went to a party last night. Which of the following is the drug of choice for the treatment of this patient's condition? ---- <<Choices:>> A) Aspirin B) Rasburicase C) Indometha... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 30-year-old woman, gravida 2, para 1, at 40 weeks' gestation is admitted to the hospital in active labor. Pregnancy has been complicated by iron deficiency anemia, which was treated with iron supplements. Her first pregnancy and vaginal delivery were uncomplicated. There is no personal or family history... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A scientist is studying the process by which innate immune cells are able to respond to damage and pathogen infiltration. Specifically, she examines patients with an immunodeficiency where they are unable to respond to local infections. She notices that these patients do not produce pustulant fluid and do... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 1-month-old boy is brought to the physician because of a 5-day history of generalized fatigue and multiple episodes of vomiting which is most pronounced after formula feeding. His vomiting progressed from 2–3 episodes on the first day to 6–8 episodes at present. The vomitus is whitish in color. The moth... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> In order to study the association between coffee drinking and the subsequent development of lung cancer, a group of researchers decides to carry out a multicentric case-control study with a large number of participants–800 with a diagnosis of lung cancer, and 800 as age-adjusted controls. According to the... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 48-hour-old newborn presents in respiratory distress. He is gasping for breath in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and has had a fever for the past 2 days with a temperature ranging between 37.2°C (99.0°F) and 38.6°C (101.5°F). He also has not been feeding well and seems to be lethargic. The pati... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 8-year-old boy is brought to the clinic by his father for an annual well-check. His dad reports that he has been “difficult to handle” as he would not listen and follow instructions at home. “Telling him to sit still and do something is just so hard,” the father says. His teacher also reports difficulti... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A previously healthy 30-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a 3-month history of progressive shortness of breath and nonproductive cough. She also complains of constipation and fatigue during the same time period. She has not traveled recently or been exposed to any sick contacts. Physical ex... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 29-year-old female reports having a positive home pregnancy test result 9 weeks ago. She presents today with vaginal bleeding and complains of recent onset abdominal pain. Ultrasound of the patient’s uterus is included as Image A. Subsequent histologic analysis (Image B) reveals regions of both normal a... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A mother brings her infant for a regular well-child check-up with the pediatrician. During the routine developmental examination, the physician notes that the child is looking at him with his head lifted upwards when he is about to pick up the child from the table. At what age is it common to begin to obs... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 55-year-old man comes to the physician because of a 2-month history of headaches, facial numbness, recurrent epistaxis, and a 5-kg (11-lb) weight loss. He recently immigrated from Hong Kong. Examination shows right-sided cervical lymphadenopathy. Endoscopy shows an exophytic nasopharyngeal mass. Histolo... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> An 8-year-old boy is brought to the physician by his parents for blurry vision for the past 2 months. He is at the 97th percentile for height and 25th percentile for weight. Physical examination shows joint hypermobility, a high-arched palate, and abnormally long, slender fingers and toes. Slit lamp exami... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 70-year-old man presents to a medical office with painful micturition for 2 weeks. He denies any other symptoms. The past medical history is unremarkable. He has been a smoker most of his life, smoking approx. 1 pack of cigarettes every day. The physical examination is benign. A urinalysis shows an abun... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 13-year-old girl is brought to the physician by her father because of a 1-month history of pain in her right knee. She is a competitive volleyball player and has missed several games recently due to pain. Examination shows swelling distal to the right knee joint on the anterior surface of the proximal t... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 51-year-old woman presents the following significant and unintentional weight loss. She denies any personal history of blood clots in her past, but she says that her mother has also had to be treated for pulmonary embolism in the recent past. She also mentions that she had been struggling with her weigh... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 75-year-old man presents to the physician with a complaint of persistent back pain. The patient states that the pain has been constant and occurs throughout the day. He says that he has also been experiencing greater fatigue when carrying out his daily activities. On review of systems, the patient notes... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> An 8-year-old girl is brought into your clinic with a 5 day history of decreased oral intake, body aches and lymphadenopathy. She has no significant medical history. Upon further questioning you find that the patient frequently plays outside, where she enjoys chasing the neighborhood cats and dogs. She ha... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 28-year-old G2P1 female with a history of hypertension presents to the emergency room at 33 weeks with headache and blurry vision. On exam, her vitals include BP 186/102 mmHg, HR 102 beats per minute, RR 15 breaths per minute, and T 98.9 degrees Fahrenheit. She undergoes an immediate Caesarian section, ... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A female child presents to her pediatrician for a well child visit. Her mother reports that she is eating well at home and sleeping well throughout the night. She can jump and walk up and down stairs with both feet on each step. In the doctor’s office, the patient builds a six-cube tower and imitates a ci... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 51-year-old woman comes to the emergency department because of a 1-day history of severe pain in her left knee. To lose weight, she recently started jogging for 30 minutes a few times per week. She has type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension treated with metformin and chlorothiazide. Her sister has rh... | B |
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