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Kaplan USMLE Step 1: Patient reports difficulty swallowing liquids

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Endoscopy of man diagnosed with dysphagia shows a mass above the gastroesophageal junction. What is the likely cause?

Kaplan USMLE Step 1: Child suffers from almost daily headaches

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Exam of child with intracranial mass finds tumor containing brown, oily fluid. Where did the tumor most likely originate?

Kaplan USMLE Step 1: What is causing teen's reddish urine?

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A 17-year-old boy has reddish urine. What best describes the red blood cells with inclusions seen on peripheral blood smear?

Kaplan USMLE Step 1: Woman with chest pain and elevated cardiac enzymes

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A 45-year-old woman has chest pain and markedly elevated cardiac enzymes. Which test result likely supports the diagnosis?

USMLE Step 1: Newborn develops fever, lethargy and seizures

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Newborn develops fever, lethargy and seizures, and CSF shows a high neutrophil count and gram-positive cocci in chains.

Kaplan USMLE Step 1: What compound should be administered after head trauma?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1: What drug could have likely prevented infant's condition?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1: After treatment, patient returns with new symptoms

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Six weeks after initial treatment with methimazole, a patient returns with new symptoms. What is the likely cause?

Kaplan USMLE Step 1: Suicide attempt risks nerve damage to hand

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Suicide attempt severed flexor carpi radialis and palmaris longus tendons. What part(s) of the brachial plexus is at risk?