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Kaplan USMLE Step 2: Palpitations just the start for this patient

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. What does this ECG reveal about a 26-year-old patient with unstable ventricular tachycardia requiring cardioversion?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2: Choking child comes to ED. What’s next?

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A 5-year-old boy begins coughing and gagging while eating peanuts. What is the appropriate initial step in management?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2: What do these lab studies reveal?

What condition do these laboratory studies reveal for this 81-year-old male patient found on his living room floor?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2: Older adult man unable to urinate

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The patient’s abdomen is soft with lower abdominal distension and suprapubic discomfort. What’s the best next step?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2: Diagnosing a swollen ankle

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. Teen plays rugby but does not recall any recent trauma to the swollen ankle. What is diagnostic of this condition?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2: Woman with pain in her mid-back

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A 72-year-old woman presents with mid-back pain and point tenderness over the T8 vertebra. What’s the likely diagnosis?

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2: Lab work leads to shortness of breath

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The case: A young man experiences increasing shortness of breath after recently starting work in a scientific laboratory.

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2: Young woman has rash for two weeks

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. The patient also suffers from easy bruising and nose bleeds. Learn more and see if you can diagnose this stumper.

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Kaplan USMLE Step 2: Managing bilateral renal stones

Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. What would be the most appropriate test to establish the etiology of the 14-year-old patient's clinical presentation?

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