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user's latest post:
Genetically predisposed...
Published (2009-11-07 07:12:20)
Genetically predisposed gestationla diabetes is ass with decreased activity of which of the following enzymes 1. PFK1 2. G6 phosphate dehydrogenase 4. glucokinase 5. pyruvate carboxylase 6. enolase 7. aldolase
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A patient with large,...
Published (2009-11-03 13:37:00)
The answer is C. The cardiac lesions described are characteristic of acute bacterial endocarditis. The fact that the valvular vegetations are large and penetrating strongly suggests that they are due to a virulent, pyogenic pathogen. Among the answer choices, Staphylococcus aureus best fits this description, and is in fact the most common cause of acute bacterial endocarditis. Brain abscess, which produces ring-enhancing radiologic lesions,...
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A 29-year-old, previously...
Published (2009-11-07 13:38:00)
The answer is D. The patient is having symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as depressive symptoms. Sertraline is an antidepressant approved for treatment of this disorder. Other antidepressants and anticonvulsants have also been shown to be effective in the treatment of PTS D. Insight-oriented psychotherapy (choice A) is focused on getting insight into the underlying unconscious conflicts on the basis of exploration of...
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A 1-year-old male has a normal...
Published (2009-11-02 13:51:00)
Answer is A Most forms of gout are probably X-linked recessive with deficiencies in phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP) synthase, the first step of purine synthesis . Some patients may have a partial deficiency of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRTase), which salvages hypoxanthine and guanine by transferring the purine ribonucleotide of PRPP to the bases and forming inosinate and guanylate, respectively. In all of these...
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Research at molecular lab was...
Published (2009-10-29 13:07:00)
(C) isoschizomeres are isolated from two different strains of bacteria and cut the same restriction site sequences.
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A 54 yo woman has been...
Published (2009-10-29 13:18:00)
Ans is 2. High BP causes the arteries and arterioles to hypertrophy, which increases the wall-to-lumen thickness of the vessel. Increased wall thickness without much change in the vessel radius produces this. This increase in wall thickness is thought to be an adaptive response to the extra amounts of stretch caused by the high BP. There is also an acyual loss of arterioles, which is autoregulatory. Apparently, the high BP pushes more blood...
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ASKING FOR MPH FUNDING
Published (2009-11-01 00:26:00)
Hello, My name is Wilunda Lukas Bonface. i am from Kenya. i will be completing my Bachelors degree in Environmental Health in July 2010. i would like to take MPH immediately thereafter, but i dont have money. I am kindly requesting for useful information that can help me get funding for MPH. thank you!
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Latest active threads on USMLE STEP 1::
Started 2 days, 3 hours ago (2009-11-07 13:36:00)
by shancheti
A 29-year-old, previously successful woman was climbing stairs in her new home about a month ago, when the whole house fell apart. She ended up in a hospital with a fractured left femur. The psychiatry team was consulted because the patient complained of nightmares and flashbacks and was afraid to go to sleep as a result. During the interview, she is tearful, and afraid that her fear of falling ...
Started 2 days, 3 hours ago (2009-11-07 13:34:00)
by shancheti
25 yo woman presents with pain and tenosynovitis of the wrists and ankles arthralgias of other joints, she notes two prior episodes similar to the present one, she just had her menstrual period during the previous week, Physic -exam reveals ulcerated lesions overlying the wrists and ankles, these symptoms are likely due to deficiency of?
A. C1 esterase Inhibitor
B. ciliary function
...
Started 2 days, 3 hours ago (2009-11-07 13:33:00)
by shancheti
A 25-year-old woman presents to the emergency department complaining that she is having auditory hallucinations and tremors, along with associated nausea and vomiting. She feels very anxious. On mini- mental status examination, she scores 22 of 30, and she appears to be obtunded. From which of the following substances is this patient most likely withdrawing?
A. Alprazolam
B. Caffeine...
Started 2 days, 3 hours ago (2009-11-07 13:31:00)
by shancheti
The mother of a 23-year-old man brings her son to a psychiatrist for a second opinion one week after his discharge from the hospital. The young man had been hospitalized for one week due to the new onset of auditory hallucinations and tangentiality of thoughts. During his hospitalization, he was diagnosed with schizophreniform disorder and was treated with risperidone 2 mg PO BID. A medical work...
Started 2 days, 3 hours ago (2009-11-07 13:30:00)
by shancheti
Benztropine ( anticholinergic drug) is used in patients with schizophrenia to reduce the side effects of antipsychotic treatment, ===avoid dystonia====
so answer is-B.
Started 2 days, 3 hours ago (2009-11-07 13:28:00)
by shancheti
Started 2 days, 3 hours ago (2009-11-07 13:26:00)
by shancheti
A patient presents to a psychiatrist for depressive symptoms. He talks about his past psychiatric problems. He also mentions he is an alcoholic and has been taking disulfiram for some time to keep sober. He once tried to drink after taking the drug and ended up being terribly sick. Which of the following principles best describes this treatment of alcoholism?
A. Conditioned avoidance
B. ...
Started 2 days, 3 hours ago (2009-11-07 13:24:00)
by shancheti
A patient has been coming to psychotherapy for several weeks. The psychiatrist is dealing with countertransference feelings, including problems coping with the patient's intense devaluation of him as a therapist, the patient's arrogant attitude and sense of entitlement, and boredom during sessions resulting from the patient's obliviousness toward him. Which of the following is the most likely ...
Started 2 days, 3 hours ago (2009-11-07 13:23:00)
by shancheti
A 21-year-old man drops out of college. On questioning, he explains that he is so afraid of having a panic attack that he is no longer willing to sit in class because he would not be able to leave. The same fear has also led him to stop going shopping or to the movies, because he is afraid of having a panic attack in the ticket line or theater. Which of the following is the most likely ...
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Hot threads for last week on USMLE STEP 1::
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-10-31 15:53:00)
by Nathan
Your patient complains of black moods, difficulty in concentrating, and his speech is sluggish. When you aks him about his appetite and sleeping patterns he says that his appetite is good and he sleeps well. You appropriately prescribe:
A. phenelzine
B. fluoxetine
C. buspirone
D. diazepam
E. lithium
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-10-31 15:50:00)
by Nathan
Your schizophrenic patient is beginning to show unusual movements of his lips and tongue. His behavior has not responded very well to treatment with a butyrophenone antipsychotic. A better choice of drug for this patient would be:
A. clozapine
B. chlorpromazine
C. chlorprothixene (a thioxanthene)
D. trifluoperazine
E. lithium
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-10-31 15:45:00)
by Nathan
Which is the most serious complication of the supra condilar fracture of the Humerus ?
1. A compartment syndrome of forearm
2. Failure to heal
3. Healing in a non anatomic position
4. Injury into the median nerve.
5. Permanent restriction of the Elbow motion.
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-10-31 15:42:00)
by Nathan
Compared to large motor neuron and small motor neuron are more?
a. depolarized by the same excitatory current
b. capable of discharging without synaptic input
c. likely to innervate glucolytyc muscle fyber
d. likely to be silent during maintained posture
e. likely to be silent during maximal contractions
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-10-31 15:37:00)
by Nathan
A 45 year old woman has an acute coronary occlusion. Within seconds, the ischemic region shows mitochondrial swelling and depletion of glycogen granules. Which of the following metabolic events is the most likely cause of these cellular changes?
a. accumulation of free fatty acids
b. ATP depletion
c. degradation of membrane phospholipid
d. efflux of K+
e. influx of NA+
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-10-31 15:48:00)
by Nathan
Your patient with Parkinson's disease has been reading about new therapies in his disease. He asks you to prescribe an MAO inhibitor because he has read that according to some authorities, it slows the course of the disease. After prescribing selegiline for him, he asks whether he must worry about tyramine-containing foods. You say:
A. No, because it is a reversible inhibitor
B. ...
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-10-31 15:36:00)
by Nathan
Although both hemoglobin and myoglobin bind oxygen, they are different in many respects. However, a similarity between hemoglobin and myoglobin is:
A. Heme is a prosthetic group.
B. Increased acidity reduces the oxygen binding.
C. BPG reduces the oxygen binding.
D. They are located in the red blood cell.
E. Conversion from the tense to the relaxed conformation ...
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-10-31 15:32:00)
by Nathan
A doctor reviewed the arterial blood gas reading of a 25 year-old male. The doctor should be able to conclude the patient is experiencing which of the following conditions?
Bicarbonate ion-25 mEq/l
PH-7.41
PaCO2-29 mmHg
PaO2-54 mmHg
(FiO2)-.22
A: metabolic acidosis
B: respiratory acidosis
C: metabolic alkalosis
D: respiratory alkalosis
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-10-31 15:27:00)
by Nathan
A child presents with recurrent infections, and blood analysis shows a hypogammaglobulinemia. Assay of a blood sample shows increased concentrations of dATP in the white cells. The most likely diagnosis is
A. Orotic aciduria
B. Purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency
C. Adenosine deaminase deficiency
D. Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
E. Gout
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-10-31 15:34:00)
by Nathan
Histologic sections from an irregular, enlarging brown lesion on the left forearm of a 23-year-old male who is HIV-positive would most likely reveal
a. Irregular vascular spaces lined by nests of uniform cells
b. Multiple dilated endothelial-lined vessels that lack red blood cells
c. Numerous neutrophils, nuclear dust, and purple granules
d. Proliferating blood vessels, endothelial ...
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