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A 24 year-old male with NKDA has been diagnosed with Helicobacter pylori infection. He has no prior history of macrolide use and the local clarithromycin resistance rate is

What is the appropriate sequence followed when performing a physical examination on a non-traumatic patient?

A crescendo-decrescendo, grade I/VI, early systolic murmur is found in an asymptomatic patient. It is best heard in the left 2nd ICS and along the left sternal border when supine. It does not radiate and disappears with sitting. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

Which of the following diagnoses is associated with dirty, brown granular casts on urine microscopy?

Which of the following is the BEST choice to treat a patient with NKDA who is diagnosed with a UTI during pregnancy? 

GL is a 48 year-old Hispanic female with a PMH of CAD- s/p stent placement 6 months ago, Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia. She has been compliant with Rosuvastatin (Crestor) 40mg 1 tab daily and lifestyle modifications for the past 6 months. Today her fasting lipid panel shows Total cholesterol= 230mg/dl, LDL level=100mg/dL, HDL=40mg/dL and TG=120mg/dL. Based on the ACC/AHA 2018 lipid guidelines, what is the BEST treatment recommendation for this patient?

Agranulocytosis is a rare but serious side effect of which of the following medications?

Which of the following medications is an osmotic agent?

A 60 year-old female who is s/p MI is diagnosed with constrictive pericarditis. Which of the following findings would support that diagnosis? 

In a patient with heart failure, which of the following comorbidities has the worst prognosis?