How to Breakdown a Question | USMLE Step 1 | Pharmacology
Channel: MedSmarter
Date: 2022-01-12

How to break down a USMLE Step 1 question, from MedSmarter with Dr. Jason Colip.

The attached video is the breakdown of another question regarding Pharmacology.

An unresponsive 35-year-old female with a history of Graves’ disease is brought to the emergency department following a bout of confusion and agitation. On physical examination her temperature is 39.4° C (102.9° F), her blood pressure is 104/72 mm Hg, and her pulse is 160/min. A systolic ejection murmur is heard at the apex of the heart, and the patient has 3+ pitting edema at the ankles. Following primary stabilization, which of the following would constitute appropriate pharmacotherapy for this patient’s underlying condition? 

A) Iodine
B) Dobutamine
C) Aspirin
D) Propylthiouracil 
E) Levothyroxine

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