USMLE 252

Wa rfarin Uses: Afib Mechanical valves DVT/PE Overdose: Bleeding to death: give FFP with will immediately help, and give Vit K (takes a coup...

Note that you don't need to know what the right answer is. It is easier to disprove the other answers.

Knowledge of what heart chamber is most anterior, posterior, left or right is clinically useful. A stab wound to the anterior chest wall is...

Mycobacterium Avi um Compl ex (MAC) is usually found in HIV+ patients with a CD4 count . Prophylaxis against MAC is a MAC rolide (clarithro...

Pathology can be a daunting subject to approach. There are a lot of resources but here is a couple links to a really good pathology review...

The key to understanding heart murmurs is realizing that: Systole=ventricle contracting Diastole=atria contracting or the aortic pressure pu...

Let's say you're having a tough time visualizing the fetal circulation in your head and diagrams just aren't cutting it. Google...

Both HCV and HIV are sloppy reproducers, making their structure too variable to create a working vaccine against them. Neisseria gonorrhea i...

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I grew tired of all those annoying tables comparing Crohn's Disease (CD) with Ulcerative Colitis (UC). I've boiled these tables down...

X-linked Recessive disorders ( " HE 's" get x-linked recessive disorders) Never answer one of these diseases for a woman! If ...

When you think of mycoplasma, first don't get it confused with mycobacterium! Then think of the M's M ycoplasma M ilitary and M inor...

My rule: Estrogen causes growth. Estrogen comes from 3 main areas: ovaries, adrenal cortex, and placenta. You should associate FSH with est...

Barbiturates, as a class, are the most prolific inducers known, affecting almost all P450 enzymes. Inducers generally do not create drug-to...

Two conditions that cause positional headaches are: 1. Colloid Cysts in the third ventricle which block the Foramen of Monro when a person...

Pyloric Stenosis vs Viral Gastroenteritis PS: voracious appetite Viral GE: no appetite

Hi everyone. Recently, I haven't posted as often because I started my internship last week. I'll pick up the posting in a week or ...

Four drugs can slow down the AV node and thus lead to heart block and probably should not be used in WPW. A=Adenosine B=Beta Blocker C=Calci...

#1: Is calcium too high or too low? #2: What is the phospate level? The question stem might not give calcium levels so I might have to...

This question really boils down to a calcium question and the choices should be broken down into what causes hypocalcemia and what causes hy...