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Giemsa Stain Organisms
Point: Giemsa Stain is clinically relevant in the identification of: 1) Lyme Disease 2) Trypanosome sp. 3) Chlamydia 4) Plasmodium sp. Visual Aid: The GMC (sounds like GIEMSA) emblem helps us...
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Postop fever
Point: The development of fever according to the number of days following surgery has diagnostic yield in determining the source of the fever. Visual Aid: While remembering the 5 W’s is often easy,...
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Hyperkalemia
Point: Common causes of Hyperkalemia includes: Hyperosmolarity Digitalis Insulin deficiency Acidosis Lysis (tumor lysis syndrome) Beta blockersVisual Aid: This guy Lying back in his chair (Lysis...
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Aortic Root Dilatation
Point: Aortic Root Dilatation is very high yield for USMLE Step 1 and 5 conditions must come to mind when presented with this topic: Aneurysm, Dissection, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Marfans Syndrome,...
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Lichen Planus
Point: Lichen Planus physical appearance is remembered by 5 Ps: 1) Polygonal 2) Planar (surface of lesion is flat) 3) Pruritic 4) Papules (lesion is raised from with respect to surrounding skin) 5)...
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Basal Cell Carcinoma
Point: The appearance of Basal Cell Carcinoma has 3 features: 1) Pink2) Pearly3) Papule Visual Aid: The young girl in pink dress (Pink) was supposed to go to the supermarket for her Pappy (Papule), but...
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Are you having a difficult time remembering all those branches of the facial...
Are you having a difficult time remembering all those branches of the facial nerve? Then have a look at this book. This pocket-sized book is an essential read for any medical, nursing, pharmacy or...
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Parkinson’s Disease Drugs
Point: Parkinson’s Disease is due to loss of dopaminergic neurons with an excess of cholinergic activity resulting. The goal of therapy is to increase CNS dopaminergic activity. Dopamine can’t cross...
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What does Wine have to do with Medicine?
Maybe more than you think… take a look at this article written by Nathan T. Cohen, M.D. Wine Signs in Medicine Photo credit: verbaska from morguefile.com
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MEN Syndromes
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias are an extremely high yield topic for Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3 Photo Credit: FreePhotosbank.com Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 WORMS (Wermer’s syndrome is MEN1) SIP...
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