Mind Over Matter
Matters of The Heart
Luck Be a Lady
The Kidney and I
A Breath of Fresh Air
100
This is the most common cause of syncope.
What is Vasovagal syncope (often seen after stress or fear)? (arrhythmias as well as hypoglycimia)
100
This maneuver can increase the intensity of the murmur of mitral valve regurgitation.
What is the transient arterial occlusion or handgrip exercises?
100
TRUE/FALSE: Mammography is best used as a tool to evaluate a palpable breast mass.
FALSE: Mammography is used to detect non-palpable breast masses. Suspicious lesions found on a mammography should be biopsied, even if it seems benign.
100
These symptoms and SIGNS are associated with acute renal failure.
What are fatigue, nausea/vomiting, anorexia, shortness of breath, and mental status changes? SIGNS: increased BUN (blood urea nitrogen), creatinine, metabolic acidosis, hypervolemia.
200
TRUE/FALSE: Brain lesions can be localized based on the visual field defect.
What is TRUE? Remember this stuff from basic science? HINT: Remember temporal hemianopsia caused by an optic chiasm lesion caused by a pituitary tumor.
200
With a Swan Ganz catheter, this is the reason why the pulmonary artery diastolic pressure approximates the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (i.e. left atrial pressure).
What is low pulmonary circulation resistance?
200
What is the classic cause of ambigious genitalia on the STEP 2 exam?
What is 21-hydroxylase deficiency?
200
TRUE/FALSE: Muscle breakdown can cause renal failure.
What is TRUE? (Myoglobinuria or rhyboldmilious can cause muscle to break down)
200
Consider the following: Hemoptysis, Horner Syndrome, superior vena cava syndrome, phrenic never involvement/diaphragmatic paralysis.
What is sequelea of lung cancer?
300
These following diseases link with this particular finding: alcohalism, brain tumor, ischemia, hemorrhage, and multiple sclerosis.
What is cerebellar?
300
This is the Virchow's Triad.
What are findings that are associated with DVT: endothelial damage, venous stasis, hypercolagylable state?
300
What is the most common cause of preventable infertility in the United States?
What is Pelvic inflammatory Disease (PID)?
300
Define nephrotic syndrome. List it's causes and possible treatments.
What is a kidney disorder that causes your body to excrete too much protein in your urine? Nephrotic syndrome can also be caused by systemic diseases, which are diseases that affect many parts of the body, such as diabetes or lupus. In children, it is caused by minimal change disease. Treatments include steroids.
300
In this particular lung disease, the FEV1/FEV ratio is less than normal compared to it's counterpart, in which the FEV1/FEV ratio is often normal.
What is Obstructive Lung Disease and Restrictive Lung Disease?
400
This tumor is associated with MG.
What is the thymomas?
400
List the physical signs and symptoms of DVT.
What are unilateral leg swelling, pain or tenderness, HOMAN Sign?
400
This exam consists of looking for: cysts, tumors, inflammation of Bartholin’s glands or Skene’s glands.
What is the Vulvar Examination?
400
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400
This the normal range for PEF for an adult.
What is 400-600 liters/minute?
500
A fever along with the Brudzinski sign or Kernig sign , and positive CSF findings link to headache caused by a particular disease.
What is meningitis?
500
This is the most common form of cardiomyopathy and it's cause.
What are dilated cardiomyopathy and chronic coronary artery disease/ischemia? FOR USMLE WATCH OUT FOR: alcohol, myocarditis, or doxorubicin
500
This is the most common cause of dysfunctional uterine bleeding. The increased risk of endometrial as a result of unopposed estrogen.
What is Polycystic Ovarian Cancer?
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