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1. the presence of both increased irritability and AV nodal block (such as paroxysmal atrial tachycardia with a 2:1 AV nodal block). is suggestive of..
digoxin toxicity though With toxicity, practically any arrhythmia can be seen.
2. ST segment changes are pretty characteristic, with their "reverse tick" conformation. These changes are not indicative of toxicity, but merely the presence of digitalis
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master transplant rejections...keep on forgetting them
u think u know it but u dont..its Pulmonary embolism..so i am gonna find a lot of threads on PE and revise themevery day!!
1.http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/comments.php?id=3...
2.http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/comments.php?id=41856
3.http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/comments.php?id=40067
4.http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/comments.php?id=32774&highlight=Pulmonary%20embolism
Edited by study_ing on 09/27/06 - 02:13 AM
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CAH syndromes etc...
have to start kaplans
have decided to put ere threads which i find useful for memorisation...and their description
Dont/never
http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/thread/39088/2
most common
http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/thread/4...
single most important tests
http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/comments.php?id=3...
NICE quetsions
recurrent kidney stones http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/thread/41890
gynaecomastia and galactorrhea in an adolescent guy http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/thread/41891
platelet disorder
http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/thread/41889
pulmo embolism suspected..ans not v/q !! http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/thread/41856
atrial fibrillation
http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/comments.php?id=4...
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Hey, keep it up.. you are posting info that can become useful to many of us..
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sure mazinger
3. Seventy-four percent of all acute rejection episodes occur between 1 and 6 months after transplantation
4. how to manage it?
a percutaneous renal biopsy ( to grade it and to follow response)
treatment modalities include
high-dose steroids alone,
high-dose steroids plus antilymphocyte globulin
or high-dose steroids plus OKT3
(the latter was murine monoclonal antibody to the human CD3 complex).
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5.inguinal hernias
rememember the direct is medial to the inf epigastric artery and the indirect lateral to it,
hence ON PHYSICAL EXAM IF U FEEL PULSATION MEDIAL TO UR FINGER ITS AN INDIRECT HERNIA
IF MEDIAL, ITS LATERAL
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screening for cardio..this was a nice discussion
http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/thread/31257
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- in giving a dose of antivenom the age or weight of the patient DOES NOT MATTER. all that matters is the amt of venom injected.
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i think studying from the clinicl vignettes first and then doing the initial summary chapters is a better idea than trying to learn the inital ones first...
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well i neeed to have some sort of plan..is just scary coz i feel i cant stick to it.
ok lets see...im gonna read over surgical vignettes tomorrow. and do 30 q book questions
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hi studyin
im silent user but cant be silent no more cuz i cant stick to my plans too...and only 2 months to go ...may be i,ll join ur prep journal to share my frustrations ...want to do this much cant do that much anyway still have to do n go tryin tryin tryin
today i went to prometric cuz they have some prob in system cant schedule the test...so i went to centre and ruin half day ...........im back now system is down ..so will see tommorrow if i can schdule the test ..look like im jumping from one topic to other ...hmmmm cuz im studyin psychiatry..lol ..only 6 hours to study today
so i need to finish psychiatry from kaplan 3 chapters and have to finish remaing 56 questions with explaination from uw then have to finish biostatics
i hope i can do it
have to go
and if u mind my entry in ur journal plz let me kno 
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of course not ....its a relief ..in the mega organized budding doctors community, i feel an outcast!! following a timetable is next to impossible..ppl dont realize its as much of god's gift as IQ...
hey i dont mind biostats so please feel free to discuss ur difficulties
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3 most common porphyrias..
abdominal pain...think Acute intermitent porphyrias
Photosensitivity
acute---think erythopoietic porphyria
chronic --PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA
hmm difficult to retain 
Abdominal Pain= Acute Porphyria ( intermittent)
Photosensitivity Chronic= Porphyria Cutanea tarda
Photosesitivity acutErythropoietic Porphyria
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thx studyin
finished psychiatry 3 chapters n did the 27 qustions uw ...dang cant remeber the names of drugs  all mixing in my mind is there ant formula to put them in my lil brain
all the questions i did wrong was the drugs drugs drugs  im doin all the questions in time mode and never short of time but wrong answers  cumultive is 60%
hey studyin can u suggest me either i should do q book or not i got q bank cd too but too scared to do all those things ..
i,ll start biostatics after puttin these all medicines names in my brain i think take me long
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i am doing q book these days..i havnt heard ppl praise q bank that often..in fact ppl do their step 2 and step 3 q boks before step 2..
relax sheeezo. psych meds are not that tough if u dont allow them to be..in fact u shud study them with the aim of generalization...back then( in med college) i put in a lot of effort in understanding what the syptoms are eg of neuroleptics.not just learning their names but recognizing what they r...its tough work initially but definitely worth it
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- IVP can not d/dt between solid and cystic masses
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- to distinguish a SAH from a putamenal hemorrhage look for the neuro deficits.
contralateral conjugate paralysis--> putamen nerve deficits ( CN II--PCA aneurysms, Increased icp--CNVI false localizing sign) - signs of high ICP ( papilledema, headache, n , vomiting etc ) are common to both
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approach to vignette with parkinsonism
- if SYMMETRICAL vertical gaze limitation and axial rigidity think progresive supranuclear palsy others ( dementia involves frontal lobe more hippocampal/memory systems) initial symptom-falls Modest response with levodopa imaging unremarkable
- if asymmetrical vertical eye movemnts ok falls late into disease pronounced improvement with med think parkinson's disease
Etcs
cause of Bilateral pallidal necrosis--> Co poisoning
gaze unafected
vascular parinsonism is a d/dt but requires heavy burden of disease
when freaking out
look for VERTICAL gaze in case
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daily progress..
just did 50 questions on IM today..need to pick up speed..wish ahd taken a full break aftr step 1..have hardly achieved anything
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u r doin good...keep it up ..when r u taken the test..look at me started study from march ..still look like dont kno nothin cuz i cant study on weekends also im slower just did psychiatry n questions now look at me ..just reading the mails in forum ..gtg ...try to strat biostatics ..see u tomorrow here..
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new day i hope can do better than yesterday
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hey dont worry...the longer time u have the easier u take it...i think 2 months of studies are hopefully gonna be sufficient...i plan taaking it in october
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solitary pulmonary nodule(http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic782.htm)
- radiographically les than 3 cam=nodulae, > 3 cm = mass
- no asso adenopathy or ateletasis
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me too in oct.. studyin u r giving lill god points here...keep it up.. 
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Age - Risk of malignancy increases with age
- Risk of 3% at age 35-39 years
- Risk of greater than 50% in patients older than 60 years
- Usually, nodules are identifiable by the time they are 8-10 mm on chest radiographs
- size alone is a pior predictor in a give individual
- The growth rate refers to the doubling time of a nodule, ie, doubling in volume.
- volume of a sphere equals 4/3 pr3; therefore, a 26% increase in diameter on a chest radiograph represents one doubling in volume. ( 2d on x-ray, not 3 d)
- For example, an increase from 1-1.3 cm equals one doubling. A 1-2 cm increase relates to an 8-fold increase in volume.
- Bronchogenic carcinomas usually have a doubling time of 20-400 days
- Doubling times shorter than 20-30 days are seen in infections, infarction, lymphoma, or fast-growing metastases.
- Doubling times greater than 400 days are typically benign
- Absence of change in size of a nodule over 2 years is highly suggestive of a benign lesion.
- of course exceptions occur. CXR may not accurately dectecta 3mm change
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