GOGETA
I'm Dr. GOGETA
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WHat is that? I think that is the bread and butter but if not please share thanks
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As a general rule, the better it felt when you said it, the more trouble it's going to get you into.
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| yoga
usmlelogy professor
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we are all in the gutter but some of us looking at the stars
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| damselMD
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my interpretation is that they are like buzzwords and "must-know" signs and symptoms of an disease. but it isn't going or phrased in that same way on the exam, but recognition of the syndrome is the key to the answer.
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| drsweden
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Not sure, but many docs talk about "Zebras" as in rare diseases. If you hear something galopping on the streat when you are taking a walk it is probably a horse and not a zebra.
E.g. if you have a 70 year old patient with hypertension, do not think about pheochromocytoma!
On the USMLE though, lots of zebras!
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| edie
I can, and I will.
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This comes from an old chide attendings and residents used to 'mock' med students on the wards. To echo what DrSweden said, the attendings/interns say that new med students on the wards hear hoofbeats and say "zebra!" when it's really only a horse  I like the HTN/pheochromocytoma example 
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