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step2ck and step3 takers, please contribute
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Pearl 1 : marijuana can cause gynecomastia
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Pearl 2 : MVP and HOCM are the only two murmurs that 'W'orsen 'W'ith 'W'alsalva maneuver
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good job motorola...i'll try to keep up...most of my knowledge is from UW but reading useful stuff repeatedly doesnt harm, so here goes
3)Following treatment with B12 in a pernicious anemia case monitor serum pottasium levels (it falls due to uptake by newly forming RBC)
4)Asymptomatic bacteriuria in elderly need not be treated if <20WBC/HPF
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hey mukho y dont u number the points in series with mine so that we can keep track. u can edit ur own post by clicking the pensil sign in ur post
Post from UW if thats what u r reading now a days.  shhhhhhh...
i am not gonna join uworld and u r probably not going to read the books i have... we can all benefit in that way !
If all those who visit this forum daily decide to write one line per visit...i am sure we can have a very good resource for studying. even those studying for the step 2 ck or even step 1 can post the clinically relevant stuff here. so please contribute.
Edited by motorola on 11/08/07 - 11:20 PM
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Pearl 5 : selegeline is a MAO B inhibitor
Pearl 6 : MAC pneumonia in HIV occurs with cd4 <50 while MTB can occur at higher counts. (good way to know that the smear showing ABF is MTB and not MAC as cultures take time)
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u should read UW...why wont u? i cant seem to score more that 60 and its just breaking my heart
7. http://www.nationaltbcenter.edu/courses/index.cfm
try this site for TB doubts...doesnt always open easily though
8. gardisil is the anti HPV vaccine against 6/11/16/18 and is recommended for age group 11-26
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9. Clostridium difficile diarrhea is contagious and when suspected in ICU, the patient must be isolated awaiting the result of toxin assay.
and i'm sad no one else is contributing. cummon guys...if there is something u find difficult to remember ...write it down here and u r sure to remember it forever !
91 views of this post and only 2 contributors !!! thanks mukho. we keep going okay...
Edited by motorola on 11/18/07 - 03:49 PM. Reason: spelling error
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10. Hypertension is the most important modifiable risk factor for stroke. (not smokin, dm, lipids or obesity)
11. PMS 1st line rx is SSRIs
12. MC cause of AOE is pseudomonas
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13. Rhomboid positively birefringent crystals = CPPD i.e. pseudogout ..... keep hemochromatosis as a possibility
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sorry motorola for not updating but exam tommorrow and am freaking out !! but here are a few
14) gout in patient with renal failure/disease --treatment is intraarticular steroids (none of the gout medications can be given in renal failure)
15) lyme's: if erythema migrans present--no need for serology, just treat
for all symptoms and isolated facial nerve palsy--DOC is Doxy;
if pregnant--amoxicillin
for all cns symptoms (including isolated facial palsy) however csf is mandatory---and if positive the treatment is IV ceftriaxone.
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good luck mukho. let me know ur experience  m sure u will do well
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Good job Motorola
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o thank u egomez2001 but u see people dont seem interested in contributing !
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16. Not exactly step 3 stuff but...Xanthine oxidase is a molybdenum containing enzyme, Carbonic anhydrase is Zn containing and Glutathione peroxidase is Se containing
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17. Which anti parasitic drug will u use in pregenency ?
no not albendazole, mebendazole or pyrantel palmoate...Use Niclosamide or piperazine
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This is great stuff going on here. Thank you.
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ok this is from topic i got today in the exam (not the exact ques, thats illegal right )
18. glucosamine is a non prescription drug used for osteoarthritis---it also causes glucose intolerance (herbal medication do come, especially side effects)
19. tsh, t4 and t3 all high--its either central (meaning tsh/trh overproduction) or thyroid resistance--d/d based on alpha subunit level (raised in central causes)
20. most sensitive marker of vit d deficiency--25, hydroxy vit d levels
will finish step 3 tmrw...then will update more thoroughly
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good going mukho. good luck for the ccs. its 11 am and i m sure u r doing well.
21. erythropoetin levels increased in secondary polycythemia and not so in polycythemia vera
22. remember the often forgotten causes of macrocytic anemia: alcohol, drugs (example azathiprin, AZT), liver diseases and myelodysplasia
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thnks man...CCS was actually quite fun...at least no one deteriorated...i did make mistakes like giving antibiotics and then ordering blood culture; forgetting to add KCL in hyperosm DM coma...but overall felt it wasnt that bad....mcqs on the other hand were 'jaan leva' as they would say in india meaning very tough! whole lot of very similar ques sounding like ALS...confused me totally, just am keeping my fingers crossed---some more facts:
23. restless leg syndrome may have iron deficient anemia as a cause; treat first with iron then pramipexzole
24. ransons criteria on admission-- (WALGA) WBC; Age; LDH; Glucose; AST---no calcium (thats at the 48 hr evaluation)
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