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- Hello docs, welcome!-
....This is another journal for me and for you too
First af all I want to say I was afraid to create my own journal because I don't feel as well prepared as all of you wise docs 
....but I took the decision because I recently found that I need to feel "committed" to really do my best prep.......(just like Dr. Daugherty said: you need moderate "stress" to accomplish a purpose)
So here it is....and let me clear that these 7 things are probably not HY tested, or the difficult ones...maybe some of them very very basic for you, but tough for me....so I must remember them.....
I'll write daily what I've learned..........no matter what...........It's a deal..........(unless my computer crash, or I get booted of the internet  )..........obviously there are more than 7 learned things to remember......but I don't want to take up too much space.......
Hope this help me a lot with my prep...but also I hope you find this journal useful  ....
Feel free to correct me (also my english!!) if I wrote something wrong...ok!......That'll be very nice of you
P.S: Eligibility period: oct-dec 2008.....exam date not sure yet
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart"
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| usmlekiller
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gl bud my exam is on oct 16....mayb we wil take it around same time? did u finish first read yet?
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Hi....Usmlekiller!! thanks for visiting!!!
I think probably november....
1st reading...just starting my second one: Behav....(also finishing)...how about you?
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i should be done with first read by aug 24th.....but i am also doing uw questions rite now as well.....plan is to do 2nd read along wit 2nd trial of uw together until about sept 25th and than do kaplan qbank and first aid til the end.......u start ne questions yet
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The 7 things I have learned today....
(from Behav. Science Kaplan notes)
1.Some Lithium side effects: hypothyroidism, lethargy, edema ('cos it's a salt), acne and seizures. Also: tremor, polyuria (ADH antagonist, causing nephrogenic diabetes insipidus), teratogen.
2. Use Clonidine to treat the opiate withdrawal which consist in: "flu-like symptoms, muscle aches, nausea or vomiting, piloerection, lacrimation, rhinorrhea, fever, insomnia, pupillary ilation, sweating, abdominal cramps.
3. Hostility and anger are major triggers for a coronary and increased mortality rate. The Cook Medley Hostility Inventor is a scale devised from the hostility compoment of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MPMI) and has a high predictability on incience of coronary heart isease and death from all causes.
4. Thioridazine major adverse effects: retinitis pigmentosa and retrogade ejaculation
5. MAO Inhibitors adverse effects: occipital headache, stiff neck, nausea and vomiting, chest pain, dilated pupils, nose bleed, high blood presure. (Problem food assoc.)
6. Nucleus accumbens pathway: adicction pathway and possitive reinforcement. Dopamine implicated.
7. Pons: start of NE pathway, important for REM spleep, autism.
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Usmle killer: yeah I started questions 2 weeks ago....similar plans...I want to read only FA at the end and Qs banks....Also I'm reading FA too
Edited by KARIME on 08/10/08 - 06:20 PM
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GL Karime, keep working hard
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gr8 notes karime gl studyin
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hi dear,
we have a new journal??...now i have to write here??
i am confused again
how are you doing?? me having a bad day started at almost mid-day,,was doing a few qs, then my brother called me and wanted me to do somthing and had to do it so i just got home as the lib was closing anyway...and tomorrow my elder bro and his family are coming here to US for holiday...i'm happy but at the same time worried about my work..
am i talking too much??
ok, time is almost 6pm...will study till 12...at least i'm done like 6 hrs today...
i want to study and study and study ONLY...please family leave me alone.........
karime, c u soon
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Remember this:
1. (…..Just a correction to the past notes: ) Use clonidine for “ease” opiate withdrawal, use methadone for long-term maintenance.
In acute intoxication: naloxone (short 1/2life), naltrexone (longer ½ life).
2. Serum gamma glutamil transferase (GGT), sensitive indicator of alcohol use.
3. Caffeine psycopharmacology: antagonist of adenosine receptors, increased cAMP in neurons that have adenosine receptors.
4. PCP, Phencyclidine, Angel dust: similar action seen with ketamine
5. Some neuroleptics: thioridazine, haloperidol, fluphanazine, chlorpromazine
6. Some atypical antipsychotics: clozapine, olanzapine, risperidone.
7. Buspirone: does not cause sedation, or addiction. Does not intereact with alcohol.
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Antidepresant and UsmleKiller thanks!!! let's work hard!! Good Luck to you too
Study.....Don't worry, sometimes Things Don’t Always Happen as You Plan Them....same here with me...but...tomorrow will be better.
Good night!
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Karime welcome to the journal world ! Best wishes and prayers to get to the end successfully.
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A non-productive day.........Why always this happens?? chiefly on weekends?  ...could be classical conditioning? ...Hi Target...nice to see you here ...thanks 4 Ur words!
.......However let's Look at the bright side: (from FA and UW)
1.Extrapyramidal side effects seen w/ neuroleptics (in order): "DARTA" 1)Distonya (1st wk), 2) Akinesia (2nd w), 3) Rigidity (3rd w), 4) Tremor (6th w), 5) Akathisia (10 w)
2. Tricyclic antidepressants toxicity: Tri-C's: Convulsions, Coma, Cardiotoxicity (arrythmia), also respiratory depression and hyperpyrexia. COnfusion and hallucinations in elderly.
3. Bupropion: Used for smoking cessation
4. The Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (MHLC), measures a person's beliefs about who or what controls his or her health.
5. Halstead Reitan Battery: to determine location and effects of specific brain lesions(10 tests)
6. The most frequent manifestation of learning disability is failure to learn to read (child-adolescent)
7. "Serotonine syndrome": Hypertermia, muscle rigidity, cardiovascular collapse
Good night-morning
Edited by KARIME on 08/11/08 - 06:33 AM
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Motivation for today:
YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH TIME IF YOU USE IT WISELY
Is what your doing getting you closer to your objectives?
Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time.
Set priorities for your goals.
A major part of successful living lies in your ability to put first things first.
Most major goals are not achieved because people put second things first.
Don't serve time, make time serve you.
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KARIME wrote:
Motivation for today:
YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH TIME IF YOU USE IT WISELY
Is what your doing getting you closer to your objectives?
Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time.
Set priorities for your goals.
A major part of successful living lies in your ability to put first things first.
Most major goals are not achieved because people put second things first.
Don't serve time, make time serve you.
very true
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D' 7 things I've learned today....
(from Kaplan notes and UW)
1. SES (socioeconomic status): is a major factor influencing morbidity and mortality rates[/font]. Coronary artery diseases, stroke, lung cancer, and hypertension are experienced more frequently in persons of low SES. High SES is possitively correlated with breast cancer incidence.
2. Functions of SER (smooth end. ret.): 1) Detoxification reactions (steroid synthesis, hydroxylation reactions.C.P450, conjugation), 2) Glycogen degradation and gluconeogenesis (by glucose-6-phosphatase, and integral membrane protein), 3) Lipid methabolism (lipolysis begins in the SER. Release of a fatty acid from TG), 4) Secuestration and release of calcium Ions (sarcoplasmic reticulum = SER in striated muscle).
3. Some important intermediate filaments: Cytikeratins (epithelial), Desmin (smooth muscle, Z disks of skeletal and cardiac muscle), Vimentin (found in cells of mesenchymal origin: i.e. vascular smooth muscle), Neurofilaments, Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFA).
4. Pemphigus: autoimmune blistering disorder caused by disrruption of desmosomes linking keratinocytes
5. Bullous Penphigoid: Autoimmune blistering disorder of the dermis-epidermis junction. IgG directed agaist an antigen in the lamina lucida.
6. Olfatory receptor cells: the only example in the adult human where neurons are replaced
7. KEEP GOING.....ACHIEVE TODAY'S GOALS...YOU CAN DO A LITTLE BIT MORE.....
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God: Help me to see my errors and learn from them
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good going karime will read those 7 points daily along with u...
thanks for this......
good luck to u...u'r doing a great job.....
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gr8 notes karime....keep at it
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WOW,,,nice work there dear
will come back to read those 7 points...thanks a lot
have a great day
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Thank you GUYS...all of you....please correct any error.
Today goals: 1 block of qs.....60 anatomy pages from Kaplan notes, 2 hrs goljan and 5 pages FA
Report at the end of the day.....along with my 7 points...
God help us!!!....Let's work hard
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hey karime i will b startin a journal soon when i start my 2nd read....prob around aug 24ish.....hopefully it helps me stay in the groove
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