High-yield board exam topics they love to ask if you think they're painful (when in fact they're not)๐
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Drawing connections between topics has worked for me by significantly reducing the volume of the stuff I have to study.
Also, once I have a "connectome", learning the details come easily.
The connection gives context to each topic making it easy to study them individually.
Also, once I have a "connectome", learning the details come easily.
The connection gives context to each topic making it easy to study them individually.
#1
๐ป Esophageal varices:
โข painless hematemesis (vs Mallory-Weiss tears)
๐คฐ Placenta revia:
โข painless vaginal bleeding during 3rd tri (vs abruptio)
โข also vasa previa (+fetal bradycardia)
๐ง Meckel's diverticulum:
โข painless bloody stool d/t acid-secreting gastric mucosa
๐ป Esophageal varices:
โข painless hematemesis (vs Mallory-Weiss tears)
๐คฐ Placenta revia:
โข painless vaginal bleeding during 3rd tri (vs abruptio)
โข also vasa previa (+fetal bradycardia)
๐ง Meckel's diverticulum:
โข painless bloody stool d/t acid-secreting gastric mucosa
#2
๐ฅ Full-thickness burn:
โข painless (vs partial thickness)
๐ซ Janeway:
โข painless lesions in endocarditis (vs Osler nodes)
๐ Pancreatic CA:
โข painless jaundice d/t CBD obstruction by panc mass (vs liver CA)
๐ Syphilis:
โข painless genital ulcers (vs H. ducreyi, HSV)
๐ฅ Full-thickness burn:
โข painless (vs partial thickness)
๐ซ Janeway:
โข painless lesions in endocarditis (vs Osler nodes)
๐ Pancreatic CA:
โข painless jaundice d/t CBD obstruction by panc mass (vs liver CA)
๐ Syphilis:
โข painless genital ulcers (vs H. ducreyi, HSV)
How about this? ๐
A 28/F has genital vesicles and ulcerations. She reports burning sensation in the affected area and mild flu-like symptoms.
PE: multiple TENDER vesicles on an erythematous base in the genital area.
What's the most likely causative agent of this case?
A 28/F has genital vesicles and ulcerations. She reports burning sensation in the affected area and mild flu-like symptoms.
PE: multiple TENDER vesicles on an erythematous base in the genital area.
What's the most likely causative agent of this case?
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