🔺PLACO Mnemonic - Approach to Acid-Base Disorders:
P - Determine the pH
L - Labs: PCO2 & HCO3
A - Calculate Anion Gap
C - Compensation
O - Other Processes
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🧬 Bullets App (تطبيق طبي)
🦠 Absolutely one of the important apps for any med student
🩺 It includes a variety of topics that are summarised to the point
❓At the end of each topic, there are a few questions
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🔻 Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN):
-Medium sized vessel vasculitis
◦Peak incidence: 45–65 years
◦Sex: ♂ > ♀
🔸 Often associated with hepatitis B
🔹 Usually spares the lungs 🫁
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🔸 The word toxidrome describes a group of signs and symptoms and/or characteristic effects associated with exposure to a particular substance or class of substances.
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♦️ volkmann's contracture:
- Fibrosis and shortening of the flexor muscles of the forearm = permanent flexion
- clawlike deformity
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🔸 Since I’m gaining followers nowadays and mostly are new Med students, here are my thoughts and experiences as a senior medical student on how to learn medicine in a way that is more prone to stick to ur memory:
🔸This is Celiac disease 🦠
▪️Chronic autoimmune disorder triggered by an environmental agent (gliadin component of gluten) in genetically predisposed individuals
🔸 الأرق - Insomnia
🔺difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep at least 3 times per week for 3 months.
✔️ exacerbated by any cause of anxiety or stress.
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Panic disorder:
- recurrent spontaneous and unexpected panic attacks that often occur without a known trigger
- Attacks last for less than 30 minutes and reach a peak intensity within 10 minutes
- ♀ > ♂ (2:1)
Board review!
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A 42-year-old man presents to his GP with ‘blotches’ over his legs. He has been HIV positive for ten years. On examination, there are multiple purple and brown papules over his legs and his gums. What is the most likely diagnosis?
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🔺To the Medtwitter community and new medical students, here is a list that will be continuously updated regarding the famous medical mnemonics 🌟
🔺A 55-year-old man has just arrived in accident and emergency complaining of 20 minutes of central crushing chest pain. Which feature is most indicative of myocardial infarction at this moment in time?
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A 25 y/o man presents to the clinic for an annual check-up. Labs studies demonstrate a sodium level of 129 mg/dL and potassium level of 5.9 mg/dL. Review of systems were positive for generalized fatigue, unintentional weight loss, and some headaches.
exam shows:
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🔸A man presents to his physician for cough and malaise. His symptoms are associated with 2 episodes of mild hemoptysis and night sweats. He denies any sick contacts or recent travels; however, he states he was released from prison 4 months ago…
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جميل 👏🏻 ، عندي إضافةً:
كثير طلاب ينشرون في مجلات تكون Emerging Sources Citation Index وهذا شي جميل كبداية لكن مع الوقت ممكن هذي المجلة تختفي من ال Database بسبب جودتها، لذلك يفضل دائما النشر في مجلة تكون SCIE expanded ، طبعا في معايير اخرى لجودة المجلة Q1,2,3,4 journals etc…
🔸This is a 45-year-old man who presents with the sudden onset of mono articular, nontraumatic joint pain. Evolution from onset to severe pain was rapid, what is the radiographic finding?
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Personality disorders 👤
- What is a personality first ?
It’s the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character
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إضطراب فرط الحركة وتشتت الإنتباه
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD)
- neurodevelopmental disorder that presents in childhood with symptoms such as impulsivity, hyperactivity, and inattention
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Lets take pulmonary embolism as an example ✅
🔺best initial test > D-Dimer
🔺most accurate test > Ct-angio
🔺initial therapy > stabilize pt
🔺next step in management > heparin
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♦️ Leg Compartment syndrome:
- devastating condition where the osseofascial compartment pressure rises to a level that decreases perfusion to the leg and may lead to irreversible muscle and neurovascular damage.
“I was an amputee, and like any amputee, I was left with the excruciating phantom pain of being tortured by my lost limb.”
Ever heard of phantom limb pain?🦵
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A 56-year-old woman presents to the ER with abdominal swelling. sample of the fluid is taken and sent for analysis as seen below.
🔺Fluid sample:
Cell count: < 50 leukocytes/mm^3
Albumin: 4.0 g/dL
serum albumin of 4.8 g/dL. What is the likely cause of this patient's ascites?
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#Narcolepsy
◼️ Narcolepsy is a sleep-wake disorder caused by a deficiency of orexin (a.k.a. hypocretin)
🔺 The cardinal feature is daytime sleepiness, often with “sleep attacks” (falling asleep inappropriately and suddenly with little to no warning)
٣- ايش الفرق بين المشاركة في بحث كجامع بيانات او Co-Author ?
🔸 اذا شاركت كجامع بيانات راح تحصل على نقطتين فقط لمشاركتك بالبحث ولن تستطيع الحصول على ال ٤ نقاط المتبقية الخاصة بالنشر ✅
منعا للاستغلال: جامع البيانات لايجب عليه المشاركة في دفع رسوم النشر بالمجلة ❌