Archer USMLE Step 3 CCS Live Webinar – January 2018

Live Workshop/ Webinar date: JANUARY 27TH 2018

Regsiter at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6510772772300949763

Interactive practice of USMLE Step3 CCS Cases.

The most time efficient strategy to pass USMLE Step 3! A component of Archer Live USMLE Reviews. Schedule ( Starts at 10 AM CDT i.e; 11 AM EST)

10 AM to 10:15 AM – Intro on the Webinar functions

10:15 AM to 12:15 PM – Recognizing Unstable vitals. – General approach to ER cases– Real time vs. Simulated time – Strategies to keep Simulated time low (ER) – Demonstration of high scoring strategies

12:15 pm to 12:30 pm – Q and A session

12:30 PM to 1:30 PM – Office case manAgement principles – General approach to office cases – Indications for admisiion – Scheduling follow up tests – Navigating the clock with ease to score more. – Demonstration of office cases

1:30 PM to 2:30 PM – Q and A session

2:30 PM to 4:00 PM – Lunch break

4:00 PM to 5:30 PM – Practice of very High Yield cases with one on one Q and A sessions

5:30 PM to 5:45 PM – Break

5:45 PM to 7:45 PM – Practice of Very Highyield CCS cases

7:45 PM to 8:00 PM – Break

8:00 PM to 9:00 PM – Case Practice, discussion and wrap-up!

Can’t make it to the Webinar ? Have exam before next live session? :   PPV recordings of most high-yield CCS workshops are readily available at https://archerreview.com/products?subexamid=4  Price: $88 and you may access those 24/7.

Interpreting Mixing studies – Hematology HigYield

via Interpreting Mixing Studies – Hematology Highyield Concept I

Interpreting Mixing Studies – Hematology Highyield Concept I

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Approaching Prolonged PTT and understanding Mixing Studies : 

ARCHER HEMATOLOGY REVIEW

Question :  On a mixing study, the PTT corrects initially but gets prolonged again after incubation for 2 hours. What is this condition?

This description of mixing studies is consistent with presence of a temperature- and time-dependent anti-VIII inhibitor. It just means that the inhibitor is a warm reacting IgG antibody that requires one or two hour’s incubation at 37°C to be detected. If the PTT corrects initially but prolongs again after incubation (meaning if thePTT is at least 15% longer than the normal reagent plasma’s incubated PTT ) –> anti-VIII should be suspected. This can be confirmed by obtaining a Factor VIII level which will be low in case of presence of inhibitor. Further coinfirmation of Factor VIII inhibitor can be obtained by Bethesda Titer. In such cases, you should also carefully review patient’s prior bleeding history –…

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