Question of the Week #490

490. An 18-year-old male presents to the Emergency Department for evaluation of chest pressure for an hour. The pain is radiating to his jaw. On examination, he is diaphoretic, and he complains of nausea. Past medical history is unremarkable. Urine reveals positive benzolegonine. Below is his ECG. What is the most likely cause of the patient’s symptoms?

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A. Early repolarization

B. Ischemia

C. Cocaine induced myocardial infarction

D. Atrial fibrillation

E. Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome

Question of the Week #485

485. A 10-year-old female presents with a 3 week history of cough.  Initially she had a runny nose and was tired with a slight cough but as the runny nose resolved the cough seemed to get worse.  She states that the cough is dry sounding and occurs during the day and night.  She describes having coughing spasms that occasionally end in vomiting but between episodes of coughing she is fine.  Her mom reports that during a coughing spasm she will gasp for air and sometimes make a “whooping” noise.  A nasopharyngeal swab confirms a diagnosis of Bordatella pertussis.  Which of the following is true?

A. Her 3-month-old brother should be treated with azithromycin as prophylaxis

B. She should be started on azithromycin for more rapid resolution of cough.

C. Her classmates should be treated with clarithromycin as prophylaxis

D. She will have lifelong natural immunity against Bordatella pertussis.

E. Her classmates should receive a Tdap booster regardless of their vaccination status

Question of the Week # 184

Q184)  A 10 year old boy is evaluated in the emergency room after he tripped over and fell during a basketball game. There is no history of loss of consciousness. He denies any injury except  some pain in the occipital area of the skull.  He also reports chronic fatigue. A routine skull x-ray is obtained for evaluation and is shown below:

Which of the following is most likely to be associated with these incidental skull x-ray findings ?

A) Monoclonal gammopathy

B) Pituitary tumor

C) Hemolysis

D) Paget disease

E) Glioma

Question of the Week #74, 75

74) A 75 year-old man with history of hypertension presents to the emergency room with complaints of shortness of breath and palpitations. His vital reveal a heart rate 142/min, blood pressure 130/86, temperature 98.6 and oxygen saturation of 89% on room air. On auscultation, there are no rhonchii or crepitations, the heart rate was irregular and rapid with out any murmurs. The patient is placed on oxygen by nasal cannula. An urgent EKG is obtained which reveals rapid atrial fibrillation with no evidence of significant ST-T changes. The patient is started on diltiazem. Chest x-ray is normal and a brain natriuretic peptide is 80ng/L. Electrolytes, TSH and complete blood count are with in normal limits. Cardiac enzymes are drawn. Arterial blood gases reveal a pH of 7.48, po2 of 58, pco2 of 20 on room air ( Fio2 of 21%). The next step in establishing the etiology of his atrial fibrillation :

A) Cardiac catheterization
B) Spiral CT scan of the chest
C) Venos doppler of lower extremities
D) 2D Echocardiogram
E) D-Dimer

75) What is the most likely etiology of atrial fibrillation in Case 1?

A) Acute ST elevation MI
B) Acute pulmonary embolism
C) Pneumothorax
D) COPD exacerbation
E) Congestive heart failure

Archer USMLE Step 3 CCS Workshop – August 22, 2010

Archer USMLE Step 3 CCS Workshop – August 22, 2010

Archer online live step 3 reviews aims to bring USMLE step 3 courses on your desktop, at your doorstep! These highly successful live USMLE Step3 online reviews are an extension of our very popular and successful ” Dr.Red’s online ccs workshop, which has reached more than two thousand step3 takers in less than 12 months and has resulted in 98% pass rate. Archer Reviews have achieved a high success rate even with examinees with multiple attempts by our unique approach. These online reviews are done live and in a webinar format. You can stay at home and listen to lectures live and like in a virtual classroom, you can raise your hand and your question will be immediately answered by the instructor. This is a live online classroom which reduces the pain of flying several miles to attend live reviews. These are the only one in the market that offer successful step 3 lectures in this unique, live format. Archer’s most successful endeavor has been Dr.Red’s CCS Workshop which has helped hundreds of examinees to pass easily by excelling on CCS component.

Archer’s next CCS online workshop for the month of January will be on Sunday 8/22/2010 at 10 AM EST.

If you are interested in registering for this course, you can pay for the course on the website at http://www.shop.ccsworkshop.com. Upon payment of the registration fee, your registration request will be automatically approved and an approval e-mail will be sent to you. This approval notice will have a button “Join Webinar” in it. Clicking this button on the day of the workshop will open up the live workshop on your desktop

To participate in the workshop, you will need a computer with internet access. For the audio, you can use either your computer’s microphone or a telephone. You will use the phone for the voice and log in to the conference call while you watch the power-point slides and the CCS demonstration on your desktop via. our unique net meeting software. You can also just opt to use your computer’s microphone in which case you do not need a telephone. Then you will get to practice a case while we watch and analyze your approach and correct it.

CCS Workshop Includes :

1. Lecture on CCS Strategies
2. Live demonstration of CCS cases
3. Common mistakes committed by the examinees and preventing them
4. Tips to score extremely high on CCS
5. Follow-ups of office and ER cases
6. Efficient use of time, doing more stuff without advancing the clock
7. Avoiding invasive tests
8. Basic set of orders for emergency cases
9. The 5-minute screen – adding/ disconinuing the orders that can matter
10. Obtaing consults and their appropriateness
11. Differential diagnosis for common ER and office presentations and easy tips to get the most out of few orders.
12. Working on efficiency
13. Live practice of 15 to 20 CCS cases by the attendees in the workshop
14. A these in addition to –> 20 minutes of supervised practice of one CCS case by each attendee who volunteers to practice. About 15 to 20 Highyield CCS cases will be practiced. During this time, you will be thoroughly analyzed, corrected and given instantaneous feedback by our experienced faculty

The total course fee is $97 .Slots are limited at 35.
If you are interested in the course, you visit Archer’s online store directly to pay : http://www.shop.ccsworkshop.com

If you have further questions, please directly contact support@ccsworkshop.com

Archer’s other courses include very informative topic reviews and the high-yield rapid review – please check our website.. Archer theory reviews are now available as streaming videos so that you can start accessing them from the beginning of your step 3 preperation and fine tune your conceptual understanding to score maximum on the Multiple Choice Questions on USMLE Step 3

USMLE Step 3 CCS WORKSHOP – MAY 2010

Archer online live step 3 reviews aims to bring USMLE step 3 courses on your desktop, at your doorstep! These highly successful live USMLE Step3 online reviews are an extension of our very popular and successful ” Dr.Red’s online ccs workshop, which has reached more than two thousand step3 takers in less than 12 months and has resulted in 98% pass rate. Archer Reviews have achieved a high success rate even with examinees with multiple attempts by our unique approach. These online reviews are done live and in a webinar format. You can stay at home and listen to lectures live and like in a virtual classroom, you can raise your hand and your question will be immediately answered by the instructor. This is a live online classroom which reduces the pain of flying several miles to attend live reviews. These are the only one in the market that offer successful step 3 lectures in this unique, live format. Archer’s most successful endeavor has been Dr.Red’s CCS Workshop which has helped hundreds of examinees to pass easily by excelling on CCS component.

Archer’s next CCS online workshop for the month of January will be on Sunday 1/24/2010 at 10 AM EST.

If you are interested in registering for this course, you can pay for the course on the website at http://www.shop.ccsworkshop.com. Upon payment of the registration fee, your registration request will be automatically approved and an approval e-mail will be sent to you. This approval notice will have a button “Join Webinar” in it. Clicking this button on the day of the workshop will open up the live workshop on your desktop

To participate in the workshop, you will need a computer with internet access. For the audio, you can use either your computer’s microphone or a telephone. You will use the phone for the voice and log in to the conference call while you watch the power-point slides and the CCS demonstration on your desktop via. our unique net meeting software. You can also just opt to use your computer’s microphone in which case you do not need a telephone. Then you will get to practice a case while we watch and analyze your approach and correct it.

CCS Workshop Includes :

1. Lecture on CCS Strategies
2. Live demonstration of CCS cases
3. Common mistakes committed by the examinees and preventing them
4. Tips to score extremely high on CCS
5. Follow-ups of office and ER cases
6. Efficient use of time, doing more stuff without advancing the clock
7. Avoiding invasive tests
8. Basic set of orders for emergency cases
9. The 5-minute screen – adding/ disconinuing the orders that can matter
10. Obtaing consults and their appropriateness
11. Differential diagnosis for common ER and office presentations and easy tips to get the most out of few orders.
12. Working on efficiency
13. Live practice of 15 to 20 CCS cases by the attendees in the workshop
14. A these in addition to –> 20 minutes of supervised practice of one CCS case by each attendee who volunteers to practice. About 15 to 20 Highyield CCS cases will be practiced. During this time, you will be thoroughly analyzed, corrected and given instantaneous feedback by our experienced faculty

The total course fee is $97 .Slots are limited at 45.
If you are interested in the course, you visit Archer’s online store directly to pay : http://www.shop.ccsworkshop.com

If you have further questions, please directly contact support@ccsworkshop.com

Archer’s other courses include very informative topic reviews and the high-yield rapid review – please check our website. Next 3-Day Step 3 Rapid Review is in JULY -2010. Archer theory reviews are now available as streaming videos so that you can start accessing them from the beginning of your step 3 preperation and fine tune your conceptual understanding to score maximum on the Multiple Choice Questions on USMLE Step 3.

Excerpts from Archer Rapid Review – Nephrology by Dr.Red

this is a 30 minute clip from recent Archer USMLE Step 3 Rapid review quickly summarizing electrolyte imbalance and acid-base

The above embedded video is not displaying the video. For access to full video+ audio, click here : Nephrology

Archer USMLE Step3 Rapid Review – Samples

Rapid review sample video lectures will be posted soon after our current rapid review. Subscribe to the blog for updates!

USMLEGalaxy launches affordable live online USMLE Reviews!

Unique Live Review Courses

Unique Live Review Courses

USMLE Step1 and Step2 are the exams taken each year by thousands of doctors seeking admission in to various residency programs in the USA. USMLE Step3 on the other hand, is a mandatory exam that needs to be passed in order to get a license to practice as a physician in the United States. Yearly, thousands of medical graduates and students take these exams world-wide. They are usually looking for review courses that can best prepare them to ensure guaranteed success on these very competitive exams. There are several companies on the market that provide these review courses. However, most of them are expensive and also, require students to travel several hundred miles to attend their live reviews. Consequently, some students opt not to take the review courses there by, loosing the opportunity to get efficient guidance from the experts. The students that do take these courses are usually faced by time and money constraints as they are required to shell out an extra couple of thousand dollars on accomodation and travel expenses on top of what they have already paid for an already expensive live review. Some residents who are preparing for USMLE Step3 exam have huge time constraints that they cannot attend these live reviews unless they forego their valuable vacation period.

USMLE Galaxy, LLC has recognized these obstacles that limit USMLE exam takers from obtaining valubale advice and expert teaching. As an experiment, USMLE Galaxy LLC, has an initially launched USMLE Step3 Live Review courses ( Archer live USMLE Courses, Archer USMLE Step3 Rapid Review and Dr.Red CCS Workshop) through its division, http://www.CcsWorkshop.com. These reviews were a huge success and have reached about 3000 USMLE step3 examinees in a span of 8 months. Dr.Red CCS Workshop focuses on a unique way of preparing students for USMLE Step3 CCS and hence, is a grand success with consistent demand for about 2 workshops a month. Archer rapid review for Step3 was initially started as a 2 day course but now extended to 3-days. Archer USMLE Step3 rapid review attempts to cover all frequently tested USMLE Step3 topics over a duration of 26 hours. The most helpful feature of these reviews is that you can interact and participate in the live course with out having to leave your home. These reviews have been especially useful for the residents who are very busy with their training. Now, USMLE Galaxy, LLC is also releasing live, online reviews for USMLE Step1 and Step2. These reviews will be available right on your desktop and most importantly, they are live. All you need is a computer with internet access and a microphone. If you do not have a microphone, you can use a telephone to interact with your instructor. You can participate as you do in a classroom. A “hand” icon on the software lets you notify the instructor that you have a question any time during the session. Your question will be answered by the instructor at the end of each sub-topic. These reviews can be accessed from anywhere in the world.

Balaji.T, USMLE Galaxy’s ( http://www.ccsworkshop.com)(http://www.usmlegalaxy.com) Executive Vice President of Marketing said “These interactive, live sessions bring expert teaching and classroom atmosphere to your very own home. Most of our physicians are experts in teaching, have scored very high on their USMLEs and are board certified with top 10 percentile scores on the Internal Medicine board exams. We do rotate our teaching physicians to provide uninterrupted access to these live reviews. There are several review courses in the market but nothing gets more effective and extremely affordable than our unique sessions. Some companies offer online courses in a recorded format but you do not get a chance to interact with instructor in a classroom atmosphere. Eventhough, some of our future sessions will also be pre-recorded, our teaching physicians will actively supervise these lectures and after each sub-topic they will unmute you to see if you have any questions. They will actively answer all your questions during the session itself there by bringing interactive classroom atmosphere to your very own home. We have a practice of mailing surveys to our attendees after our rapid reviews. Our post-review surveys have revealed that almost 100% attendees have rated these reviews as “Very Helpful ” and “Extremely affordable”. More than 95% have commented and rated our teaching physicians as highly effective “