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Posting recent CCS from ruma, dl537, drconfused, dobutamine123, ay and others.

1. AAA in a 70 y/o
2. 2 y/o baby w fever, AOM, & dehydration
3. Subdural hematoma
4. Suicide , EtOH and Drug OD
5. retained placenta ( ER, 3 post-op D, w fever and abd. tenderness )
6. Neutropenic fever
7. GERD
8. Hyperosmolar coma
9. Cardiac tamponade
10. Pancreatitis
11. st MI
12. SAH
13. sinusitis
14. meningitis
15. Intestinal obs.
16. Hemothorax w liver laceration
17. DKA in a 5 y/o
18. Intussusception in a 1 y/o
19. TSS in a 20 y/o female
20. ITP in a 40 y/o
21. PE in an 80 y/o
22. Sarcoidosis
23. Hypothy ( cc: fatigue )
24. AAA ( OFF: visit with back pain )
25. Sickle cell crises
26. MVA w cardiac tamponade
27. COPD exac
28. DUB in a 13 y/o
29. Pancreatic CA
30. 4 month old w meningitis
31. 32 y/o w hx of heroin use
32. Tibia/ fibula fx ( 2nd post-op D, dec. uo, hyperk, ekg changes)
33. Vaginal d/c- tricho
34. 65 y/o lady w fatigue, weakness ( severe hyponat, CXR-lung nodule )
35. 82 y/o MVA ( confused, brady, complete heart block)
36. SBO w hx of surg.
37. 25 y/o at ER ( blood all over body, gunshot wound at R thorax )
38. 45 y/o lady w weakness, insomnia, high blood sugar
39. Alcoholic cirrhosis w ascites
40. UTI in office requiring hospitalization
41. Inpatient, hypoxia- fluid overload
42. DUB w IDA in a 13 y/o
43. Altered mental status with urgent HTN
44. N/V in an adolescent
45. Renal stone colic
46. R eye pain

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Forgot to mention some cases are from Babak too.
Congratulations to all passers!

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exam experience, oct 18 and 19

magni - 10/19/07 20:26

today i had given my step 3 exam. its my second attempt.
qns were as usual too long but manage to finish on time.
yesterday, there were 7 blocks. qns r ok.
today is my second day, qns are easier compared to yesterday. i adviced all to practice qns as much you can and clear the concept. step 3 what u need is concept of disease and its management. discussion with the partner is the best strategy which i experieced this time. this time i practice more qns, discuss with the partner. really step 3 is doable exam , so all the best and pray me for a good score.

my ccs cases are
1. elderly pregnant lady
2. asthma
3. subarachnoid hemorrhage.
4. bullet injury over right lung with bowel perforation with pneumthorax,hemothorax.
5. bacterial meningitis- infant
6. 3rd degree heart block
7. pulmonary nodule with hyponatremia
8.mild gastritis, h pylori negative
9. small bowel obstruction
hope this will help
GL

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questions were more or like UW,but so lenghthier that i had to scroll down in a lot of qs especially in ER/in patient qs.
practise different q banks,swanson try to read the summary atleast,v helpful.lot of commonsense qs,god only knows whether they r rt?otherwise UW and swanson are good.
TIMED PRACTISE is so imp,that i had to mark 3-4 qs blindly without reading in ER block.
well ,my ccs ...
elderly female in nursing home ,sexual abuse
Peripheral vascular dis
sigmoid diverticulitis
forign body aspiration
eldrly female with dehydration leading to ARF
adult well visit turned out to be CIN 3,on pap smear.
new onset DM 2
oxycodone with acetaminophen overdose in cirrotic patient.
ac cholecystitis.
i didnt do well in ccs,forgot to do colonoscopy later in the diverticulitis pt
cirrotic pt didnt improve at all even after liver failure Mx and antidotes
dont know will i pass?
qs were not as bad as i expected,
well ,any qs feel free to ask.

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pamupriya - 10/26/07 18:06

hi!
i'm done with my step3 today.i'm exhausted..my firstday was morelike nbme..and i got questions in 5-6lines,ecgs atleast 2 perblock..nothing much about...xrays and cts...As eveybody knows it's a bit tiring though..i got the following ccs cases
pyelonephritis
rhabdomyolysis
siadh
elderlypregnancy
type2diabetesmellitus
mvp and chb in 1 case
dub
endocarditis
prerenalfailure

i hope it helps those who are yet to give the exam.

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pooja07 - 10/27/07 14:19

Hi, i took my exam a few days back.
ccs cases which i got were:
16yr old girl with UTI and DKA
vulvar ca
PID
anaphylaxis
MI
Aortic dissection
Tca toxicity
18 mth old child with fe def aneamia
pyloric stenosis

I want to say that all the cases which i got were a total repeat from the cases which other people got,so try n concentrate onthe cases told by various people on the forum, which they actually got in the exam.But in a few cases, presentation was tricky,so u have to be very careful

MCQs were really reaaly vague and sum were really tough as well, that i just had to guess in those

Gl to all.