Residency prep Thread - u_mad_bro

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I've noticed that there's been grave amount of useless and unnecessary posts here during this match. As we anxiously anticipate match day, I thought how about liven up the forum with something useful that everyone can actually benefit from academically. I was hoping to create a thread where people can post random clinical information perhaps from USMLE study notes or from actual clinical experiences.

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Great start, u_mad_bro.

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I'll start off...

- Desmopressin can be used in prolonged bleeding in renal failure patients. It acts by increasing the release of factor VIII:Von Willebrand from the endothelium.

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Pentoxyphyline ( phosphodiasterase inhibitor) is also used to decrease proteinuria as an add on therapy to ACE/ARB/ Aldo antagonist.

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Neudexta is new FDA approved drug for severe depression with excessive crying or inappropriate laughing spells

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too much to post

all i gotta say

read "whats new" i uptodate
very helpful esp cause dey talk abut new journal articles.

for floor work I plan on getting a copy of some book i heard was good.. I think it was called Toronto notes? somethin like that?

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Gaucher disease is caused by glucocerebrosidase deficiency that results in glycolipids accumulating within lysosomes. Clinical symptoms of the most common type include splenomegaly, anemia, and thrombocytopenia.

Dx- measurement of less that 15% of glucocerebrosidase activity.

Rx- Enzyme replacement therapy. FDA recently approved an oral glucocerebrosidase synthase inhibitor called Eliglustat for treatment of Gaucher disease type 1.

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@gardening...the symptoms you described above is called PBA (pseudobulba affect)

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@chuckchu- I thought it described the 'non-matched' effect loll.

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@chuckchu, it is actually spelled pseudobulbar affect.