USMLE Step 2 Secrets

Content covered in this episode includes:  [0:37]: Question Dissection: A 24-year-old male (medical student) presents with a chief complaint of low back pain over the last 6 months... [4:01] Rheumatology chapter of S2S including questions like: - What is the most common form of arthritis? - What clues point to a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)? - Describe the usual presentation of Kawasaki disease. How is it treated? - Give the basic facts of Paget disease. How is it linked with cancer?

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Content covered in this episode includes: Question Dissection: A 28-year-old woman presents to the E.D. with a swollen left leg that began early in the morning and seems to be worsening

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Content covered in this episode includes:  [0:30] Question Dissection: A 24-year-old women sees her family physician for a non-productive cough which has been present for 3 days...  [4:04] Pulmonology chapter of S2S including questions like: - What is COPD? - What is the concern with the use of long-acting beta-antagonists (LABAs) in the treatment of asthma? - What classic cues on the Step 2 exam point to the cause of a solitary pulmonary nodule? - What are the classic clinical cues on Step 2 for the different causative bugs in pneumonia? - How is cystic fibrosis diagnosed and treated? 

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Content covered in this episode includes: [0:38] Question Dissection: A 32 year old female is brought to the E.D. for a suicide attempt by overdose... [3:40] Psychiatry chapter of S2S including questions like: - Why is the duration of symptoms important with psychosis? - List the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. - Differentiate among the classes of antipsychotic drugs. - What are the side effects of lithium, valproic acid, and carbamazepine? - What is the most notorious side effect of trazodone? - How do you recognize anorexia? - What is the most commonly abused illicit drug? Describe its effects on users. 

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Content covered in this episode includes:  [0:28: Question Dissection: A 16-year-old girl is brought to the office of her family physician by her mother for consultation. The girl is healthy and has been sexually active for the last year... [2:08] Preventive Medicine chapter of S2S including questions like: - Name the major cause of neonatal mortality. What is the neonatal mortality rate in the United States? - List the top three causes of infant and maternal mortality in the United States. - What is the basic difference between Medicare and Medicaid?

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Content covered in this episode includes:  [0:29] Question Dissection: A 31-year-old woman is brought to the E.D. by friends at 3 A.M. after they were unable to wake her up... [4:29]Pharmacology chapter of S2S including questions like: - What two developments in NSAID therapy may reduce GI and bleeding complications? - What age group should not be given aspirin? What finding on a physical exam is a contraindication to aspirin use? - Discuss the relationship between aspirin and strokes.

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Content covered in this episode includes:  [0:28] Question Dissection: A 7-year-old boy is brought in to see his pediatrician after behavioral modifications have been unsuccessful in controlling nighttime bed-wetting... [4:17]Pediatrics chapter of S2S including questions like: - What screening and preventive care measures should be done at every pediatric visit? - What are the frequently tested items under the umbrella of primary prevention using “anticipatory guidance”? - What findings should make you suspect child abuse? - What should you always remember when a question mentions that a child was given aspirin?

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Content covered in this episode includes:  [0:30] Question Dissection: A 4-year-old African American girl presents to the E.D. with refusal to walk for one day... [6:22] Orthopedic Surgery chapter of S2S including questions like: - What are the signs and symptoms of compartment syndrome? How is it treated? - Which bacteria are the most common cause of septic arthritis? In what scenario should you think of another cause? - What is the most common type of bone tumor? - What are the common findings with ligament injuries of the knee? How do you distinguish injuries of the anterior cruciate, posterior cruciate, medial collateral, and lateral collateral ligaments on physical exam? 

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Content covered in this episode includes:  [0:32] Question Dissection: A 68-year-old male presents to his physician with a chief complaint of a rash on his face... [3:32]Ophthalmology chapter of S2S including questions like: - Distinguish allergic, viral, and bacterial conjunctivitis. - How does closed-angle glaucoma present? What should you do if you recognize it? - What findings suggest an ophthalmic herpes zoster infection? - Why does blindness develop in patients with strabismus?

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Content covered in this episode includes:  [0:30]: Question Dissection: A 68-year-old man presents to his physician’s office complaining of severe low back pain that shoots down his right leg... [3:32] Oncology chapter of S2S including questions like: - What are the key differential points for the commonly tested blood dyscrasias? - What clinical vignette should make you suspect lung cancer?  - How should you manage a patient with a solitary pulmonary nodule on chest radiograph? - What should you do if a Pap smear is abnormal? - What do you need to know about basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers?

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