Tag: residency
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Skin-di-VISUALS: Bloom syndrome
Bloom syndrome is an autosomal recessive genodermatosis in which mutations in the RECQL2 or RECQL3 genes. What results is an issue with DNA helicase, which is responsible for unwinding DNA during replication. Sometimes this is worded as problems with “sister chromatid exchange.” Children with bloom syndrome have short stature, characteristic facial features (a “bird beak”…
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Skin-de-VISUALS: MD5A Dermatomyositis
MDA5 antibody-associated dermato-pulmonary syndrome is a subtype of dermatomyositis that is associated with rapid progression of interstitial lung disease and death. Visual keys:
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Skin-di-VISUALS: IgA Gammopathies
CORE exams hate her! Remember this IgA association with this one simple trick.
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Wavelength of UVA; of mares and roses
All of the following visual mnemonic relies on the Major Number System. Someday, I’ll dedicate a post to this, but for now, I’d advise review of Wikipedia and YouTube for a helpful introduction. Understanding this system is critical to understanding the association between numbers and their symbols. Now on to the players for these scenes:…
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Lymphogranuloma Venerium (LGV)
Also known as “Favre” disease (demonstrated here with fava beans). Caused by Chlamydia trachomatis L1, L2, L3, (shown as a clam). Add a dachshund sniffing it to add doxycycline as the treatment. AI art created with midjourney.
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Routine
Another day passes with a soft whoosh like a lamppost outside a car window. My dad said this would happen, and with increasing speed as I got older and I guess he was right. Rather than a day spent as a unit enjoyed whole I spend my moments repeating moments just like the last: getting…
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Hypochlorous Acid: The Surprising Truth Behind Selling Pool Water for Massive Profit
Put yourself in the following scenario: a new, all natural sweetener is out on the market. We need to give it a sexy name, so let’s call it “sucre dans l’eau” or something. People everywhere are raving about it. “Adding to a small amount completely changes the flavor profile of my dish!” “My cakes are…
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Strong Force
There’s strong force, and then there’s the force by which cheap stickers adhere to inappropriate surfaces, like the inner edge of the toilet seat in the guest bathroom. Or the granite island and linoleum floor of our rental unit. I’m sitting here with a bottle of Goo Gone and a butter knife slowly peeling away…
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The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done, Part I
We step into the kitchen and I put my discharge paperwork along with paper bags full of new medications, Paxlovid among them, on the island. My belly is 8 months heavy, and I’m exhausted. We (my baby and I) have just been released after an overnight stay at the hospital. It’s late Spring, 2022. I…
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Common cosmetic eye concerns: “Puffiness”
Med-Derm, MD 