Alert Medical Series: USMLE Alert I
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Ala Sarraj, MD
The Author: Ala Sarraj, MD, American board certified in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine. He graduated from Damascus Univ. Med. School / Syria. Trained at Georgetown Univ. Dept. of Medicine / DC General hospital, Washington, DC, and Rush Univ. Med. center / Chicago. Dr. Sarraj is a full time emergency medicine physician in Chicago metropolitan area since 1991. The Editor: The series was reviewed and edited by Maggy Shamekh, MD. A graduate, residency trained and holding masters degree of family medicine from Cairo Univ. Med. School / Egypt. Performed collaboration research work between Cairo Univ. cancer institute and MD Anderson cancer center, Houston / Texas. Worked for the WHO for the eradication of polio in the Middle East. Dr. Shamekh is a diplomat in health care quality management from the American Univ. / Cairo.
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Alert Medical Series is a compilation of powerful random high yield notes and comparisons that will guarantee comprehensive and effective knowledge base and high score passing rates in the fields of USMLE (US Medical Licensing Exam), INTERNAL MEDICINE and EMERGENCY MEDICINE boards alike.
It reflects years of revision and update that will save medical students, residents and physicians measurable time of test prep and knowledge acquisition.
Alert Medical Series will serve you like multitude of pixels creating very high resolution and sharp picture.
The USMLE series notes (basic and clinical) were put in a random manner mixing basic and clinical notes to simulate real life knowledge building and to reflect the future trend in USMLE testing to combine clinical science and the clinically based basic science.
•Reye’s syndrome: typical findings:
In brain: high voltage, slow wave.
In liver: microvesicular steatosis.
Stages:
Stage 1: lethargy, vomiting.
Stage 2: hyperventilation, delirium.
Stage 3: decorticate posture.
Stage 4: decerebrate posture.
Stage 5: seizures, flaccidity, respiratory arrest.
•Celiac sprue:
Increased 5 HIAA (5 Hydroxyindoleacetic acid) in the urine.
Abnormal D- Xylose absorption.
Biopsy is diagnostic.
•Tenia versicolor:
Recurrence is common