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Try to answer these 10 Q helpful to understand the basics!

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thanks for keping this thread alive, will work on qs

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Hey Guys
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@drlx
u r welcome.

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Errors FIRST AID 2011, from Doctors in Training.co
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peppino - 02/08/11 19:54

Errors in First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, 2011 ed.


Page Numbers on top followed by error

152


Helicobacter pylori - Newest triple therapy is proton pump inhibitor, clarithromycin, and either amoxicillin or metronidazole.

167


Herpesviruses - CMV - "owl's eye inclusions" are the Cowdry type A inclusions.

168


RNA viruses - Reovirus - Coltivirus is the viral genus responsible for Colorado tick fever. Genus Coltivirus is a member of the Reovirus family.

168


RNA viruses - Paramyxoviruses - In cases of infants with RSV, please know it is recommended NOT to use ribavirin.

169


Yellow fever - replace symptom of "black vomitus" with "hemorrhagic disease" which manifests in different manners including coffee-ground emesis (black vomitus), hematuria, epistaxis, and ecchymosis.

178


UTI bugs - Leukocyte esterase - positive indicates the presence of leukocytes and general inflammation which is present in bacterial infection but may also be present in other situations.

198


Antibiotics to avoid in pregnancy - Erythromycin should be removed from this list as it is a class B in pregnancy. More specifically, erythromycin estolate should be avoided only in patients with current liver disease (not pregnancy) because of its potential for worsening liver damage.

229


Oncogenic microbes - EBV also can cause Hodgkin's lymphoma and oral hairy leukoplakia

229


Paraneoplastic effects of tumors - Erythropoietin elevation resulting in polycythemia may also be seen in hepatocellular carcinoma and pheochromocytoma (in addition to the already-listed renal cell carcinoma and hemangioblastoma).

239


Muscarinic antagonists - remove "pirenzepine" from the section. This drug is not available in the US; therefore, it is not likely to be on the USMLE.

275


Bacterial endocarditis - (last sentence of section) Strep. bovis is found in 15% of colon cancer patients and can cause endocarditis (also see on FA p146).

276


Cardiac tamponade - cross through Kussmaul's pulse. Pulsus paradoxus seen in cardiac tamponade is different and distinct from Kussmaul's sign (JVD with inspiration) seen in constrictive pericarditis.

296


Cushing's syndrome - (right margin) The upward arrows may confuse the reader into thinking that dexamethasone will elevate cortisol levels in those scenarios. It would be more accurate to replace all of the upward arrows in the margin with "unchanged cortisol" or "no change in the abnormally elevated cortisol."

310


Digest tract anatomy – Muscularis mucosae is misspelled in the illustration as “Mucularis mucosae.”

333


Wilson's disease - remove "Choreiform movements" from the list of characteristic Wilson's features. Next to "Dementia," add Dyskinesia and Dysarthria.

335


Acute pancreatitis - Chronic calcifying pancreatitis section should refer the reader to Image #118.

353


Lab values in anemia - add 2 up arrows to the row for the serum Fe/TIBC ratio under the anemia of chronic disease column. One of the most common scenarios when the Fe/TIBC ratio is used is in determining whether a microcytic anemia is due to iron deficiency or anemia of chronic disease.

363


Aspirin - cross reference to additional section on Aspirin found on FA p391.

384


Pseudogout - can be treated with either colchicine or NSAIDs.

428


Primary brain tumors –medulloblastomas do not have "perivascular pseudorosettes" but do have "Homer-Wright rosettes."

449


Keeping "schizo-" straight - Schizoid + odd thinking does NOT equal schizotypal Schizoid and schizotypal are two distinct personality disorders discussed on FA p448.

450


Alcohol - Intoxication - Alcohol intoxication is not treated with naltrexone; however, naltrexone has been proven to be useful in relapse prevention.

452


Treatment for psych - Anorexia/bulimia - Cross-out anorexia because while bulimia responds well to SSRI therapy, anorexia nervosa does not.

475


ACE Inhibitors - In the toxicity section change "Proteinuria" to "Proteinuria prevention"

485


Sex chromosome disorders - Turner's syndrome incidence is "1:3000".

493


Malignant breast tumors - Additional risk factors for breast cancer include female gender, age, early first menarche, not becoming pregnant before age 30, late menopause, breast cancer in a first degree relative, BRCA gene mutation, and prior breast cancer.

496


Penile pathology - Erythroplasia of Queyrat is not "similar to Bowen's disease" but rather "a form of Bowen's disease"

508


Alveolar gas equation - PACO2/R and PACO2/0.8 should both be Pa, rather than PA

522


"Worst headache of my life" - To further clarify, the most common cause of spontaneous, nontraumatic SAH is a ruptured berry aneurysm.

527


The most common infratentorial brain tumor in kids is astrocytoma > medulloblastoma > ependymoma.

529


HLA-B27 - Add in Psoriatic Arthritis and Inflammatory
Bowel Disease to the list. PAIR is the mnemonic to remember these.

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Q1 --DD --multiple myeloma
Q2 --B --- hodgkin-- nodular sclerosing type
Q3--- B -- infectious mononucleosis --- transmision by kissing
Q5--- BB
Q6 -- CC --iam not sure
Q7---B -AML
Q9 --D
Q10 --BB


if iam wrong among these plzz correct me...

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@Neha321
For correct answer wait for another day.
Should give oppprtunity to others for participation.

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1---D
2---B
3---B
4---A
5---B
6---D
7---B
8---A
9---A
10--A

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participate and practice yourself

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now the quality of questions in the forum is very poor....................!