USMLE Step 2 Secrets

In this episode Dr. Ted O’Connell gives an update about the podcast and let's students know that the newest edition of the book is out and a new corresponding podcast is in development. He also announces his new project, MedPrepToGo with Dr. Raj Dasgupta. Learn more with the links below. MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O’Connell’s WebsiteMore podcasts featuring Dr. O'Connell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Content covered in this episode includes: [0:30]: Question Dissection: A 75-year-old man with an extensive 90-pack year history of tobacco use, hyperlipidemia, and a coronary artery bypass grafting 3 years ago sees his physician for abdominal pain... [6:10] Vascular Surgery chapter of S2S including questions like: - How is carotid stenosis managed? - How are patients with claudication managed? - Describe the classic presentation of chronic mesenteric ischemia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Content covered in this episode includes: [0:28]: Question Dissection: A 32-year-old woman reports to her community health clinic complaining of tingling in her hands and feet... [4:12] Vitamins and Minerals chapter of S2S including questions like: - Specify the signs and symptoms of the various vitamin and mineral deficiencies and toxicities. - Which vitamin is a known teratogen? - What are the physical findings of rickets (vitamin D deficiency) in children? - What is the classic Step 2 description of a vitamin C-deficient patient? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Content covered in this episode includes:  [0:40]: Question Dissection: A 32-year-old female presents to the E.D. writhing in pain... [3:27] Urology chapter of S2S including questions like: - How is renal cell carcinoma diagnosed and treated? - How do you recognize and manage acute urinary retention? - What are the different types of stones? What causes them? - Who makes the best donor for patients who need a kidney transplant? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Content covered in this episode includes:  [0:29]: Question Dissection: A 52-year-old man presents to the clinic with a two month history of cough and weight loss... [4:40] Smoking chapter of S2S including questions like: - How is smoking related to heart disease? - What cancers are more likely in smokers? - Describe the effect of smoking on the lungs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Content covered in this episode includes:  [0:25]: Question Dissection: The surgical intern on call is summoned to the bedside of a postoperative patient for a urine output of 20 mL in the last 24 hours... [3:44] Shock chapter of S2S including questions like: - What are the classic parameters of each type of shock? - Specify the usual findings in patients with neurogenic shock. - What is the most important point to remember if a patient is in shock? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Content covered in this episode includes:  [0:27] Obstetrics chapter of S2S including questions like: - What are the different terms for spontaneous abortion? - In fetal heart monitoring, what is the difference between early decelerations, late decelerations, and variable decelerations? - What causes fetal bleeding to present as third trimester vaginal bleeding? - What usually follows membrane rupture What should you do if it does not occur? - How do you manage fetal malpresentation?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Content covered in this episode includes:  [0:53]: Question Dissection: A 25-year-old gravida one presents at 37 weeks gestation with a chief complaint of leakage of fluid… [5:17] Obstetrics chapter of S2S including questions like: - What routine tests should be obtained for all pregnant patients? - When should ultrasound be used to evaluate the fetus? - What do you need to know about HIV testing and transmission in mother and child? - What should be done if the AFP is elevated? - What are the diagnostic signs and symptoms of preeclampsia? When does it occur? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Content covered in this episode includes:  [0:28]Question Dissection: An 81-year-old woman is brought to the E.D. via ambulance complaining of an excruciating headache that began two hours ago.. [4:34]Neurosurgery chapter of S2S including questions like: - What causes a subdural hematoma? How do you recognize and treat it? - What does a unilateral, dilated, unreactive pupil after head trauma suggest? - What findings suggest increased intracranial pressure? - In what setting does dural venous sinus thrombosis occur? How is it diagnosed and treated? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices