HY lecture notes (double-posting this lecture as Family medicine #3 because it’s exceedingly HY for both shelf exams): Impetigo (“school sores”), which is divided into bullous and non-bullous types.1 …

  HY lecture notes: Family med favorite Q: vegan with nutrient deficiency and B12 isn’t listed –> answer = calcium –> normally present in fish and dairy in high amounts. …

  HY lecture notes: Septic arthritis is becoming increasingly HY on Step 1, and is exceedingly HY on FM, IM, surgery, and peds NBME forms – essentially just on the …

  HY lecture notes: Diabetic retinopathy Leading cause of blindness ages 20-64. Caused by non-enzymatic glycosylation of retinal microvessels –> vascular damage with degeneration of capillaries –> reduced retinal blood …

  HY lecture notes: Phakomatoses is that obscure term that pretty much causes every convo with a student to go like this: “Wait, what… what did you just say.” “Phakomatoses.” …

  HY lecture notes: Important locations Broca area: left inferolateral posterior frontal lobe. Wernicke area: left posterior temporal lobe (superior temporal gyrus). Broca aphasia Expressive, non-fluent aphasia –> sometimes described …

  HY lecture notes: Slightly move quantitative version of the above chart (but qualitative suffices for the USMLEs): Herpes causes temporal lobe hemorrhage, which is why there’s blood in the …

  HY lecture notes: Atrial fibrillation –> absent p-waves + irregularly irregular intervals between QRS complexes. For Step 1, you literally just need to know the ECG strip. For 2CK, …

  HY lecture notes (double-posting this lecture as Surgery #5 because it’s exceedingly HY for both shelf exams; this is the only double-posted lecture): Stress testing may be done prior …