HY lecture notes: Atrial septal defect (ASD) you’d hear wide, fixed splitting of S2. Usually due to patent foramen ovale. S2 denotes the closure of the semilunar valves (aortic …

  HY lecture notes: Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) = wet, wacky, wobbly – urinary incontinence, CNS dysfunction, gait instability NPH also often has Parkinsonism. This is really HY on 2CK. So …

  HY lecture notes: Empiric Tx for community acquired pneumonia is usually azithromycin. Covers atypicals like Mycoplasma and also Strep pneumo. Occasionally can use a fluoroquinoline instead of azithromycin, but …

  HY Lecture notes: Travelers diarrhea –> dude goes traveling and gets self-limiting watery diarrhea; sometimes green; but the point is it’s not liters and liters of rice-water stool, which is …

  HY lecture notes: Pale RBCs –> think iron deficiency. In elderly, especially think per rectum blood loss. Most common cause is diverticular bleed, but red flag is obviously colorectal …

  Lecture notes: Hereditary hemochromatosis is AR, chromosome 6, HFE gene. Most common mutations are C282Y and H63D missense. Heavy metal disorders are AR. So Wilson disease is also AR. …