Primary Care for COMLEX Level 1

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Dr. Jahan Eftekar. Primary Care for COMLEX Level 1

Keyboard Associations of Pathophysiology

1. CARDIAC PATHOLOGY

2. VASCULAR PATHOLOGY

3. HEMATOLOGY AND ANEMIA

4. HEMATOPOEITIC AND LYMPHOID DISORDERS

5. HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS

6. PULMONARY DISORDERS

7. GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS

8. LIVER AND PANCREAS

9. KIDNEY AND URINARY SYSTEM

10. MALE GENITAL DISORDERS

11. FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

12. SKIN-RELATED CONDITIONS

13. ENDOCRINE CONDITIONS

14. MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

15. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

16. ONCOGENIC AGENTS

17. TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENES

18. ENZYME MARKERS

19. AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES

20. IMMUNE DEFICIENCY DISEASES

21. INFLAMMATION

22. PRE-CANCEROUS STATES AND ASSOCIATED CANCERS

23. TUMOR MARKERS

24. CELLULAR INJURY

25. AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDERS

26. SEX-LINKED ANOMALIES

27. AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT CONDITIONS

28. CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS

29. VASOACTIVE AGENTS

30. EOSINOPHILIC CONDITIONS

31. DISEASES AND INCLUSION BODIES

32. ECG FINDINGS AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS

33. INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THEIR CAUSES

34. NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES

35. CNS LESIONS AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS

36. ZOONOTIC DISEASES

37. BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Must-Know Biochemistry Concepts: Enzymatic Defects and Associated Key Concepts

Defective Enzymes and their Associated Key Concepts

The Mavericks of Basic Sciences: The Odd Concepts

The Oddballs of Basic Medical Sciences

ANATOMY

BIOCHEMISTRY

PHYSIOLOGY

MICROBIOLOGY

PATHOLOGY

PHARMACOLOGY

Memorabilia of the COMLEX Level 1: Pearls of Formerly Tested Concepts

ANATOMY

BIOCHEMISTRY

PATHOLOGY

MICROBIOLOGY

PHARMACOLOGY

PHYSIOLOGY

MIXED HIGH YIELD FACTS

Brief High-Yield Clinical Gross Anatomy

EXTREMITIES

HEAD, FACE AND AXIAL SKELETON

NECK

THORAX

ABDOMEN AND PELVIS

The Most Commons of the COMLEX. Basics Sciences

Condensed Behavioral Sciences

1. LIFE CYCLE AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT

2. PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY

3. LEARNING THEORY AND BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION

4. DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS AND MENTAL RETARDATION

5. BASIC SOCIOLOGY

6. BASIC STATISTICS - BIOMETRY

7. VITAL STATISTICS, HEALTH STATISTICS, EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MENTAL ILLNESS

8. BASIC BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY, PSYCOPHYSIOLOGY, PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

9. BEHAVIOR CORRELATIONS

10. SUBSTANCE ABUSE

11. BEHAVIOR GENETICS

12. HUMAN ATTITUDES

13. INTELLIGENCE, IQ AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

14. HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, MEDICAL PRACTICE

Microbiology Keyboard Associations

BACTERIOLOGY

VIRUSES

FUNGAL DISEASES

PROTOZOANS

HELMINTHIC DISEASES

300 Must-Know Facts of Gross Anatomy. Contributor: Dr. Wayne Krueger

BACK

UPPER LIMB

LOWER LIMB

THORAX

ABDOMEN

PELVIS AND PERINEUM

HEAD AND NECK

MIXED TOPICS

Pearls of the Past Tested OMT Concepts. Osteopathic Principles

Pearls of the Past NBOME and COMLEX OMT Questions

OMT Pre-Test 633

High-Yield Integrated and Clinically-Oriented Pharmacology

Important Laboratory Information. Increased Levels and Associated Pathologies

Answers: QUESTIONS 1-6

IMMUNIZATION

IMportant Note on Vaccination

Adult Available Active Immunization

High-Risk Group Active Immunization

Passive Immunization as Treatment

Prophylactic Passive Immunization

CONDITIONS Often Requiring Passive and Active Immunization

Answers: Questions 7 through 11

PREFERRED ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS FOR SPECIFIC PATHOGENS*

Top Causes of Otitis media and Their TreatmenT

Answers: Questions 12 - 17

Classic Case of Viral Diseases and their Treatment

Answers: Questions 18-20

Classic Case vs. Fungal Cause

Important Protozoan Diseases

Classic Case vs. Protozoan Cause

Classic Case vs. Helminthic Cause and Treatment

Answers: Questions 21-30

TOXICOLOGY, TOXICITY AND ANTIDOTES

DRUG SIDE EFFECTS

Acyclovir. Ganciclovir. Amantadine. Vidarabine. Ribavirin. alpha-interferon. beta-interferon. gamma-interferon. Treatment for a 64 year-old man who has acquired serious retinitis after cancer chemotherapy. Treatment for a 40-year-old female patient with cold sores in her mouth and recurrent history of similar problems. This drug, an adenosine analog, can be used for Herpes-1 conjunctivitis and side effects of it are SIADH and parasthesia. Drug to be administered to an immune-suppressed patient during the epidemic of influenza. Treatment for a 3-year-old boy with pneumonia during an RSV epidemic. Treatment for a patient with multiple sclerosis. Treatment for a patient with hepatitis B ***End of the Matching Set 52-58***

Drugs Contraindicated in Pregnancy

Answers: Questions 31- 63

ANTICANCER MEDICATIONS

UNIQUE ANTICANCER MEDICATION TOXICITIES

INDICATIONS OF ANTICANCER ANTIBIOTICS

USES OF ALKYLATING AGENTS

TRANSPLANT-RELATED IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS

ANTIPSYCHOTICS

CLINICAL USE OF TRADITIONAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS

ANTIDEPRESSANTS

TOXICITY AND TREATMENT OF TOXICITY. Tricyclic antidepressants

TOXICITY AND TREATMENT OF TOXICITY. ANTILEPTICS/ANTICONVULSANTS

PARKINSON’S MEDICATIONS

ANTIEMETIC DRUGS

PEPTIC ULCER DRUGS

NON-OPIATE ANALGESICS AND ANTIPYRETICS: A SUMMARY

BRONCHIAL DISEASE DRUGS

Metabolic Effects of Diuretics

Thiazides versus Loop Diuretics

Antiarrhythmic Drugs

Hypertension Medications

Common Hypertensive Emergency Medications

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR FUNCTIONS

Adverse Actions of beta-Blockers

FERTILITY DRUGS

Answers: Questions 64 - 100

Normal Laboratory Serum Values

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Pathophysiological Melodies

We have coined the term “Keyboards” for those keywords or buzzwords that are associated with key tested pathophysiological conditions. If you see or hear them on the exam, they will strongly remind you of (memories of) particular basic science conditions.

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•Gonorrhea ⇔ N. gonorrhea PID

•Herpes (HSV) ⇔ Multinucleated giant cells

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