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First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 (2023) | Medicine (MD/DO) School Study Aid
Hypertension Assessment
- Mechanism
- Essential Hypertension
- Secondary Hypertension
- Assessment
- Headache
- Vision Changes
- Nosebleed (Epistaxis)
- Chest Pain
- Syncope (Fainting)
- Diagnosis
- Average 2 Sets, 2 Minutes Apart
- After 2 or More Visits (within 1-4 weeks)
- Nursing Considerations
- Take BP Both Arms
- Common in African Americans
2 mins
Primary Hypertension Risk Factors
- Excessive Alcohol Consumption
- High Sodium Diet
- Dyslipidemia
- Obesity
- People of African Descent
- Advanced Age
- Vitamin D Deficiency
- Reduced Nephron Number
- Diabetes
- Lack of Physical Activity
2 mins
Renal Cell Carcinoma Characteristics
- Pathophysiology
- Chromosome 3
- VHL Gene
- Proximal Convoluted Tubule
- Risk Factors
- Smoking
- Nephrolithiasis
- Chronic Analgesic Use
- Subtypes
- Clear Cell
- Papillary
- Chromophobic
2 mins
Renal Cell Carcinoma Diagnosis and Management
- Signs & Symptoms
- Triad: Hematuria, Flank Pain, Palpable Mass
- Constitutional Symptoms
- Paraneoplastic Syndromes
- Renal Vein and IVC Invasion
- Left-Sided Varicocele
- Metastasis to Lungs & Bone
- Diagnostic Workup
- Abdominal CT or Ultrasound
- Treatment
- Surgery if Localized
- Resistant to Radiation and Chemotherapy
2 mins
