Head and neck development
Optional reading Langman’s Medical Embryology: Chapter 17, Head and Neck. The relevant sections are: Introduction, Pharyngeal Apparatus, Thyroid Gland, and Face. Most of the events that produce the definitive anatomy of the head and neck are covered in this chapter. The pharyngeal apparatus (the source of the primordial tissues) is discussed first, followed by detailed […]
System and thread LP examples
Cellular Physiology Clinical Skills videos Gross Anatomy textbook Histology Nervous Tissue Microbiology and Infectious Disease Molecular biology and biochemistry Pharmacology Physiology Physiology and anatomy of the hypothalamus and pituitary Urinary/renal system Library resources LibGuide Library Resources for Medicine: Nutrition Position papers The Use of Visceral Proteins as Nutrition Markers: An ASPEN Position Paper Consensus statement: […]
Anti-bacterial agents
On this page Penicillin beta-lactams Cephalosporins Other antibiotics Antituberculars
Anaerobic bacteria
Medically Relevant This is a list of medically relevant bacteria. See the associated entry within the Microbiology and Infectious Disease thread compendium for gram-positive and gram-negative for details. Clostridia Actinomyces Bacteroides Propionibacterium/Cutibacterium acnes Lactobacillus
Atypical bacteria
These bacteria do not conform to the typical gram-positive and gram-negative distinctions, largely due to differences in their cell walls. Their ecologic niche, types of diseases, and immune response are resultantly different as well. Spirochetes Spiral-shaped bacteria. While cell wall structures are technically similar to gram-negative bacteria, most are far too thin to be seen […]
Physiology
Intro Physiology resources Physiology and anatomy of the hypothalamus and pituitary Library resources LibGuide Library Resources for Medicine: Physiology
Case Study: Raul, Part 4
One year later You are fortunate to have matched in a residency program in the region where you did a lot of your training. Having spent four years here, it feels like home. At the local market, you run into Ray, who you’ve not seen since your last rotation at the Federally Qualified Health Center […]
Case Study: Raul, Part 3
Admitted to the hospital You notice that some of the labs previously ordered in the ED are now available. Also, given your experience with the virtual translator, you decide to improve your Spanish. Labs Hypersensitivity pneumonitis Ab panel, IgG HIV AG/AB, 4th Gen, Reflex Streptococcus pneumoniae Ag, urine Cultures Culture, Wound, smear Culture, AFB smear […]
Case Study: Raul, Part 2
Emergency department Based on the patient’s H&P and labs, the ED attending recommends admission and further work-up. You are a fourth-year medical student on your hospitalist rotation when you receive a call from the ED to admit a “32-year-old Hispanic AMAB, who presented to the ED with a 2-month history of cough, occasional fevers, and […]
Case Study: Raul, Part 1
You are a fourth-year medical student doing your hospitalist rotation at Astria Sunnyside Hospital with your preceptor, Dr. Jones. Dr. Jones asks you to evaluate Mr. Raul Abascal in the Emergency Department. Tap to view the case. Ray’s background Raul is a 32-year-old male who prefers to be called Ray. He was born in the […]