Comlex Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

COMLEX LEVEL 1 COMBANK CARDS NEW REVIEW What causes Whipple Disease and what is its presentation? What is the presentation and diagnostic tests used for Small Intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)? What are the macroscopic findings of Celiac Disease? Draw out the sensitivity/specificity table calculation - PPV: positive predictive value NPV: Negative predictive value TP: True Positive FP: False Positive TN: True Negative FN: False Negative Sensitivity: ability to detect t...

COMLEX LEVEL 1 NEW APPROVED WRITTEN EXAM REVIEW 2023 cysteine stone - - *Hexagonal* stones - *Ground, glass appearance* - *(+) urinary cyanide nitroprusside test - Defect in renal transport of COLA: Cysteine, Ornithine, Lysine, Arginine - Does NOT respond to shock wave therapy angiodysplasia - most common cause of lower GI bleeding in pt's >60 superior mesenteric artery - supplies the lower portion of the duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, ascending colon, and transverse colon to t...

MICROBIOLOGY FOR COMLEX LEVEL 1 EXAM REVIEW UPDATE FALL 2023 Main virulence factor for Staph aureus - Protein A IVDU causes rapid onset bacterial endocarditis (what bacteria) - Staph aureus -Tricuspid valve most commonly affected -"Tricuspid valve endocarditis" Most common cause of Toxic Shock Syndrome - Staph aureus -Hx of nasal packing or tampon in for too long Treatment for Staph aureus (MSSA) - Nafcillin -"Naf for Staph" Pnemonic for Cornybacterium diptheria - "ABCD...

Failure to deliver the placenta within 30 mins of birth Manual extraction may result in profuse, uncontrollable bleeding, w/ retention of most or all of the placental tissue Emergent hysterectomy is required Placental villi attach to the surface of the myometrium - Placenta accreta What are the risk factors of placental accreta spectrum - Hx of c-section Hx of uterine procedures (dilation, curettage, myomectomy, uterine ablation, Asherman syndrome) Placental previa What is included in pl...

COMLEX RAPID REVIEW 2023 Abdominal pain, ascites, hepatomegaly CORRECT ANSWER- Budd-Chiari, syndrome (postepatic venousthrombbosis) Achilles tendon xanthoma CORRECT ANSWER- Familial hypercholesterolemia (Decreased LDL receptor signaling) Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC CORRECT ANSWER- Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)

COMLEX LEVEL 2 TRIAL GUIDE 2023/2024 ITP (Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura) - tx of choice? TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura) - cause? Fall on dorsiflexed hand w/ pain over dorsum of wrist at level of 3rd digit & worsened by hand gripping - dx? Hypocalcemia & hyperphosphatemia with low normal PTH - dx? Pseudohypoparathyroidism - what is it; PTH level? Chvostek's sign - cause; what is it? Trousseau's sign - cause; what is it? Ovarian tumor causing viril...

COMLEX LEVEL 2 CE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2023 What is the stepwise approach for Tx of symptomatic sinus bradycardia? CORRECT ANSWER- Sinus bradycardia is a common effect seen in patients treated with medications that affect the SA or A nodes. These Rxs can be remembered by the memory aid of ABCD: Adenosine, Beta blockers, Calcium channel blockers (nondihydropyridine), and Digoxin. What do peripheral blood smears from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) demonstrat...

COMLEX II HIGH YIELD QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS Initial study for osteomyelitis How is treatment monitored? CORRECT ANSWER- x-ray, but MRI if it is equivocal (more sensitive, so will rule IN the dx) Follow ESR and CRP(prognostic) (WBC is usually normal!!) Pacer required for these blocks CORRECT ANSWER- Mobitz type II (3:1 pattern of P to QRS, regular R to R) 3rd degree block (P's and QRSs are "divorced) First line for OCD CORRECT ANSWER- SSRIs acute dystonia (timing after dru...

COMLEX LEVEL 2 MEDICAL LAW/ETHICS EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS What is respondeat superior or vicarious liability? CORRECT ANSWER- it is when an employer is responsible for the actions of their employees. Both terms essentially mean the same thing. What is res ipsa loquitur? CORRECT ANSWER- it is when a physician acts negligently to lead to an accident. the thing speaks for itself Example is if a physician prescribes the wrong medication leading to injury or leaves a scalpel insi...

Comlex Ethics Level 2 Questions and Answers 2024 with complete solution