10 High Yield Pearls:
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I) ONLY TWO Cranial Nerves Decussate:
Optic & Trochlear.
2 & 4 Decussate.
2 & 4 Decussate.
2 & 4 Decussate.
II) Almost all the questions of leukemias can be
correctly answered just by knowing the age range of these cancers:
0-14: ALL
14-39: AML
40-59: CML
60+: CLL
III) Rhabdomyolysis causes HYPERkalemia.
HYPOkalemia causes Rhabdomyolysis
IV) ALL causes of hypopituitarism result in
deficiency of MORE than ONE hormone EXCEPT Kallmann Syndrome
V) Clostridium:
Tetani - causes SPASTIC paralysis.
Botulinum - causes FLACCID paralysis.
Perfringes - causes NO paralysis
VI) IN Nephron:
Maximum reabsorption of H2O take place in Proximal
Convoluted Tubules, REGARDLESS to ADH status (present or absent).
VII) Offspring of Older Women: Inc incidence of
Trisomy 21 (DOWN Syndrome).
Offspring of Older Men: Inc incidence of
Achondroplasia & Marfan Syndrome.
VIII) Know the difference:
Cisplatin is NEPHrotoxic.
Cyclophosphamide is CYStotoxic (Hemorrahagic
CYSitis)
IX) Try to Understand that:
History of Smoking = Bronchogenic Cancer.
Exposure to Asbestos = Mesothelioma.
Smoking Hx + Asbestos exposure = Bronchogenic
Cancer.
X) Until proven Otherwise:
Post-coital vaginal bleeding is Cervical cancer.
Post-menopausal vaginal bleeding is Endometrial
cancer.
