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Anatomy
Neuroanatomy
Quick-start cases:
Case 13 Part 11Dural layers
Case 19 Part 5External brain
Case 19 Part 6Brain sections
Case 5 Part 1Base of skull
Case 35 Part 2Cranial nerves
Multiple brain features
How to find more:
Go to the Anatomy Pins page. Search by anatomic term.
Other anatomy
Quick-start cases:
Case 17 Part 4Heart within pericardial sac.
Case 35 Part 2Lungs and airway (posterior view).
Case 14 Part 5Diaphragm
How to find more:
Go to the Body Map. Search under the Anatomy option by body location. The page guides you through.
Or, go to the Anatomy Pins page to search by anatomic term.
Find specific anatomy structures
Quick-start cases:
Case 13 Part 9Papillary muscle with chordae tendinae
Case 17 Part 4Abductor pollicis longus muscle
Case 20 Part 4Ampulla of Vater
How to find more:
Go to the Anatomy Pins page to search by anatomic term.
Anatomic variation
Quick-start cases:
Case 42 Part 1Bifid xyphoid process
Metopic (frontal) suture
Case 5 Part 1Accessory spleen
How to find more:
Go to the Anatomy Variation page.
Pathology
Find any pathology on the site
How to find more:
Search the Library.
Or, search alphabetically in the Anatomy Pins page.
Compare similar conditions across patients
How to find more:
Use the Clinical Panels page to find examples of tumors, heart disease, and other processes in groups of patients.
Clinical Medicine Skills
External Exam – general
Quick-start cases:
Case 1 Part 1External exam – Case 1
Case 2 Part 1External exam – Case 2
Case 3 Part 1External exam – Case 3
External Exam – Specific Findings
Quick-start cases:
Case 6 Part 1Use of symmetry during physical exam.
Case 10 Part 1Abdominal distention.
Case 13 Part 1Debrided decubitus ulcer.
Case 28 Part 1Dried blistering from reperfusion syndrome.
Case 29 Part 1Unilateral leg swelling.
Case 37 Part 1Loss of muscle mass.
History Taking – Symptom description
Quick-start cases:
The patient was diagnosed with musculoskeletal pain, but the origin was cardiac.
Case 14The patient had cardiac symptoms, but a negative work-up and then died from hypertensive disease. His coronary arteries were wide open.
Case 46The patient had chronic back pain then new onset back pain one week prior to death. The autopsy showed his pacemaker lead ruptured through the septum of the heart.
How to find more:
Review the History. Decide what history-taking skills would apply.
Vital sign – Blood Pressure
Quick-start cases:
Case 8The patient had intraoperative hypotension then multiorgan failure. The case illustrates cardiogenic shock (bowel infarct, liver infarct, hepatic vein thrombosis, abnormal labs.)
Case 27The patient was hypotensive after dialysis, then died. The blood pressure values from dialysis are provided.
Case 44The patient presented with symptomatic hypertension. Then his blood pressure normalized. But it’s because he was in hemorrhagic shock with hemoperitoneum.
Vital sign – Heart rate
Case 39Mental Status change
Quick-start cases:
The patient had mental status changes after a spinal surgery. Clinical considerations were medication-related or a central nervous system infection.
Case 34The patient had mental status changes after losing a pulse in her foot following an angiogram. The physician diagnosed anxiety and prescribed anxiolytics, but the patient was in hemorrhagic shock.
Case 32The patient had mental status changes, with consideration of medication use.
Case 43The patient was diagnosed with “sundowning” but had suffered head trauma from a fall.
Kidney failure
Quick-start cases:
The case shows a patient with a peritoneal dialysis catheter and cirrhosis.
The patient was a dialysis patient with chronic renal failure.
The patient had new onset kidney failure presenting with a “metallic taste” taste in his mouth.
Case 41The patient had acute renal failure. The case illustrates weight gain, fluid retention (anasarca) and uremic pericarditis.
The patient had obstructive (post-renal) acute kidney failure from an enlarged prostate. He presented with severe hypertension and died from hemoperitoneum.
Neurology
Quick-start cases:
Case 20The case illustrates a large stroke with cavitation. (Case 20 Part 7).
The physical exam in this case illustrates loss of muscle mass in a patient with immobility.
Case 43The case shows cerebral edema, midline shift and duret hemorrhages (related to head trauma from a fall).
Case 11Communication,
Relationships, Ethics
Quick-start cases:
-When should a provider ask for help?
-What is the basis of competence?
-How do you talk to families when the loved one becomes sick under their care?
-What is the basis of competence?
-How do you talk to families when the loved one becomes sick under their care?
-What’s the moral obligation to report adverse events?
-Who should be notified?
-Who should be notified?
-Who makes life or death decisions during an emergency?
-What is the provider’s role in providing care to an unstable patient who refuses treatment?
-What is the provider’s role in providing care to an unstable patient who refuses treatment?
-How do you maintain professional integrity when pressured by the family or patient?
Case 38-What is the ethics of operating without evidence-based reasoning?
-What is the family’s role in ensuring care?