52: What's Causing This College Freshman's Anxiety?
An 18-y/o college freshman presents with increased social anxiety. He wants to make friends but is afraid of being rejected. What's his diag...
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20 of 52 episodes51: What Is Making This Man's Heart Skip a Beat?
A 36-y/o male presents to the hospital because he fears his heart may be "skipping a beat." His workup and history are normal, so what's cau...
50: Why Is This Boy Torturing and Killing Animals?
A 15-year-old boy has a history of torturing and killing animals. He has also exhibited violent behavior towards other students at school. W...
49: Sweating the Details: Is it an Attack or a Disorder?
A 52-y/o female presents with short, reoccurring episodes of chest tightness, pounding palpations, shortness breath, and severe anxiety. Wha...
48: What Is Causing This Student's Anxiety?
A 20-y/o student presents with anxiety, but her other symptoms suggest her diagnosis may not be so straight-forward. If it isn't GAD, what c...
47: USMLE and COMLEX Prep: Cranial Nerve Nuclei
Using our knowledge of cranial nuclei and some spacial awareness, which cranial nerve nuclei receives fibers from the carotid baroreceptors?...
46: USMLE and COMLEX Prep: Glossopharyngeal Nerve Innervation
More glossopharyngeal neuroanatomy! This gland is innervated by the efferent autonomic fibers of the glossopharyngeal nerve. Name that gland...
45: USMLE and COMLEX Prep: Glossopharyngeal Nerve Anatomy
Where does the branchial motor component of the glossopharyngeal nerve originate? Join us and see how well you know your neuroanatomy.
44: USMLE and COMLEX Prep: Trigeminal Nerve Physiology
Can you accurately identify the various functions of the trigeminal nerve and its major divisions? Follow along to test your knowledge of ne...
43: USMLE and COMLEX Prep: Chemical Composition of Gallstones
A 32-y/o woman with acute cholecystitis has a past medical history of autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Which substance is likely to be found in...
42: USMLE and COMLEX Prep: Etiology of Postoperative Cholecystitis
A 46-y/o female has RUQ pain and distension following surgical repair of a splenic laceration. Which process most likely resulted in her cur...
41: Thinking Through a Facial Neuroanatomy Question
A 62-year-old female presents with impared taste and drooping on the right side of her face, but her hearing is normal. Where is the probabl...
40: Do You Know Your Anatomy in Reference to a C-Section?
A 28-y/o female presents with a painful, lower-abdominal mass two days after a c-section. What is the most likely site of injury that led to...
39: USMLE and COMLEX Prep: Spinal Cord Pathology
A 70-y/o male has hypoesthesia of the trunk, hypoalgesia, and decreased temperature discrimination. Which diagnosis accounts for residual pa...
38: USMLE and COMLEX Prep: Acute Renal Failure
A 52-year-old female with renal failure has perioral numbness, paresthesias of the hands and feet, and muscle cramps. What metabolic finding...
37: Risk Factors and Signs of Kidney Disease
What does this patient's decreased creatnine clearance and oliguria tell you? What risk factors are behind his condition? Would you give him...
36: Thinking Through a Thyroid Problem With Histology
This adult female with persistent fatigue complains of feeling cold. Listen to the lab values and look at the image in the show notes. What...
35: What Organism Is Causing this Pneumonia?
Infectious Disease! A young man presents with increasing SOB and green sputum. Sputum culture shows α-hemolytic gram positive cocci in chain...
34: Possible Complications of Deep Vein Thrombosis
A patient with a DVT has not been using his heparin, and now he's back with LLE weakness. What are his heart sounds, cranial MRI, and histor...
33: Thinking Through a Radiating Holosystolic Murmur
Session 33 This middle-aged male has hypertension and diabetes. Which cardiac abnormality is giving rise to his radiating, high-pitched, hol...