Step 2 CS Blue Sheet Hypertension Hypertension is an extremely common disease found in the medical practice in all settings. Recognizing the most common secondary effects on the human body caused by the higher levels of blood pressure in this…
Objectives: Learn how to address a patient in the Step 2 CS exam, developing a standard way of approaching patients efficiently by using a structured plan for the clinical history, physical exam, closure, and patient note. Use mnemonics to help…
Step 2 CS Blue Sheet Psychosis Psychosis is a clinical syndrome composed of multiple cognitive disorders presenting mostly as impaired reality testing, hallucinations, delusions, and illusions. Psychotic episodes can be seen quite often in the medical settings, predominantly in the…
Step 2 CS Blue Sheet Memory Loss/Forgetfulness Memory loss or forgetfulness is commonly tested on the USMLE Step 2 CS exam. Memory loss if a common complaint in the primary care setting. Elderly patients present with forgetfulness more often than…
Step 2 CS Blue Sheet Shortness of Breath Case: Shortness of breath (dyspnea) is a common presenting symptom in the medical practice and it is highly tested in the USMLE exams. Let us review the suggested blue sheet, physical exam, diagnostic…
Step 2 CS Blue Sheet Fatigue Case: Fatigue is one of the most common presenting symptoms in medicine and the USMLE exams. However, it is a non-specific clinical symptom and thus it needs an effective clinical history for narrowing down…
Step 2 CS Blue Sheet Knee Pain Case: Knee pain is a very common presenting symptom in medicine and the USMLE exams. Let us review the suggested blue sheet, physical exam, diagnostic studies, and differential diagnosis needed to be done…
Step 2 CS Blue Sheet Dizziness Case: Dizziness is a nonspecific term since it can be used by patients to describe different symptoms such as vertigo, unsteadiness, generalized weakness, syncope, presyncope, or falling. Therefore, the best first step in the…
Step 2 CS Blue Sheet Chronic Cough Case: Here are the blue sheet, physical exam, diagnostic studies, and differential diagnosis needed for a chronic cough case in the USMLE Step 2 CS exam: For a chronic cough case, it is…
Step 2 CS Blue Sheet Night Sweats Case: These are the blue sheet, physical exam, diagnostic studies, and differential diagnosis needed for a night sweats case in the USMLE Step 2 CS exam: In a case of night sweats, the…
