http://www.prep4abim.com ABIM Forum en-us Summer 2012 Internal Medicine Certification Exam. ABIM recently enhanced this exam to include a small number of audio-based questions that will require you to recognize and interpret recorded heart sounds. http://www.prep4abim.com/abim-69.html Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:57:24 GMT http://www.prep4abim.com/abim-forum/details-69.html Is there any difference between 13th edition medstudy and 14th edition med study http://www.prep4abim.com/med-study-68.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:09:55 GMT http://www.prep4abim.com/abim-books/details-68.html 1. General Medicine 2. Cardio 3. GI http://www.prep4abim.com/heavily-tested-topic-for-abim-67.html Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:56:15 GMT http://www.prep4abim.com/abim-forum/details-67.html Bacterial vaginosis is a polymicrobial infection - chiefly associated with Gardnerella vaginalis, Mobiluncus, Mycoplasma etc. It is not an STD. It presents as a copious whitish vaginal discharge that has a pH >4.5 and gives a fishy odor with KOH. CLUE cells are the key to diagnosis. Clue Cells are squamous epithelial cells appearing stippled or granulated due to bacterial adherence to the epithelial cell surface. Treatment is with Metronidazole (Flagyl) topical gel or oral. Treatment of the male partner is not indicated unless he has balanitis http://www.prep4abim.com/key-pointsgeneral-medicine-66.html Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:05:30 GMT http://www.prep4abim.com/abim-forum/details-66.html Very high yield Absolute risk reduction (ARR): The arithmetic difference between the two groups - the ones that are treated versus those not treated. Example: Given a group of 20 people with a disease, 10 people recieve treatment and out of them 5 died. 7 out of those not treated - died. The reduction in the risk of death is 7/10 - 5/10 = 2/10 treated. This is absolute risk reduction. Number needed to treat (NNT): It is the number of patients that need to be treated to save one event from occurring. In this case it is 10 people need to be treated to save 2 lives therefore 5 need to be treated to save one life. i.e. NNT=5. It is thus 1/ARR [1/ (2/10)]. http://www.prep4abim.com/key-pointsstatistics-65.html Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:58:58 GMT http://www.prep4abim.com/abim-forum/details-65.html