The Rx Bricks Podcast

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Hypercapnia brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook.com/usmlerx Blog:  www....

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Myocardial Infarction brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook.com/usmlerx B...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Cystic Fibrosis brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook.com/usmlerx Blog: ...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Drugs to Treat Acute Coronary Syndrome brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.faceb...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Thrombotic Microangiopathies  brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook.com/u...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Bleeding Disorders: Foundations and Frameworks brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  w...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Oxygen-Hemoglobin Dissociation Curve brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.faceboo...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Physiology of Diuretics brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook.com/usmlerx...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Anemias: Foundations and Frameworks brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Hyperparathyroidism brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook.com/usmlerx Blo...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the brick Mechanical Ventilation . If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook.com/usmlerx...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Thrombotic Disorders: Foundations and Frameworks  brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the brick Multiple Myeloma and Other Plasma Cell Disorders . If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:...

he ductus arteriosus (DA) is a structure that allows blood pumped from the right side of the heart to bypass the lungs while the fetus is developing in utero. Normally, the DA closes shortly after birth and becomes the ligamentum arteriosum. When the DA fails to close (remains open, or patent) after birth, it is known as patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). This acyanotic congenital heart defect causes...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Pneumothorax brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook.com/usmlerx Blog:  www...

Today’s Audio Brick is based on the upcoming Brick 2.0: Adrenaline (Epinephrine). If you’re looking for supplemental information from Bricks 1.0, read up on our Valvular Diseases/Autonomic Regulation of the Cardiovascular System Brick. As a listener of the podcast, you can take 50% off a subscription with code RXPOD. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on ...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Sleep Apnea brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook.com/usmlerx Blog:  www....

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Starling Forces brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook.com/usmlerx Blog: ...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Viral Pneumonia  brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook.com/usmlerx Blog: ...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Tobacco Smoking brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook.com/usmlerx Blog: ...

In this episode, we dip into the Psychiatry collection of Rx Bricks to learn about Alcohol Use Disorder. Learning Objectives Describe the etiology and epidemiology for alcohol use disorder. List the most commonly used alcohol agents in the United States and their associated potency, delivery method, and long-term effects. Describe the  DSM- 5  diagnostic features and criteria for alcohol use disor...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Introduction to Planetary Health  brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook.c...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Asthma Management brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook.com/usmlerx Blog:...

A macrovascular complication of diabetes, diabetic nephropathy is progressive, chronic kidney disease seen in patients with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, usually after at least 10 years of hyperglycemia (high blood glucose levels). The three main lesions that are seen in the kidney in patients with diabetes are glomerular lesions, vascular lesions, and pyelonephritis. This brick will f...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Pulmonary Embolism brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on  Apple Podcasts .  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of the world. Follow  USMLE-Rx  at: Facebook:  www.facebook.com/usmlerx Blog...