The Rx Bricks Podcast

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Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Acute Respiratory Distress 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.facebook...

You probably know that the kidneys play an important role in maintaining blood pressure within the normal range. You might also know that they do this by regulating blood volume and the degree of arterial contraction or dilation (the systemic vascular resistance). But do you know how the kidneys do this? The answer is the kidneys accomplish this primarily through a set of hormones and enzymes know...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Asthma 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.first...

Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder resulting from defects in factors of the coagulation cascade. There are two primary types of hemophilia: A and B. Both types of hemophilia are rare, with only a combined frequency of about 1 in 5000 live births. Of the two types, hemophilia A is about four times more common. In the intrinsic arm of the coagulation cascade, factor VIII serves as a cofactor for fact...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation 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 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 Malaria 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.firs...

Mitral stenosis (MS) is a narrowing of the mitral valve. In the normal cardiac cycle, the heart relaxes during diastole and allows blood to flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle through the open mitral valve. When the mitral valve is narrowed, blood flow becomes restricted ( Figure 1 ). Excess volume and pressure build up in the left atrium, while forward flow to the left ventricle decre...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Sickle Cell Disease  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 Bl...

Want more information? Check out our Structure and Function of the Pituitary Gland 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/usmler...

Social  d eterminants of  h ealth  are the nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes, many times in ways that we may not be even aware of. Even though we often consider the medical risk factors that affect the health of individuals, we can ignore the role that social and environmental factors, such as housing conditions and access to healthcare and education, can play. In this episode, we...

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Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Ineffective Endocarditis 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/usmler...

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Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Chronic Kidney Disease 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 Neonatal Respiratory Distress 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 Baroreceptor Regulation of Blood Pressure 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.fa...

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Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Aortic and Berry Aneurysms 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/usml...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis  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 Primary (Essential) Hypertension  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 IgA Nephropathy and Henoch-Schönlein Purpura 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...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 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/usmler...

Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Vasculitis: 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.faceb...