โ Check your date: If you're testing after May 7 (Step 2) or May 14 (Step 1), this is your new exam format:
โฑ๏ธ Block Length: 30 Minutes (down from 60 minutes)
๐ฏ Items per Block: 20 Questions (down from 40 questions)
๐ Total Blocks: Step 1 is now 14 blocks (was 7) / Step 2 is now 16 blocks (was 8)
โก๏ธ Interface & Tools: Updated design, improved keyboard navigation, and ability to adjust contrast on each image
โ Content: NO CHANGE โณ Total Time: NO CHANGE (Still a full testing day)
๐ LAUNCH DATES: Step 2 CK: May 7 | Step 1: May 14
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โ Normal Reference Range of Serum Creatinine in Adults:
๐น Men: 0.7 โ 1.3 mg/dL
๐น Women: 0.6 โ 1.1 mg/dL
๐ Higher in men due to โ muscle mass.
๐ Used to assess renal function (GFR marker).
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So...inspired by a poster I saw at another school, the lab took on a little exercise - to try and answer "who are we"? In doing so we developed a list of lab values - not rules, not policy...but a reflection of what we believe/value - a healthy exercise I encourage others to try.
George D. Lundberg, MD, ScD wrote "Critical lab values โ A 50-year perspective honoring the MLO anniversary of publishing the laboratory panic values paper" for the August issue of MLO. Check it out here: bit.ly/3WQLuNJ. #LabValues#PanicValues#ClinicalLaboratory
Someday, someone will publish a very beautifully produced collection of the eulogies Cher has given at her exes' funerals. Maybe a coffee-table book with pictures from their time together?