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First Aid Clinical Pattern Recognition for the USMLE Step 2 CK provides the information you need to tie clinical facts together in order to recognize patterns and build illness scripts for various high-yield conditions. This essential resource features classic textbook-style vignettes of syndromes and cases commonly tested on the USMLE 2 CK. You'll learn how to determine the next best step, perform a patient workup, and effectively manage patient care. By presenting context that ties different symptoms, signs, and conditions together, the text encourages you to consider a differential diagnosis for a chief complaint, explore how different conditions may be related to one another, and more.
. All key conditions began with a high-yield overview and then move into case vignettes for that particular disorder type
. Robust differential diagnosis sections provide targeted information on how to narrow down a diagnosis
. Case vignettes are followed by sections on evaluation, drug treatment and key clinical considerations
. Useful illustrations and flow charts help clarify complex concepts and processes
. Separate chapters on pediatrics, surgery and emergency medicine cover content highly represented on the Step 2 CK exam
Table des matières
Microbiology
Public Health
Cardiovascular
Endocrine
Gastrointestinal
Hematology / Oncology
Musculoskeletal / Dermatology
Neurology
Psychiatry
Renal
Reproductive
Respiratory
Pediatrics
Surgery
15. Emergency Medicine
A propos de l'auteur
Asra Khan, MD, is associate professor of Clinical Medicine; course director of Essentials of Clinical Medicine; and M3/M4 Clerkship Director of Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, IL.
Radhika Sreedhar, MD, MS, FACP, is associate professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, IL.
Christopher R. Fernandes, MD, is assistant professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, IL.
Joseph R. Geraghty, is an MD/PhD candidate in the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, IL.
Ananya Gangopadhyaya, MD, is associate professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, IL.
