Synopses & Reviews
Step-Up to USMLE Step 2 CK is your one-stop shop for high-yield, systems-based review during the clinical years of medical school. The 3rd edition underwent expanded and innovative content updates designed to keep students informed and prepared with regards to high stakes exams and clinical decision making. This edition packs illustrations, Next Steps, Mnemonics, and Quick Hits in a single, ingenious tool. Each element is tailored for immediate content absorption, and an all-new full-color interior differentiates elements for faster, more efficient review. Plus, Step-Up to USMLE Step 2 CK, third edition provides bonus material and study resources online for additional self-assessment and practice for this exam!
NEW Features and Content changes for this blockbuster edition:· Improved flow of the tables and figures to match the flow of the text, so now tables and figures appear much closer to the text that they illustrate.
· Numerous typographical and factual errors were corrected along with figure revisions and improvements.
· Updated cardiovascular treatment strategies and best practices.
· Revised Chapter on GASTROINTESTINAL includes a major rearrangement of the Hepatic and Biliary diseases and rewrites for the Sections on Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension.
· Entirely new sections on urinary incontinence and posterior urethral valves in the GENITONURINARY chapter.
· Endocrine chapter has been revised to reflect new drugs, new contraindications, and more thorough discussion of adverse effects.
· Significant additions, corrections, and clarifications plus a new table to include 3 entirely new classes of HIV drugs in the HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY chapter.
· Changes to the ER, ICU, and SURGERY chapter include an update to the Cardiovascular Emergencies algorithms to reflect 2010 updates and significant transfusion reactions.
CLASSIC Features students swear by:· Complete coverage of high-yield topics—cause, risk factors, history and physical exam, lab studies or radiology, treatment and complications—ensures you are test ready!
· Mnemonics help you “file away” clinical information for handy retrieval at test time!
· Quick Hits glimmering in the margins highlight highly testable materials—just see how the sparks fly at test time!
· Next Steps margin notes guide you through the workup of a patient with practical tips to success!
· BONUS Material and study resources:
· eBook with fully searchable text available via thePoint.
· Image bank with all the images and tables from the book.
· 300 USMLE-style questions online allow for self-assessment and practice for the exam!
Synopsis
This Step-Up Series volume is a high-yield, systems-based, outline-format review of commonly tested USMLE Step 2 material, including internal medicine subspecialties, required clerkship specialties, and important topics in medical practice. The user-friendly format, with numerous tables, illustrations, and flow charts, allows quick review of a vast body of facts. "Quick Hit" marginalia highlight facts likely to be tested. "Next Step" marginalia indicate what the clinician must do next after making a diagnosis. A full-color section illustrates classic presentations of dermatologic and other disorders. This edition includes additional Quick Hits, mnemonics, new illustrations, expanded coverage of ARDS, a new table on breast malignancy variants, and updated vaccination schedules.
Synopsis
This high-yield, systems-based review provides one-stop shopping for USMLE Step 2. The user-friendly outline format offers numerous tables, illustrations, and flow charts allowing the reader to focus on the most relevant facts for test day. Based on student feedback, the thoroughly updated Second Edition includes additional "Quick Hits" and "Next Steps" and new "Mnemonics" marginalia to speed and supplement learning in addition to new illustrations, expanded coverage of ARDS, a new table on breast malignancy variants, and updated vaccination schedules.
Synopsis
This new addition to the Step-Up series uses a case-based format to parallel the manner in which interns learn and the thought processes interns employ when seeing a patient. Each case presentation includes a work-up, diagnosis, and treatment. Each case presentation also includes a discussion of the multiple medical problems possible and the reason why they are or are not a component of the final diagnosis. The content focuses on subjects most commonly tested on the USMLE Step 3. Quick Hits, buzzwords, mnemonics, acronyms, and lists are used throughout the text.
A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text and color photographs.
Synopsis
Step-Up to USMLE Step 2 CK is your one-stop shop for high-yield, systems-based review during the clinical years of medical school. The 3rd edition underwent expanded and innovative content updates designed to keep students informed and prepared with regards to high stakes exams and clinical decision making. This edition packs illustrations, Next Steps, Mnemonics, and Quick Hits in a single, ingenious tool. Each element is tailored for immediate content absorption, and an all-new full-color interior differentiates elements for faster, more efficient review. Plus, Step-Up to USMLE Step 2 CK, third edition provides bonus material and study resources online for additional self-assessment and practice for this exam!
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS: Normal Cardiac Anatomy, Physiology, and Function / Ischemic Heart Disease / Arrhythmias / Heart Failure / Valvular Diseases / Cardiomyopathies / Pericardial Diseases / Myocardial Infections / Hypertension (HTN) / Shock / Vascular Diseases / Pediatric Cardiology
CHAPTER 2: PULMONARY DISORDERS: Measures of Pulmonary Function / Respiratory Infections / Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) / Obstructive Airway Diseases / Respiratory Neoplasms / Interstitial Lung Diseases and Other Lung Diseases / Vascular and Thromboembolic Pulmonary Conditions / Pleural Diseases / Sleep Apnea / Pulmonary Surgical Concerns / Pediatric Pulmonary Concerns
CHAPTER 3: GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS: Gastrointestinal (GI) Infections / Oral and Esophageal Conditions / Gastric Conditions / Intestinal Conditions / Pancreatic Disorders / Hepatobiliary Disorders / Pediatric GI Disorders
CHAPTER 4: GENITOURINARY DISORDERS: Normal Renal Function / Disorders of the Kidney / Glomerular Diseases / Renal Failure / Acid-Base Disorders / Electrolyte Disorders / Bladder and Ureteral Disorders / Male Reproduction / Pediatric Genitourinary Concerns
CHAPTER 5: ENDOCRINE DISORDERS: Disorders of Glucose Metabolism / Thyroid Disorders / Parathyroid Disorders / Pituitary and Hypothalamic Disorders / Adrenal Disorders / Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) / Pediatric Endocrine Concerns
CHAPTER 6: HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY: Anemias / Genetic Disorders of Hemoglobin / Leukocyte Disorders and Hypersensitivity / Clotting Disorders / Hematological Infections / Hematological Neoplastic Conditions / Oncologic Therapy / Other Pediatric Hematological and Oncologic Concerns
CHAPTER 7: SELECTED TOPICS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE, CRITICAL CARE, AND SURGERY
Emergency Medicine: Accidents and Injury / Toxicology / Cardiovascular Emergencies / Traumatology / Abuse and Sexual Assault
Basic Critical Care: Issues in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Hemodynamic Stability
Basic Surgical Concerns: Preoperative and Postoperative Issues / Surgical Emergencies / Transplantation
CHAPTER 8: NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS: Normal Neurologic and Neurovascular Function / Neurologic Infection / Headache / Cerebrovascular and Hemorrhagic Diseases / Seizure Disorders / Degenerative Neurologic Disorders / Peripheral Neurologic and Neuromuscular Disorders / Neoplasms / Sleep and Loss of Consciousness / Pediatric Neurologic Issues / Ophthalmology / Audiovestibular Disorders
CHAPTER 9: MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS: Common Adult Orthopaedic Conditions / Spine / Metabolic Bone Diseases / Infection / Osteoarthritis / Rheumatologic Diseases / Neoplasms / Pediatric Orthopaedics
CHAPTER 10: DERMATOLOGY: Infections / Inflammatory Skin Conditions / Bullous Diseases / Neoplasms / Plastic Surgery
CHAPTER 11: GYNECOLOGIC AND BREAST DISORDERS: Menstrual Physiology / Contraception / Menstrual Disorders and Issues / Common Gynecologic Infections / Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) / Gynecologic Neoplasms / Disorders of the Breast
CHAPTER 12: OBSTETRICS: Normal Pregnancy Physiology / Prenatal Care / Medical Complications of Pregnancy / Obstetric Complications of Pregnancy / Labor and Delivery / Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasms
CHAPTER 13: PEDIATRICS: Development and Health Supervision / Immune Disorders / Genetic Disorders (Chromosomal Pathology)
CHAPTER 14: PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS: Psychiatric Evaluation / Mood Disorders / Anxiety Disorders / Psychotic Disorders / Personality Disorders / Substance Abuse / Eating Disorders / Somatoform and Factitious Disorders / Delirium and Dementia / Pediatric Psychiatric Disorders
CHAPTER 15: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ETHICS: Research Studies / Biostatistics / Ethics
Index