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First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK, Eleventh Edition

First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK, Eleventh Edition

First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK, Eleventh Edition
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First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK, Eleventh Edition

First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK, Eleventh Edition

Overview

The most comprehensive and up-to-date high-yield review available for the USMLE® Step 2 CK—completely revised and better than ever!

The expert author team that guided students to success on the USMLE® Step 1 presents the latest edition of this skill-sharpening review for the USMLE® Step 2 CK. With an easy-to-follow bulleted presentation of must-know diseases and disorders, this one-of-a-kind study companion offers the most current overview of all core areas on the boards. Included is a host of learning tools, from key facts and mnemonics to full-color illustrations and proven test-taking strategies―everything students need to pass the exam with flying colors.

  • Co-written by students who excelled on the recent exam and reviewed by top faculty
  • Concise summaries of more than 1,000 commonly tested clinical topics for fast, high-yield study
  • Key Facts and mnemonics reinforce must-know concepts
  • Expert coverage of best initial steps in diagnosis and management
  • Updated Rapid Review section facilitates last-minute cramming
  • Hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations
  • Revised study and test-taking strategies
  • A completely updated listing of top-rated review sources

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781264856510
Publisher: McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date: 12/22/2022
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 704
Sales rank: 306,146
File size: 145 MB
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About the Author

Tao Le, MD, MHS, is assistant clinical professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, and chief of Section of Allergy and Immunology at the University of Louisville in KY. He is also affiliated with the Division of Allergy and Immunology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD.

Vikas Bhushan, MD, is the founder of First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 and a former diagnostic radiologist.

Mona Ascha, MD, is a complex gender microsurgery fellow in the Department of Plastic Surgery at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD.

Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD, is a pulmonologist and intensivist for Coast Pulmonary Associates in Orange County CA, and assistant clinical professor of Health Sciences at the University of California, Riverside.

Marina Boushra, MD, is an emergency medicine specialist in Emergency Medical Care and Critical Care Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.

Daniel Griffin, DO, is an intensivist at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO.



Table of Contents

Contributing Authors vi

Faculty Reviewers viii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments x

How to Contribute xi

How to Use This Book xii

Section 1 Guide to Efficient Exam Preparation 2

Introduction 2

USMLE Step 2 CK-Computer-Based Testing Basics 2

Defining Your Goal 10

Study Resources 12

Test-Day Checklist 13

Testing Agencies 14

Section 2 Database of High-Yield Facts 15

How to Use the Database 16

Cardiovascular 17

Dermatology 87

Endocrinology 123

Epidemiology 157

Health Systems Science 177

Gastrointestinal 197

Hematology/Oncology 269

Musculoskeletal 313

Neurology 351

Obstetrics 427

Gynecology 467

Pediatrics 509

Psychiatry 585

Pulmonary 625

Renal/Genitourinary 675

Multisystem 717

Rapid Review 765

Section 3 Top-Rated Review Resources 791

How to Use the Database 792

Comprehensive 794

Question Banks 794

Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine 795

Neurology 795

OB/GYN 795

Pediatrics 796

Psychiatry 796

Surgery 796

Commercial Review Courses 797

Appendix I Acronyms and Abbreviations 799

Appendix II Common Laboratory Values 807

Index 809

About the Authors 842

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