Step-Up to the Bedside: A Case-Based Review for the USMLE, 2nd Edition

✍ Scribed by Samir Mehta, Edmund A. Milder, Adam J Mirarchi, Veronica Sikka

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Leaves: 368
Series: Step-Up Series
Edition: 2
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Step-Up to the Bedside, Second Edition is a comprehensive case-based review book for the USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CS. It presents 100 clinical cases following the USMLE format and focuses on the basic science underlying each clinical scenario. The case-based presentation helps students assimilate and synthesize basic science information and provides excellent preparation for USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2 CS, and clinical clerkships. This edition contains thirty completely new cases, and all existing cases have been extensively updated. Each case now opens with learning objectives and ends with USMLE-style questions. Quick Hits bullets, mnemonics, figures, and tables help readers retain information. Fifty of the cases will be available online.

✦ Table of Contents

Step-Up to the Bedside, SECOND EDITION......Page 1
Half Title Page......Page 3
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Contents......Page 13
List of Cases by Diagnosis......Page 15
List of Cases by System......Page 17
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 21
Related Basic Science......Page 22
DIAGNOSIS: VAGINAL CANDIDIASIS......Page 26
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 27
Related Basic Science......Page 28
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 30
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 31
Related Basic Sciences......Page 32
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 35
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 37
Related Basic Science......Page 38
DIAGNOSIS: COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA......Page 42
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 43
Related Basic Sciences......Page 47
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 50
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 51
Related Basic Science......Page 52
DIAGNOSIS: AORTIC STENOSIS......Page 57
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 58
Related Basic Sciences......Page 60
DIAGNOSIS: ACTINOMYCOSIS......Page 64
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 65
Related Basic Sciences......Page 66
DIAGNOSIS: RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV)......Page 70
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 71
Related Basic Sciences......Page 72
OBSTRUCTIVE VERSUS RESTRICTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES......Page 73
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 74
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 75
Related Basic Science......Page 78
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 81
Related Basic Science......Page 82
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 86
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 87
Related Basic Science......Page 90
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS......Page 92
DIAGNOSIS: IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH)......Page 93
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 94
Related Basic Sciences......Page 97
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 99
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 100
Related Basic Science......Page 101
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 104
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 105
Related Basic Science......Page 107
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 110
DIAGNOSIS: BREAST CANCER (INVASIVE DUCTAL CARCINOMA)......Page 111
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 112
Related Basic Science......Page 113
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 117
DIAGNOSIS: PE SECONDARY TO DVT FOLLOWING AN OPERATION......Page 118
Related Science......Page 119
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 124
Related Basic Science......Page 125
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 128
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 129
Related Basic Sciences......Page 130
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 133
Related Basic Science......Page 134
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 138
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 139
Related Basic Sciences......Page 140
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 143
DIAGNOSIS: URINARY TRACT INFECTION WITH STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS......Page 144
Related Basic Science......Page 145
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 147
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 148
Related Basic Science......Page 149
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 152
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 153
Related Basic Science......Page 154
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 157
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 158
Related Basic Sciences......Page 159
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 162
Related Basic Science......Page 163
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 169
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 170
Related Basic Science......Page 171
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS......Page 175
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 176
Related Basic Science......Page 178
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 185
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 186
Related Basic Sciences......Page 187
α1 ANTAGONISTS......Page 188
DIAGNOSIS: ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION......Page 189
Related Basic Science......Page 190
Explanation of Differential......Page 194
Related Basic Science......Page 195
DIAGNOSIS: OVARIAN SEROUS CYSTADENOCARCINOMA......Page 200
Related Basic Science......Page 201
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 204
DIAGNOSIS: BLEEDING ESOPHAGEAL VARICES......Page 205
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 206
Related Basic Science......Page 207
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 209
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 210
Related Basic Science......Page 212
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 214
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 215
Related Basic Science......Page 217
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 220
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 221
Related Basic Science......Page 222
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 229
Related Basic Science......Page 230
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 234
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 235
Related Basic Science......Page 236
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 241
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 242
Related Basic Sciences......Page 243
DIAGNOSIS: OTITIS MEDIA......Page 247
Related Basic Science......Page 248
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 251
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 252
Related Basic Science......Page 254
DIAGNOSIS: TETRALOGY OF FALLOT......Page 256
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 257
Related Basic Science......Page 258
DIAGNOSIS: DOWN SYNDROME......Page 262
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 264
Related Basic Science......Page 265
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 268
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 269
Related Basic Science......Page 270
DIAGNOSIS: ENDOMETRIOSIS......Page 275
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 276
Related Basic Sciences......Page 277
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 279
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL......Page 280
Related Basic Science......Page 281
DIAGNOSIS: TEMPORAL ARTERITIS......Page 284
Related Basic Science......Page 285
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 291
DIAGNOSIS: SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE)......Page 292
Related Basic Science......Page 294
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS AND STUDIES......Page 298
Related Basic Science......Page 299
DIAGNOSIS: INFLUENZA......Page 301
Related Basic Science......Page 302
Questions......Page 306
Answers......Page 318
Appendix: Laboratory Reference Values......Page 333
Index......Page 339
Color Plates......Page 351

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