First Aid Clinical Pattern Recognition for the USMLE Step 2 Ck (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781264285969)

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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

Author: Asra R. Khan, Radhika Sreedhar, Christopher R. Fernandes
ISBN-10: 1264285965
ISBN-13: 9781264285969
Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
Language: English
Published: 09/07/2023
Pages: 1040
Format: Paperback
Weight: 4.58lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.49w x 1.53d