Clinical Cases in Surgery
Blackwell Science Inc. (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-0-632-04607-2 (ISBN)
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This book helps you be ready for both the Step 2 and 3 USMLE exams and those demanding questions during your rotations. The new "Blueprints Clinical Cases" series will be the answer to all of your needs. Written by residents, this series prepares you for even the most complex cases. It features: Symptom based clinical cases provide comprehensive USMLE review; built-in thought questions help you learn to diagnose using the critical thinking process; case-based learning presents an efficient manner of cataloguing symptoms, syndromes, and diseases; and, 200 questions replicate the computer format of the USMLE.Prepare for your future with the "Blueprints Clinical Cases" series! 'I think this could be the perfect supplemental review for USMLE step 2 or 3 studying or as a guide for the clinical clerkship' - Stuart Smalheiser, University of Miami School of Medicine, 2002. 'I like the case format...[and] found the questions very appropriate and helpful for both testing knowledge and bringing up learning points' - Donald Yarbrough, MD, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 2000.
'Solid cases that flesh out good differential diagnoses' - Jason Sluzevich, MD, Yale School of Medicine, 2000. Perfect for medical students - physician assistants, nurse practitioners and related health professionals will also find "Blueprints Clinical Cases" valuable.
This book helps you be ready for both the Step 2 and 3 USMLE exams and those demanding questions during your rotations. The new "Blueprints Clinical Cases" series will be the answer to all of your needs. Written by residents, this series prepares you for even the most complex cases. It features: Symptom based clinical cases provide comprehensive USMLE review; built-in thought questions help you learn to diagnose using the critical thinking process; case-based learning presents an efficient manner of cataloguing symptoms, syndromes, and diseases; and, 200 questions replicate the computer format of the USMLE.Prepare for your future with the "Blueprints Clinical Cases" series! 'I think this could be the perfect supplemental review for USMLE step 2 or 3 studying or as a guide for the clinical clerkship' - Stuart Smalheiser, University of Miami School of Medicine, 2002. 'I like the case format...[and] found the questions very appropriate and helpful for both testing knowledge and bringing up learning points' - Donald Yarbrough, MD, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 2000.
'Solid cases that flesh out good differential diagnoses' - Jason Sluzevich, MD, Yale School of Medicine, 2000. Perfect for medical students - physician assistants, nurse practitioners and related health professionals will also find "Blueprints Clinical Cases" valuable.
'Solid cases that flesh out good differential diagnoses' - Jason Sluzevich, MD, Yale School of Medicine, 2000. Perfect for medical students - physician assistants, nurse practitioners and related health professionals will also find "Blueprints Clinical Cases" valuable.
This book helps you be ready for both the Step 2 and 3 USMLE exams and those demanding questions during your rotations. The new "Blueprints Clinical Cases" series will be the answer to all of your needs. Written by residents, this series prepares you for even the most complex cases. It features: Symptom based clinical cases provide comprehensive USMLE review; built-in thought questions help you learn to diagnose using the critical thinking process; case-based learning presents an efficient manner of cataloguing symptoms, syndromes, and diseases; and, 200 questions replicate the computer format of the USMLE.Prepare for your future with the "Blueprints Clinical Cases" series! 'I think this could be the perfect supplemental review for USMLE step 2 or 3 studying or as a guide for the clinical clerkship' - Stuart Smalheiser, University of Miami School of Medicine, 2002. 'I like the case format...[and] found the questions very appropriate and helpful for both testing knowledge and bringing up learning points' - Donald Yarbrough, MD, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 2000.
'Solid cases that flesh out good differential diagnoses' - Jason Sluzevich, MD, Yale School of Medicine, 2000. Perfect for medical students - physician assistants, nurse practitioners and related health professionals will also find "Blueprints Clinical Cases" valuable.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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11 illustrations
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Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
372 gr
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978-0-632-04607-2 (9780632046072)
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Patients that Present with Abdominal Pain 1. Abdominal pain with nausea 2. Abdominal pain with fatty meals 3. Abdominal pain 4. Abdominal pain with hx peptic ulcer disease 5. Abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting 6. Abdominal pain with distention and vomiting 7. Abdominal pain with diarrhea 8. Epigastric pain with early 9. Abdominal cramping with bloody stools 10. Chronic abdominal pain Patients that Present with GI Tract Symptoms 11. Heartburn 12. Dysphagia 13. Painless jaundice 14. Jaundice and confusion 15. Hematemesis 16. Melena 17. Guaiac positive stool 18. Anal pain 19. Projectile vomiting Patients that Present with a Mass 20. Intermittent abdominal mass 21. Pulsatile abdominal mass 22. Breast lump 23. Neck mass 24. Incidental adrenal mass 25. Groin mass 26. Hip swelling and pain Patients that Present with Thoracic Complaints 27. Cough 28. Shortness of breath 29. Fatigue and shortness of breath with bronchitis 30. Fatigue and shortness of breath with presyncope 31. Chest pressure 32. Chest pain Patients that Present with Vascular Complaints 33. Leg cramping 34. Neurologic changes 35. Foot drainage Patients that Present as a Trauma 36. House fire 37. Abdominal pain after motor vehicle accident 38. Foot pain after motorcycle accident 39. Loss of consciousness Patients that Present in the Perioperative Period 40. Preoperative anesthesia 41. Postoperative hypoxia 42. Postoperative fever 43. Vascular access Miscellaneous 44. Skin lesion 45. Bone pain after football 46. Renal colic with incidental hypercalcemia 47. Testicular pain 48. Urinary hesitancy 49. Earache 50. Sore throat