First Aid Clinical Pattern Recognition for the USMLE Step 2 Ck

By Asra R. Khan, Christopher R. Fernandes, Radhika Sreedhar

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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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1264285965
• ISBN13: 9781264285969
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
• Length: 1040 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.5" x 10.8"