Blueprints Clinical Cases in Medicine

by Gandhi, Monica; Bacon, Oliver; Caughey, Aaron B.

• ISBN13: 9780632046034
• ISBN10: 0632046031
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-23
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Be ready for both the Step 2 & 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 and faculty, this series prepares you for even the most complex cases. 50 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 200 questions replicate the computer format of the USMLE

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Abbreviations/Acronyms	x
CASES
CASES PRESENTING WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Acute Shortness of Breath in a Young Woman	2	(2)
Very Short of Breath	4	(2)
Shortness of Breath Over One Year	6	(2)
Chronic Shortness of Breath	8	(2)
Hypertensive, Short of Breath, and Dizzy	10	(2)
Fever and Shortness of Breath	12	(2)
Young Woman with Shortness of Breath	14	(2)
White Lungs	16	(2)
Fever, Sweats, and Painful Cough in an Exotic Dancer	18	(2)
Fever, Productive Cough, Shortness of Breath	20	(2)
Shortness of Breath and Palpitations	22	(2)
CASES PRESENTING WITH PAIN IN AND AROUND THE CHEST
Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath	24	(2)
Severe Back Pain	26	(2)
Syncopal Episode	28	(2)
49-Year-Old Man with Left Shoulder Pain	30	(2)
53-Year-Old Man with Chest Pain	32	(2)
CASE PRESENTING WITH PAIN IN AND AROUND ABDOMEN
Eating French Fries Hurts!	34	(2)
Tarry, Smelly Stools, and Hematemesis	36	(2)
Fever, Right Upper Quadrant Pain	38	(2)
Diarrhea on the Plane	40	(2)
Fever, Diarrhea, and Abdominal Cramping in a Young Man	42	(2)
41-Year-Old Man with Abdominal Pain	44	(2)
Hurts to Eat	46	(2)
Gnawing Epigastric Pain, Nausea, and Vomiting	48	(2)
Too Much Tylenol	50	(2)
Fever, Swollen Abdomen, Drowsy, and Yellow	52	(2)
Fever, Abdominal Pain, and Foot Drop	54	(2)
CASES PRESENTING WITH A HORMONAL IMBALANCE
Young Woman, Breathing Hard, with Sunken Cheeks	56	(2)
Slowing Down	58	(2)
Cancerous Calcification	60	(2)
Dizzy When I Stand Up	62	(2)
Keeping That Sugar Down	64	(2)
Jittery	66	(2)
CASES PRESENTING WITH PATIENTS WANTING TO KEEP IN GOOD HEALTH
65-Year-Old Woman Who Hasn't Seen a Doctor Recently	68	(2)
Calculating Cholesterol	70	(2)
Reaction to TB	72	(2)
CASES PRESENTING WITH PAIN IN AND AROUND THE HEAD
Headache, Fever	74	(2)
Stuffy Nose	76	(2)
Fever, Sore Throat	78	(2)
CASES PRESENTING WITH TROUBLE IN THE BLOOD
Bleeding Gums	80	(2)
50-Year-Old Man with Fatigue and Nosebleed	82	(2)
Abnormal Lab Values in a Man with an Abscess	84	(2)
Feverish, Bleeding, and Confused	86	(2)
New Relationship	88	(2)
CASES PRESENTING WITH PATIENTS THAT ARE SWELLING UP
Swollen After a Sore Throat	90	(2)
Painful, Swollen Knee	92	(2)
Sore Wrist	94	(2)
Swollen Legs and Puffy Eyelids in a 35-Year-Old Woman	96	(2)
Swollen, Painful Joints	98	(2)
Tired of Uremia	100	(3)
Answers	103	(1)
Case Presentations and Diagnosis	104	(35)
Index	139