Blueprints in Medicine

by Young, Vincent B.; Kormos, William A.; Goroll, Allan H.

• ISBN13: 9780865425378
• ISBN10: 086542537X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-07-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

The Blueprints Series has been developed to enable the reader to review the core material in each discipline quickly and efficiently. The topics for each subject were chosen from an analysis of over 2000 representative review questions from the USMLE Steps 2 & 3. The book is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather a composition of the "high-yield" topics that consistently appear on these exams. The material in these books is presented either as a workup of a symptom or as a

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
PART I Cardiovascular	1	(36)
1 Chest Pain	3	(2)
2 Shock	5	(3)
3 Coronary Artery Disease	8	(3)
4 Myocardial Infarction	11	(4)
5 Heart Failure	15	(5)
6 Bradyarrhythmias	20	(3)
7 Tachyarrhythmias	23	(4)
8 Hypertension	27	(3)
9 Valvular Heart Disease	30	(4)
10 Noncoronary Vascular Disease	34	(3)
PART II Respiratory	37	(26)
11 Dyspnea	39	(3)
12 Cough	42	(2)
13 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	44	(3)
14 Asthma	47	(3)
15 Pulmonary Embolism	50	(3)
16 Interstitial Lung Disease	53	(3)
17 Pleural Effusions	56	(3)
18 Lung Cancer	59	(4)
PART III Renal	63	(22)
19 Acid-Base Disturbances	65	(3)
20 Fluid and Electrolytes	68	(3)
21 Acute Renal Disease	71	(3)
22 Chronic Renal Disease	74	(3)
23 Glomerular Disease	77	(2)
24 Nephrolithiasis	79	(3)
25 Hematuria	82	(3)
PART IV Infectious Diseases	85	(42)
26 Fever and Rash	87	(4)
27 Pneumonia	91	(4)
28 Sexually Transmitted Diseases	95	(5)
29 Urinary Tract Infections	100	(3)
30 Tuberculosis	103	(3)
31 Gastroenteritis	106	(4)
32 Endocarditis	110	(4)
33 Meningitis	114	(3)
34 HIV Part I: Initial Care of the HIV-Infected Patient	117	(5)
35 HIV Part II: Prophylaxis and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV	122	(5)
PART V Gastrointestinal	127	(30)
36 Abdominal Pain	129	(3)
37 Diarrhea	132	(2)
38 Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastritis	134	(3)
39 Inflammatory Bowel Disease	137	(3)
40 Hepatitis	140	(4)
41 Cirrhosis	144	(4)
42 Cholestatic Liver Disease	148	(3)
43 Pancreatitis	151	(3)
44 Colorectal Cancer	154	(3)
PART VI Endocrine	157	(30)
45 Weight Loss	159	(3)
46 Hyperthyroidism	162	(3)
47 Hypothyroidism	165	(2)
48 Diabetes Mellitus	167	(4)
49 Hypercalcemia	171	(3)
50 Adrenal Disorders	174	(3)
51 Pituitary Disorders	177	(3)
52 Nutritional Disorders	180	(3)
53 Hyperlipidemia	183	(4)
PART VII Rheumatology	187	(24)
54 Acute Monoarticular Arthritis	189	(3)
55 Low Back Pain	192	(2)
56 Rheumatoid Arthritis	194	(3)
57 Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies	197	(3)
58 Connective Tissue Disease	200	(4)
59 Vasculitis	204	(3)
60 Sarcoidosis	207	(2)
61 Amyloidosis	209	(2)
PART VIII Hematology/Oncology	211	(26)
62 Evaluation of Anemia	213	(4)
63 Adenopathy	217	(2)
64 Evaluation of Hemolytic Anemia	219	(3)
65 Coagulation Disorders	222	(3)
66 Breast Cancer	225	(3)
67 Leukemia and Lymphoma	228	(3)
68 Acute Complications of Cancer Therapy	231	(3)
69 Paraneoplastic Disorders	234	(3)
Index	237