Emergency Medicine Oral Board Review

by Gossman, William G.; Plantz, Scott H.

• ISBN13: 9780071464260
• ISBN10: 0071464263
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-08-10
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange

Summary

Why waste time guessing at what you need to know for the emergency medicine oral boards? Maximize your exam preparation time with this quick-hit question and answer review. The unique question and single-answer format eliminates the guesswork associated with traditional multiple-choice Q&A reviews and reinforces only the correct answers you'll need to know for your oral exam. Emphasis is placed on distilling key facts and clinical pearls essential for exam success. This high-yield review for the oral boards is the perfect compliment to larger texts for intense, streamlined review in the days and weeks before your exam.

Author Biography

William G. Gossman, MD, FAAEM, works as a Project Medical Director at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Scott H. Plantz, M.D. is an Associate Professor at Chicago Medical School in Chicago, Illinois. He is also affiliated with Sinai Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Oral Boards Preparation	11	(16)
General Exam Information	13	(2)
Suggested Outline of Attack	15	(2)
The Primary Survey	17	(2)
The Second Survey	19	(4)
Pearls	23	(2)
Pediatric Pearls	25	(2)
Pearls Topics	27	(180)
Cardiovascular	29	(16)
Dermatology	45	(8)
Endocrine	53	(6)
Environmental	59	(10)
Gastrointestinal	69	(10)
Gynecology	79	(4)
Head and Neck	83	(8)
Hematology/Oncology	91	(6)
Infectious Diseases	97	(14)
Metabolic Disorders	111	(4)
Neurology	115	(8)
Obstetrics	123	(6)
Orthopedics	129	(8)
Pediatrics	137	(10)
Psychiatry	147	(4)
Pulmonary	151	(6)
Radiographic Evaluation of Common Interventions	157	(2)
Rheumatologic/Allergic	159	(2)
Toxicology	161	(18)
Trauma	179	(18)
Urogenital	197	(6)
Wounds	203	(4)
Procedure Pearls	207	(14)
Random Pearls	221	(86)
Sample Cases	307	(144)
References	451