Step-up to Medicine - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1496306147 ISBN 13: 9781496306142

Casa editrice: Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015

Riassunto

Now thoroughly updated and revised, this best-selling volume in the popular Step-Up series provides a high-yield review of medicine, ideal for preparing for clerkships or clinical rotations, shelf exams, and the USMLE Step 2. Clinical pearls, full-color illustrations, and “Quick Hits” provide essential information in an efficient, easy-to-remember manner, perfect for medical, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner students. Step-Up to Medicine, Fourth Edition delivers exactly what you need to know—both for exam preparation and for practical use in the evaluation and treatment of patients.

• Content is thoroughly updated and revised , based on extensive research with faculty and students.
• Enhanced high-yield outline format, Quick Hits, and Clinical Pearls make this edition even more time-saving and practical.
• A new 100-question, clinically-oriented practice exam is a practical self-assessment tool to prepare for the questions you will face in clinical practice.
• Succinct, outline approach keeps “extra” material to a minimum, focusing on the core content you need to know.
• Clinical pearls help you “file away” clinical connections for handy retrieval at test time and aid in the transition from basic science to clinical medicine.
• Easy-to-follow algorithms show examples of effective clinical reasoning, particularly for similar complaints.
• Numerous charts, tables, graphs, and mnemonics aid visual learners and facilitate easy retention of essential material.
• Coverage includes every essential area of medicine, including body system diseases and disorders; fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base disorders; hematologic diseases and neoplasms; infectious diseases; diseases of the skin and hypersensitivity disorders; and ambulatory medicine.
• Helpful appendices cover radiographic and electrocardiogram interpretation, physical examination pearls, workup and management of common problems on the wards, basic statistics and evidence-based medicine, and end-of-life issues and informed consent.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Wolters Kluwer Health
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1496306147
• ISBN 13: 9781496306142
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 4
• Numero di pagine: 582
• Redattore: Agabegi Steven S. M.D., Agabegi Elizabeth D. M.D.