First Aid Q&A for the USMLE Step 2 CK (First Aid Series)

770 Pages·2008·5.39 MB·English

by  Tao Le

FIRSTAID
™
Q&A
FOR THE
USMLE
STEP 2 CK
FOUNDING SENIOR EDITORS FOUNDING EDITORS
TAO LE, MD, MHS POURYA M. GHAZI, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics Intern
Chief, Section of Allergy and Immunology Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine San Joaquin General Hospital
University of Louisville
JESSICA MERLIN, MD, MBA
ANIL SHIVARAM, MD
Resident
Resident Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Ophthalmology Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Boston University
RUSSELL J. H. RYAN, MD
JOSHUA KLEIN, MD, PhD
Resident
Resident Department of Anatomy and Clinical Pathology
Department of Neurology Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Brigham and Women’s Hospital ESTEBAN SCHABELMAN, MD, MBA
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland Medical System
FLORA WAPLES, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Chicago
OMEED ZARDKOOHI, MD
Resident
Department of Internal Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
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DEDICATION
To the contributors to this and future editions, who took time to share their
knowledge, insight, and humor for the benefit of residents and clinicians.
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CONTENTS
Founding Authors vii
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
How to Contribute xv
SECTION I ORGAN SYSTEMS 1
Chapter 1 Cardiovascular 3
Chapter 2 Dermatology 47
Chapter 3 Endocrinology 57
Chapter 4 Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine 91
Chapter 5 Ethics and Legal Issues 119
Chapter 6 Gastrointestinal 129
Chapter 7 Hematology/Oncology 165
Chapter 8 Infectious Disease 209
Chapter 9 Musculoskeletal 257
Chapter 10 Neurology 283
Chapter 11 Obstetrics 319
Chapter 12 Gynecology 349
Chapter 13 Psychiatry 371
Chapter 14 Pulmonary 405
Chapter 15 Renal/Genitourinary 437
SECTION II FULL-LENGTH EXAMINATIONS 467
Test Block 1 469
Test Block 2 503
Test Block 3 535
Test Block 4 569
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Test Block 5 603
Test Block 6 637
Test Block 7 673
Test Block 8 707
About the Authors 747
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FOUNDING AUTHORS
J. GEOFF ALLEN, MD MONYA DE, MD
Resident University of California-Berkeley School of Public Health
Department of Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine STEVEN DONG, MD
Resident
NEETI BATHIA, MD
Department of Urology
Resident Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
DANIEL J. DURAND, MD
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Resident
Department of Radiology
DONALD LEE BOYER, MD Johns Hopkins Hospital
Resident Physician
TREVOR ELLISON, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Resident
ARIANNE BOYLAN Department of General Surgery
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Yale School of Medicine
Class of 2007
DOUGLAS ELWOOD, MD, MBA
BENJAMIN BRUCKER, MD Resident Clinical Instructor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Resident
New York University Medical Center
Department of Urology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
VICTOR IKECHUKWU ESENWA, MD
JESSICA BUCKLEY, MD Resident
Department of Radiology
Resident
New York University Presbyterian Hospital
Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
PAYAM FARJOODI, MD
KERRY CASE, MD Resident
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Resident
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Department of Family Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin JORGE GALVEZ, MD
CONNIE YOUHUA CHANG, MD Resident
Department of Anesthesiology
Resident
Yale Primary Care Program
Preliminary Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City
JESSE A. GOLDSTEIN, MD
KIMBERLLY S. CHHOR, MD
House Officer
Resident Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Department of Orthopedic Surgery Georgetown University Hospital
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
RENU GUPTA, MD
ALANA COHEN, MD
Resident
Resident Department of Psychiatry
Department of Medicine University of Illinois-Chicago
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
ALIA HBEIB, MD
MELINDA COSTA, MD
Intern
Resident Department of General Surgery
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Southern California Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
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PETER W. HENDERSON, MD TZIVIA MOREEN, MD
Resident Resident
Department of General Surgery Department of Internal Medicine
New York University Presbyterian Hospital Weill Medical College of Cornell University
CHRISTINE ELIZABETH HILL, MD IKECHI JOHN NWANKWO, MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Resident
Department of Radiology
STEVEN Y. HUANG, MD
St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
STEPHAN G. PILL, MD
DANIEL JAMIESON, MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Resident
Department of Internal Medicine ELEANOR PITT, MD
University of Colorado
Resident
PHOEBE ESTE KOCH, MD Department of Internal Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Resident
Department of Dermatology
HINDI E. STOHL POSY, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
Resident
CINDY MAN-YAN KU, MD Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Johns Hopkins University
Resident
Department of Anesthesiology
SIVA P. RAMAN, MD
New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens
Resident
ERICA LEE, MD Department of Radiology
Transitional Intern University of Washington
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
AMY JOSEPHINE REED, MD
JASON DAVID LEE, MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Resident
Department of Pediatrics REBECCA L. RUEBNER, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
DAVID M. LIEBERMAN, MD
SARAH SCHELLHORN, MD
Resident
Resident
Department of Otolaryngology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Stanford University
LINDSEY SUKAY, MD
EMILY NELSON MAHER, MD
Resident Pediatric Resident
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine The Children’s Hospital Denver
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
MATHEW A. THOMAS, MD
NICHOLAS MAHONEY, MD
Resident
Resident Department of Surgery
Scheie Eye Institute Massachusetts General Hospital
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