Step-Up to Medicine (Step-Up Series) Fifth, North American Edition (High-Quality PDF)

Find what you need to know—fast! This bestselling 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 to help you excel on your exams and succeed in the clinical setting. Also includes a 100-question practice exam to support preparation.

• Updated and revised content reflects extensive research with faculty and students.
• Figures, charts, tables, graphs, and mnemonics aid visual learners and facilitate retention of essential material.
• Enhanced high-yield outline format and Quick Hits save time and help students review more efficiently.
• 100-question practice exam helps students prepare for shelf and board.
• Succinct, outline approach keeps “extra” material to a minimum, focusing on the core content students need to know.
• Clinical pearls help students “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 demonstrate examples of effective clinical reasoning, particularly for similar complaints.
• 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.
  

  Product details

  • Series: Step-Up Series
  • Paperback: 592 pages
  • Publisher: LWW; Fifth, North American edition (May 8, 2019)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1975103610
  • ISBN-13: 978-1975103613