Blueprints in Medicine

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

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

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Blueprints in Medicine

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