Case Files Emergency Medicine

The closest a student can get to the wards without seeing patients! Designed to teach through clinical cases, this text offers 60 of the most common clinical problems in emergency medicine along with case discussion questions, clinical pearls, key terms and concepts, and USMLE-style questions and answers to reinforce learning. This is an excellent study guide for the emergency medicine shelf exam and the USMLE Step 2.

Eugene C. Toy, MD Assistant Course Director & Clerkship Director Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology University of Texas—Houston Medical School Director of Ultrasound Christus St. Joseph Ob/Gyn Residency Program Houston, TX

Barry Simon, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine University of California, San Francisco Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine Alameda County Medical Center Oakland, California San Francisco, CA

Terrence H. Liu, MD, University of California, School of Medicine

Jorge Trujillo, MD Director, Emergency Medical Services, University of Texas Houston, Houston, TX

Kay Takenaka, MD Emergency Medicine Clerkship Director University of Texas Houston, School of Medicine, Houston, TX

CONTRIBUTORS

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INTRODUCTION

xvii

SECTION I How to Approach Clinical Problems

1

(22)

Part 1. Approach to the Patient

3

(6)

Part 2. Approach to Clinical Problem Solving

9

(8)

Part 3. Approach to Reading

17

(6)

SECTION II Clinical Cases

23

(414)

Forty-seven Case Scenarios

25

(412)

SECTION III Listing of Cases

437

(6)

Listing by Case Number

438

(2)

Listing by Disorder (Alphabetical)

440

(3)

INDEX

443

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Case Files Emergency Medicine

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