Step-up to Medicine

• 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.
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