FIRST AID for the USMLE STEP 2 CK-10th Edition.pdf Free Download

 FIRST AID for the USMLE STEP 2 CK-10th Edition.pdf Free Download 

How to Use This Book?

We have made many improvements and added several new features to this edition of First Aid for the USMLE Step

2 CK. In particular, we have added more tables, charts, and images throughout the text to facilitate studying. We

encourage you to read all aspects of the text to learn the material in context. We have also included comments in

the margins and additional vignette questions to periodically test your knowledge of key concepts. These questions

are located in the lower corner of certain pages. To prevent peeking at the answers, you’ll find the answer on the

back of the same page in the lower corner. These questions are not always representative of test questions.

To practice for the exam and simulate the actual test day, you can use the USMLE-Rx Step 2 CK Qmax question

test bank (www.usmle-rx.com), which was developed by the First Aid author team. If you are constantly on the

move, use the USMLE-Rx Step 2 CK app for smartphones. The question bank and this text are more than enough

to allow many students to ace the exam.

Good luck!

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Contents:

SECTION 1: GUIDE TO EFFICIENT EXAM

PREPARATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

USMLE Step 2 CK—Computer-Based Testing Basics . . 2

Defining Your Goal.................................. 7

Study Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Test-Day Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Testing Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

SECTION 2: DATABASE OF HIGH-YIELD FACTS . . . 15

How to Use the Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Cardiovascular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Dermatology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Endocrinology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Epidemiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Ethics and Legal Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Gastrointestinal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Hematology/Oncology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Infectious Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Musculoskeletal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Neurology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Obstetrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Gynecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Pediatrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Psychiatry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Pulmonary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Renal/Genitourinary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Surgery and Emergency Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Rapid Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

SECTION 3: TOP-RATED REVIEW RESOURCES . . 589

How to Use the Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

Disclaimer/Conflict-of-Interest Statement . . . . . . . . 591

Comprehensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592

Question Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592

Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine,

Family Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Neurology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

OB/GYN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

Pediatrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

Psychiatry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Commercial Review Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

Appendix I: Acronyms and Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . 597

Appendix II: Common Laboratory Values . . . . . . . . . 605

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639