Blueprints clinical cases in emergency medicine
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Blueprints clinical cases in emergency medicine
(Blueprints clinical cases)
Blackwell Science, c2002
- pbk.
- Other Title
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Emergency medicine
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Be ready for both the Step 2 & 3 USMLE exams and those demanding questions during your rotations. The new Blueprints Clinical Cases series will be the answer to all of your needs! Written by residents and faculty, this series prepares you for even the most complex cases. *50 Symptom based clinical cases provide comprehensive USMLE review
*Built-in thought questions help you learn to diagnose using the critical thinking process
*Case-based learning presents an efficient manner of cataloguing symptoms, syndromes, and diseases
*200 questions replicate the computer format of the USMLE
Prepare for your future with the Blueprints Clinical Cases series!
Table of Contents
Patients presenting with traumatic injuries or orthopedic complaints. 1. Blow to the head.
2. Motor vehicle accident.
3. Gunshot wound.
4. Burn.
5. Dog bite.
6. Fall on an outstretched hand.
7. Dislocation.
8. Knee pain and fever.
Patients presenting with altered mental status, neurologic or psychiatric complaints.
9. Acute mental status change and headache.
10. Acute mental status change and fever.
11. Confusion and hyperthermia in an elderly man.
12. Bradycardia / hypothermia in a homeless alcoholic.
13. Fever, delerium, and seizure in a prisoner.
14. Ingestion.
15. Seizure.
16. Left-sided paralysis.
17. Dizziness.
18. Suicide attempt.
Patients presenting with cardiopulmonary complaints.
19. Chest pain.
20. Tearing chest and back pain.
21. Syncope.
22. Palpitations and lightheadedness.
23. Sudden collapse in a dialysis patient.
24. Shortness of breath and fatigue.
25. Shortness of breath and chest pain.
26. Chest pain and fever.
27. Shortness of breath and wheezing.
28. Difficulty breathing after an insect bite.
Patients presenting with ENT, upper respiratory, or febrile illness.
29. Acute vision loss.
30. Red eye.
31. Epistaxis.
32. Fever and sore throat.
33. Fever in an infant.
34. Barking cough in a child.
35. Dyspnea in a child.
Patients presenting with abdominal or gastrointestinal complaints.
36. Abdominal pain followed by unconsciousness.
37. Lower abdominal pain.
38. Right upper quadrant pain.
39. Left lower quadrant abdominal pain.
40. Diffuse abdominal pain with nausea / vomiting.
41. Weakness and vomiting.
42. Episodic irritability and vomiting in an infant.
43. Gastrointestinal bleeding.
Patients presenting with genitourinary or gynecologic complaints.
44. Left flank pain.
45. Scrotal pain.
46. Vaginal spotting and pelvic pain in pregnancy.
47. Sexual assault.
48. Acute lower abdominal pain in a young woman.
49. Pelvic pain.
50. Abnormal vaginal bleeding
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