A Doody's Core Title for 2024 Master the Wards: Internal Medicine Handbook improves your confidence so you can survive the clerkship and ace the shelf. With this in hand, you can arrive prepared on day 1 of your medicine rotation. Written by a residency director who has been a clerkship director--and once, long ago, a med student just like you!--this handbook presents a core set of diseases and disorders from the point of view of how patients present, and teaches you how to assess patients beginning with their chief complaints. Special features help you look like a rock star and improve patient safety: Organized by chief complaint Round-Saver tips help you delivery quality care How NOT to Kill Your Patient boxes point you to critical "don't miss" diagnoses and things to look out for Things You Will Be Asked On Rounds boxes prep you for attendings' questions

The perfect way to master the wards and review for shelf and USMLE/COMLEX exams –150 surgery cases in a convenient flashcard format! Created by Niket Sonpal, MD, and Conrad Fischer, MD, noted educators and bestselling authors of numerous test prep resources, Master the Wards: Surgery Flashcards is a boxed set of 150 expertly crafted study flashcards that help students master high-yield topics and sharpen their clinical decision-making skills so they can excel on the boards, shelf exams, and wards. Produced in full color with clinical photos and designed to conveniently fit into a lab coat pocket, each flashcard includes a clinical vignette and Q&A on diagnosis, physical findings, tests, and treatment. Master Tips highlighting frequently tested items help you stand out on rounds. • 150 flashcards designed by test prep experts – a convenient resource for rapid and effective review • Master Tips help students stand out on rounds • Part of the Master the Wards series from superstar Conrad Fischer

MRCP PACES is a challenging examination requiring in-depth clinical knowledge, excellent clinical skills and the ability to present each case concisely and coherently. This revision guide helps candidates achieve these aims; it is compact enough for bedside use and sufficiently comprehensive for self-study. The new edition follows the structure of the current PACES exam and has an expanded section on Station 5. As well as a wealth of up-to-date questions for practice, it includes extensive new clinical information on new therapies and details of the latest investigations and management options. Each chapter has been reviewed by senior clinicians within the specialty. • Presents all seven stations in one book • Provides practical hints and tips for success at each station • Presents much more comprehensive information in a compact and accessible format than other books • Provides evidence-based information, guidelines and questions mapping onto the latest examination format. This book teaches the candidate not only how to pass the PACES exam, leading the reader through each case and exactly what is expected of them, but also provides a succinct yet detailed clinical handbook for support on medical wards.

"Targeted review from USMLE expert Conrad Fischer, MD, Master the Boards USMLE Step 2 CK delivers what you need to excel on the exam and match into the residency program you want. The Fischer Method includes disease topics presented in exam-style format: What is the most likely diagnosis? What is the best initial test? What is the most accurate diagnostic test? What is the treatment? Includes: a logical approach that makes patient care easy to remember; hundreds of color diagnostic images, algorithms, and tables; and a new biostatistics chapter and dozens of new infectious disease topics."--

Gain fast, easy visual access to the problems most often encountered in practice! This resource combines hundreds of exquisite Netter images – including several new paintings created especially for this book - with concise summaries of the most current medical thinking on common diseases/conditions, diagnostics, treatments, and protocols - for a single easy-to-use quick-reference guide. Instructive and memorable Netter plates provide a rich visual understanding of every concept. The result is a superb source for ongoing clinical reference as well as patient and staff education. - Offers quick access to expert medical thinking on common diseases/conditions, diagnostics, treatments, and protocols. - Presents more than 500 exquisite illustrated plates by master illustrator Frank H. Netter and other artists working in the Netter tradition to enhance your understanding of the material. - Presents nearly 40 new chapters, many expanded chapters, and several new images to reflect the state of internal medicine today—including increasingly common issues like bariatric surgery and posttraumatic stress syndrome. - Offers more tables and algorithms for enhanced "at-a-glance guidance. - Features annotated citations for additional resources, including websites and other key sources for practice guidelines and patient education and support. - Presents annotated evidence from key studies that have shaped the current standard of care.

Prepared by residents and attending physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital, this pocket-sized looseleaf is one of the best-selling references for medical students, interns, and residents on the wards and candidates reviewing for internal medicine board exams. In bulleted lists, tables, and algorithms, Pocket Medicine provides key clinical information about common problems in internal medicine, cardiology, pulmonary medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, hematology-oncology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, and rheumatology. This Fifth Edition is fully updated and includes a sixteen-page color insert with key and classic abnormal images. If you purchased a copy of Sabatine: Pocket Medicine 5e, ISBN 978-1-4511-8237-8, please make note of the following important correction on page 1-36: Oral anticoagulation ( Chest 2012;141: e531S; EHJ 2012;33:2719; Circ 2013;127:1916)- All valvular AF as stroke risk very high- Nonvalv. AF: stroke risk 4.5%/y; anticoag (R) 68% ̄ stroke; use a risk score to guide Rx: CHADS2: CHF (1 point), HTN (1), A ge >= 75 y (1), DM (1), prior Stroke/TIA (2)CHA2DS2-VASc: adds 65-74 y (1) >=75 y (2), vasc dis. [MI, Ao plaque, or PAD (1)]; ? (1)score 32 (R) anticoag; score 1 (R) consider anticoag or ASA (? latter reasonable if risk factor age 65-74 y, vasc dis. or ?); antithrombotic Rx even if rhythm control [SCORE CORRECTED]- Rx options: factor Xa or direct thrombin inhib (non-valv only; no monitoring required) or warfarin (INR 2-3; w/ UFH bridge if high risk of stroke); if Pt refuses anticoag, considerASA + clopi or, even less effective, ASA alone ( NEJM 2009;360:2066)Please make note of this correction in your copy of Sabatine: Pocket Medicine 5e immediately and contact LWW's Customer Service Department at 1.800.638.3030 or 1.301.223.2300 so that you may be issued a corrected page 1-36. You may also download a PDF of page 1-36 by clicking HERE. All copies of Pocket Medicine, 5e with the ISBN: 978-1-4511-9378-7 include this correction.

The perfect quick reference on the wards and in the clinic! The famous "one disease per page" design! CURRENT Essentials of Medicine is a practical, point-of-care pocket handbook that offers "nutshell" information on the diagnosis and treatment of more than 500 medical disorders seen in both primary care and hospital settings. Perfect as a quick reference on the wards or in a busy clinic, this is THE ONLY pocket guide to offer disease essentials in a one-disease-per-page bulleted format. Practical pearls, for which the authors are well known, are offered for almost all conditions. Features To-the-point information on the diagnosis and treatment of more than 500 of the most common diseases seen in clinical practice Convenient one-disease-per page presentation Bulleted data for each disease covering Essentials of Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis, Treatment, Pearl, and Reference Encompasses both ambulatory and inpatient medicine Includes internal medicine, plus specialties such as obstetrics/gynecology, surgery, and pediatrics Updated clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests, and treatment considerations throughout

Real-Life Cases for the Internal Medicine Clerkship and the USMLE Step 3 "...an excellent internal medicine review book written especially or medical students in their clinical years. It is perfect for clerkships, sub-internships, shelf, and USMLE exams. Sized to fit in the pocket of a white coat for easy portability, this book offers an engaging and high-yield re-view of internal medicine. It promotes active learning, using patient presentations and thought-provoking questions to encourage deeper thinking about clinical problems. The format will be comfortable for anyone who has spent time on the wards learning from patients and engaging in problem-based learning....This book is highly recommended to supplement internal medicine clerkships and sub-internships and to prepare for shelf and USMLE exams."--Yale Journal of Biology & Medicine You need exposure to high-yield cases to excel on the Internal Medicine clerkship and the shelf-exam. Case Files: Internal Medicine presents 60 real-life cases that illustrate essential concepts in Internal Medicine. Each case includes a complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, definitions of key terms, and USMLE-style review questions. With this system, you'll learn in the context of real patients, rather than merely memorize facts. 60 clinical cases, each with USMLE-style questions Clinical pearls highlight key concepts Primer on how to approach clinical problems and think like a doctor Proven learning system improves your shelf-exam scores

The first medical specialty selection guide written by residents for students! Provides an inside look at the issues surrounding medical specialty selection, blending first-hand knowledge with useful facts and statistics, such as salary information, employment data, and match statistics. Focuses on all the major specialties and features firsthand portrayals of each by current residents. Also includes a guide to personality characteristics that are predominate with practitioners of each specialty. “A terrific mixture of objective information as well as factual data make this book an easy, informative, and interesting read.” --Review from a 4th year Medical Student