Blueprints Family MedicineBlueprints Family Medicine, Third Edition covers the essentials of family medicine that students need to know during their rotation and while preparing for the USMLE. The thoroughly updated Third Edition provides coverage of the most common conditions encountered on the wards. This edition also features 100 updated USMLE-style questions with full explanations for all answer choices in the book and 50 additional USMLE-style questions with full explanations online in an interactive question bank. An updated appendix of evidence-based resources is also included. A companion website includes the fully searchable text plus 50 additional USMLE-style questions with full explanations. |
Contents
Contents | vii |
Common Signs and Symptoms 27 | 196 |
Chest Pain 35 | 211 |
Painful Joints 80 | 254 |
Constipation 39 | 265 |
Palpitations 84 | 275 |
Pharyngitis 87 | 279 |
Red Eye 93 | 279 |
Anxiety 123 | 279 |
DizzinessVertigo 49 | 279 |
Atopic Dermatitis 130 | 279 |
Fatigue 52 | 279 |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus 152 | 279 |
Hyperthyroidism 159 | 279 |
Hypothyroidism 162 | 279 |
Obesity 165 | 279 |
Diarrhea 45 | 279 |
Respiratory Infections 96 | 279 |
Shoulder Pain 103 | 279 |
Common Medical Conditions 113 | 279 |
Hematuria 65 | 279 |
Osteoporosis 168 | 279 |
Prostate Disease 172 | 324 |
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