Cracking the Boards: USMLE Step 2

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The Princeton Review, 2000 - Medical - 511 pages
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The Princeton Review won't try to teach students everything there is to know about medicine, only what they'll need to know to score higher on the USMLE Step 2. Cracking the Boards, USMLE Step 2 is written by an expert and gives test takers what they need to ace the exam--more than 110 clinical vignettes that are just like the ones on the actual test.  The Princeton Review will familiarize readers with the exam's content and give them The Princeton Review's proven techniques for earning a higher score.

This books includes all the material one needs to know: family medicine, internal medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics, psychiatry and surgery

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Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
FAMILY MEDICINE
23
Hypercholesterolemia
39
Obesity
55
INTERNAL MEDICINE
69
Acute Nephritic Syndrome and Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
82
Cardiomyopathy
95
Diabetes Mellitus
108
PEDIATRICS
177
Croup
192
Parvovirus B19 Infection
206
Borderline Personality Disorder
220
Factitious Disorder
229
ObsessiveCompulsive Personality Disorder
242
Schizoid Personality Disorder
255
Acute Appendicitis
269

NonHodgkins lymphoma
121
OBGYN
134
Endometriosis
148
HELLP Syndrome
151
PreeclampsiaTerm Pregnancy
164
Diverticular Disease
283
Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
296
Pneumothorax
309
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John J. Mariani
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About the author (2000)

John J. Mariani, M.D., a graduate of the New York University School of Medicine, is the Director of Research and Development for the Medical Licensing Programs at The Princeton Review.  He has worked closely with USMLE students while teaching Princeton Review USMLE courses and is responsible for guiding the work of dozens of M.D.'s and Ph.D.'s who contribute to the Princeton Review's course material.

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TitleCracking the Boards: USMLE Step 2
Princeton Review Series
AuthorsJohn J. Mariani, Princeton Review (Firm)
Editionillustrated
PublisherThe Princeton Review, 2000
ISBN0375761640, 9780375761645
Length511 pages
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Medical / Physicians
Medical / Test Preparation & Review
Reference / General
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