Main description:

Real-life cases for success on the emergency medicine clerkship and shelf-exam

You need exposure to high-yield cases to excel on the emergency medicine clerkship and the shelf-exam. Case Files: Emergency Medicine presents 60 real-life cases that illustrate essential concepts in emergency medicine. Each case includes a complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, definitions of key terms, and USMLE-style review questions. With this system, you learn in the context of real patients, rather than merely memorize facts.

* NEW! Case Correlations that link related cases for a better learning experience as well as Review Questions that span contents of the entire book
* 60 high-yield emergency medicine cases, each with USMLE-style questions
* Primer on how to approach clinical problems and think like a doctor
* Proven learning system maximizes shelf-exam scores

Contents:

Introduction
Listing of Cases
Section I How to Approach Clinical Problems
Part 1. Approach to the Patient
Part 2. Approach to Clinical Problem-Solving
Part 3. Approach to Reading
Section II Cases
Cases 1-6 Resuscitation
Cases 7-12 Cardiovascular
Cases 13-15 Pulmonary
Cases 16-20 Gastrointestinal
Cases 21-24 Renal/Genitourinary
Cases 25-31 Neurologic
Cases 32-34 Pediatrics
Cases 35-38 Obstetrics/Gynecology
Cases 39-42 Infectious
Cases 43-45 Trauma
Cases 46-47 Wounds
Cases 48-49 Head, Eyes, Ears, Neck, Throat
Cases 50-51 Hematological
Cases 52-55 Environmental
Cases 56-59 Toxicology/Substance Abuse
Section III
Review Questions
Index