First Aid Clinical Pattern Recognition for the USMLE Step 2 CK

provides the information you need to tie clinical facts together in order to recognize patterns and build illness scripts for various high-yield conditions. This essential resource features classic textbook-style vignettes of syndromes and cases commonly tested on the USMLE 2 CK. You'll learn how to determine the next best step, perform a patient workup, and effectively manage patient care. By presenting context that ties different symptoms, signs, and conditions together, the text encourages you to consider a differential diagnosis for a chief complaint, explore how different conditions may be related to one another, and more. • All key conditions began with a high-yield overview and then move into case vignettes for that particular disorder type • Robust differential diagnosis sections provide targeted information on how to narrow down a diagnosis • Case vignettes are followed by sections on evaluation, drug treatment and key clinical considerations • Useful illustrations and flow charts help clarify complex concepts and processes • Separate chapters on pediatrics, surgery and emergency medicine cover content highly represented on the Step 2 CK exam