Last Minute Internal Medicine: A Concise Review for the Specialty Boards: A Concise Review for the Specialty Boards

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McGraw Hill Professional, Apr 6, 2008 - Medical - 556 pages

When time is running out, reach for the one book that concentrates your board preparation into a single power-packed review

If it's in here, you'll see it on the board exam!

  • The most concise, yet comprehensive, Internal Medicine board exam prep available anywhere
  • Logically organized by organ/system
  • Focuses on “must know” facts that will appear on the exams and presents them in a quick summary format with numerous tables, lists, and concise narrative
  • Covers every area tested on the primary Internal Medicine board exam
  • Perfect as a recertification refresher and clinical reference
  • An absolute must for those last weeks before the exam when a high-yield summary of key facts and pearls can make the difference between pass or fail
  • Synopsis format maximizes content retention

The super-effective quick-summary format allows you to:

  • Devote your study time to what you really need to know
  • Learn and remember more, in less time
  • Evaluate your areas of strengths and weaknesses
 

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Contents

1 Cardiology
1
2 Pulmonology
45
3 Critical Care
71
4 Gastroenterology
94
5 Nephrology
137
6 Urology
171
7 Infectious Diseases
183
8 Endocrinology
237
14 Dermatology
371
15 Sports Medicine
392
16 Womens Health
409
17 Geriatrics
423
18 Allergy and Immunology
431
19 Neurology
442
20 Psychiatry
470
21 Adolescent Medicine
487

9 Hematology
263
10 Oncology
306
11 Rheumatology
331
12 Perioperative Care
354
13 Ophthalmology
362
22 Nutrition
495
23 Basic Statistics and Epidemiology
503
Appendix
508
Index
517
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Rebecca Miksad,Patricia DeLaMora,George Meyer
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About the author (2008)

Rebecca A. Miksad, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine
Attending Physician
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA Patricia A. DeLaMora, MD
Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics
Attending Physician, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY

George Keith Meyer, MD
Attending physician
Miami Children's Hospital
Division of Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director---LifeFlight
Section Director--Neuro Intensive Care
Section Director--Patient Safety and Outcomes
Section Director--Clinical Research
Miami, FL

Bibliographic information

TitleLast Minute Internal Medicine: A Concise Review for the Specialty Boards: A Concise Review for the Specialty Boards
Last Minute Series
AuthorsRebecca A. Miksad, Patricia A. DeLaMora, George Keith Meyer
PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2008
ISBN007159325X, 9780071593250
Length556 pages
Subjects › 

Medical / Internal Medicine
  
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