Step-Up to USMLE Step 2 CK

Cover
......Page 1
Half-Title Page
......Page 3
Title Page
......Page 5
Copyright
......Page 6
Contents
......Page 7
I. NORMAL CARDIAC ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND FUNCTION......Page 11
II. ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE......Page 14
III. ARRHYTHMIAS......Page 19
IV. HEART FAILURE......Page 24
V. VALVULAR DISEASES......Page 26
VI. CARDIOMYOPATHIES......Page 28
VIII. MYOCARDIAL INFECTIONS......Page 30
IX. HYPERTENSION (HTN)......Page 32
X. SHOCK......Page 35
XI. VASCULAR DISEASES......Page 36
XII. PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY......Page 39
I. MEASURES OF PULMONARY FUNCTION......Page 43
II. RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS......Page 45
III. ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS)......Page 50
IV. OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASES......Page 51
V. RESPIRATORY NEOPLASMS......Page 53
VI. INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES AND OTHER LUNG DISEASES......Page 56
VII. VASCULAR AND THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY CONDITIONS
......Page 58
VIII. PLEURAL DISEASES......Page 59
IX. SLEEP APNEA......Page 61
X. PULMONARY SURGICAL CONCERNS......Page 62
XI. PEDIATRIC PULMONARY CONCERNS......Page 63
I. GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) INFECTIONS......Page 67
II. ORAL AND ESOPHAGEAL CONDITIONS......Page 72
III. GASTRIC CONDITIONS......Page 76
IV. INTESTINAL CONDITIONS......Page 78
V. PANCREATIC DISORDERS......Page 89
VI. BILIARY DISORDERS......Page 91
VII. HEPATIC DISORDERS......Page 95
VIII. PEDIATRIC GI DISORDERS......Page 97
I. NORMAL RENAL FUNCTION......Page 101
II. DISORDERS OF THE KIDNEY......Page 103
III. GLOMERULAR DISEASES......Page 106
IV. RENAL FAILURE......Page 108
V. ACID-BASE DISORDERS......Page 110
VI. ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS......Page 112
VII. BLADDER AND URETERAL DISORDERS......Page 115
VIII. MALE REPRODUCTION......Page 117
IX. PEDIATRIC GENITOURINARY CONCERNS......Page 119
I. DISORDERS OF GLUCOSE METABOLISM......Page 120
II. THYROID DISORDERS......Page 125
III. PARATHYROID DISORDERS......Page 128
IV. PITUITARY AND HYPOTHALAMIC DISORDERS......Page 129
V. ADRENAL DISORDERS......Page 132
VI. MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA (MEN)......Page 135
VII. PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINE CONCERNS......Page 136
I. ANEMIAS......Page 137
II. GENETIC DISORDERS OF HEMOGLOBIN......Page 144
III. LEUKOCYTE DISORDERS AND HYPERSENSITIVITY......Page 147
IV. CLOTTING DISORDERS......Page 148
V. HEMATOLOGIC INFECTIONS......Page 152
VI. HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASTIC CONDITIONS......Page 157
VII. ONCOLOGIC THERAPY......Page 161
VIII. OTHER PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGIC AND ONCOLOGIC CONCERNS (NOT ADDRESSED IN OTHER SECTIONS)
......Page 162
I. ACCIDENTS AND INJURY......Page 164
II. TOXICOLOGY......Page 167
III. CARDIOVASCULAR EMERGENCIES......Page 169
IV. TRAUMATOLOGY......Page 171
V. ABUSE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT......Page 176
II. HEMODYNAMIC STABILITY......Page 177
I. PREOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE ISSUES......Page 179
II. SURGICAL EMERGENCIES......Page 182
III. TRANSPLANTATION......Page 183
I. NORMAL NEUROLOGIC AND NEUROVASCULAR FUNCTION......Page 186
II. NEUROLOGIC INFECTION......Page 189
IV. CEREBROVASCULAR AND HEMORRHAGIC DISEASES......Page 191
V. SEIZURE DISORDERS......Page 196
VI. DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS......Page 199
VII. PERIPHERAL NEUROLOGIC AND NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS......Page 201
VIII. NEOPLASMS......Page 202
IX. SLEEP AND LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 203
X. PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIC ISSUES......Page 205
XI. OPHTHALMOLOGY......Page 207
XII. AUDIOVESTIBULAR DISORDERS......Page 211
I. COMMON ADULT ORTHOPEDIC CONDITIONS......Page 213
II. SPINE......Page 216
III. METABOLIC BONE DISEASES......Page 219
IV. INFECTION......Page 221
V. OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA)......Page 223
VI. RHEUMATOLOGIC DISEASES......Page 224
VII. NEOPLASMS......Page 228
VIII. PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDICS......Page 229
I. INFECTIONS......Page 234
II. INFLAMMATORY SKIN CONDITIONS......Page 239
III. BULLOUS DISEASES......Page 243
IV. NEOPLASMS......Page 244
V. PLASTIC SURGERY......Page 247
I. MENSTRUAL PHYSIOLOGY......Page 249
II. CONTRACEPTION......Page 253
III. MENSTRUAL DISORDERS AND ISSUES......Page 255
IV. COMMON GYNECOLOGIC INFECTIONS......Page 259
V. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDs)......Page 260
VI. GYNECOLOGIC NEOPLASMS......Page 263
VII. DISORDERS OF THE BREAST......Page 266
I. NORMAL PREGNANCY PHYSIOLOGY......Page 270
II. PRENATAL CARE......Page 271
III. MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY......Page 274
IV. OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY......Page 280
V. LABOR AND DELIVERY......Page 285
VI. GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE......Page 290
I. DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH SUPERVISION......Page 291
II. IMMUNE DISORDERS......Page 296
III. GENETIC DISORDERS (CHROMOSOMAL PATHOLOGY)......Page 298
I. PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION......Page 302
II. MOOD DISORDERS......Page 304
III. ANXIETY DISORDERS......Page 306
IV. PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS......Page 308
V. PERSONALITY DISORDERS......Page 309
VI. SUBSTANCE ABUSE......Page 311
VII. EATING DISORDERS......Page 312
VIII. SOMATOFORM AND FACTITIOUS DISORDERS......Page 313
IX. DELIRIUM AND DEMENTIA......Page 314
X. PEDIATRIC PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS......Page 316
I. RESEARCH STUDIES......Page 318
II. BIOSTATISTICS......Page 320
III. ETHICS......Page 322
Index
......Page 325