|  | Authors: Carlos Ayala, Brad Spellberg
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 229666
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Third Edition
Pages: 546
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.3 x 1
ISBN: 1405105097
Dewey Decimal Number: 610.76
EAN: 9781405105095
ASIN: 1405105097
Publication Date: June 1, 2006
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 Great Book February 19, 2007
M. Krauze
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It helps to get in shape for step 2 -3 and also briefly touches almost all things you will see on wards. 3rd Edition has also Pics and bigger letter size. I would consider the book as a must. Comes in also at a decent price.
Excellent Source - Easy Read January 5, 2007
A. Glezer (Massachusetts)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I used this book for Step2 CK. I had about a month to study, and read the book once in the first week and again skimmed it in the last few days. It reads relatively easily - though looks quite dense at first sight. Good charts/graphs. Did pretty well in the end, though don't know if it was the result of this book, Secrets, or the usmleworld qbank. But given the price, I think it's a great investment. Plus, I've heard it's great for Step 3 as well.
Cardiology a must to read from this book. November 29, 2006
ANGV (austell,GA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is amazing for USMLE Step 2CK. I used help me to get a 220 on the step 2. I love the appendix: Zebras + symdromes, Toxicology, Vit. + nutrition. It does have more information than First Aid, the cardiology part is EXCELLENT , know how to recognize murmurs! I like that they add case-based questions.
 Good last-minute read October 26, 2006
Christine M. Lin (Charlottesville, VA)
There's Crush Step 2, First Aid, and about a bizillion others you can read to prepare for Step 2. I found this book to be concise and well-worth the price. The cardiology section I found to be particularly high yield (a nice step-by-step method on reading EKGs and common tracings). Although, there are some omissions and mistakes (as noted in other reveiws). One that was pointed out to me by an attending is that there are four (not three) types of renal tubular acidoses - the fourth being a congenital defect in carbonic anhydrase. So, I just penciled in the newly learned information and voila! - my book is a little more complete (and correct). Also fits in the coat pocket, which is great, and you can use it to review again during your intern year where Step 3 is the last thing you want to think about.
 MANY MISTAKES, don't believe everything you read. August 5, 2006
usthaiguy
55 out of 60 found this review helpful
This edition is OK if you can catch all of the several mistakes. THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIONS SHOULD BE MADE: 1. Table 1-33, Bart's is an abnormal hemoglobin composed of 4 gamma chains (not 4 Beta). 2. Table 1-37, IVIG is NOT a treatment for TTP but it IS a treatment for ITP. 3. Table 3-13, a benign tumor of the ovary is a cystadenOMA, NOT a cystadenoCARCINOMA. 4. Table 5-13, Dog bites that are "provoked" are LESS likely to be associated with rabies while unprovoked bites are more associated with rabies. 5. Table 1-15, Squamous cell carcinoma (not small cell as the book claims) is associated with hypercalcemia due to secretion of PTHrp. These mistakes are MAJOR. Who knows how many more there are. . .that I missed. If you can't trust SOME of the information, how can you trust ANY of it?
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