REAL-LIFE CASES FOR THE OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY CLERKSHIP AND THE SHELF EXAM
You need exposure to high-yield cases to excel in the clerkship and on the shelf exam. Case Files: Obstetrics & Gynecology presents 60 real-life cases that illustrate essential concepts in this area of medicine. Each case includes a complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, definitions of key terms, and USMLE-style review questions. With this system, you'll learn in the context of real patients, rather than merely memorize facts.

60 cases with USMLE-style questions help you master core competencies to excel in the clerkship and ace the shelf exam
Clinical pearls highlight key points
Primer teaches you how to approach clinical problems
Proven learning system maximizes your exam scores Common terms and phrases: abdominal pain abnormal abortion ACOG Practice Bulletin adnexal masses amenorrhea ANALYSIS Objectives androgen anemia assess associated biopsy bladder breast cancer cell cesarean delivery Chlamydia CLINICAL APPROACH CLINICAL PEARLS College of Obstetricians common cause complains COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS curettage cyst decreased diagnosis disease ectopic pregnancy elevated endometrial cancer Essentials of Obstetrics estrogen etiology evaluation fetus fever fibroids fluid G1P0 woman Gambone JC gestational age Gynecology Hacker NF hCG level Hobel CJ hormone hypertension hypothyroidism hysterectomy indicated infection infertility intrauterine intravenous IUGR laparoscopy lesions maternal menses neonatal nontender normal Obstetricians and Gynecologists Obstetrics and Gynecology ovarian ovary Pap smear patient pelvic pituitary placenta accreta placenta previa placental abruption preeclampsia preterm labor progestin pulmonary pyelonephritis risk factors rupture of membranes salpingitis screening serum shoulder dystocia surgery surgical symptoms syndrome syphilis tenderness thyroid tissue treatment tumor typically ultrasound urinary urine usually uterine contractions uterine fibroids uterus vaginal bleeding weeks women