Contents:

How to Approach Clinical Problems

Clinical Cases

Listing of Cases

Index

Real-Life cases for the Pediatrics clerkship and the shelf-exam

You need exposure to high-yield cases to excel on the pediatrics clerkship and on the shelf-exam. Case Files: Pediatrics presents 60 real-life cases that illustrate essential concepts in pediatrics. 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.p>

Features:

60 high-yield pediatrics cases, each with USMLE-style questions
Clinical pearls highlight key concepts
Primer on how to approach clinical problems and think like a doctor
Proven learning system maximizes your shelf-exam scores Common terms and phrases: A. B. C. D. E. ANSWERS abdominal pain abnormalities abscess abuse adolescent amoxicillin ANALYSIS Objectives anemia antibiotics atopic dermatitis bacterial Behrman bilirubin bleeding blood cause cell chest child CLINICAL APPROACH Clinical Pearls common complete blood count ComprehensionQuestions congenital cyanosis cystic fibrosis DeAngelis CD develop diabetes diagnosis disease disorder etiology evaluation febrile seizure Feigin RD fever girl hematuria Hostetter Hostetter MK infant infection intravenous Jenson HB Jones MD Kleigman Kliegman RM Klinefelter syndrome lesions levels Lippincott Williams Lister G McGraw-Hill McMillan meningitis mother nasal Nelson Textbook neonatal newborn normal occur oral Oski’s Pediatrics patients Pediatrics Philadelphia physical examination pneumonia precocious puberty pregnancy present Principles and Practice pulmonary radiograph renal result risk Rudolph CD Rudolph’s Pediatrics sepsis serum sexual Siegel NJ Stanton BF syndrome tachypnea Textbook of Pediatrics therapy thrombocytopenia tion treatment tumor urinalysis urine usually vaccine vaginal virus vitamin B12 WB Saunders Williams & Wilkins