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Title: Swanson's Family Practice Review: A Problem-Oriented Approach by Alfred F. Tallia, Dennis A. Cardone, David F. Howarth, Kenneth H. Ibsen, Richard W. Family Practice Review Swanson ISBN: 0-323-00914-X Publisher: Mosby Pub. Date: 30 August, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $69.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.07 (27 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best book i have ever read in my entire life
Comment: For all those who want to be good doctors,i have got a piece of advice which is Buy this book now!!!!.Though this book was written for the family practice review boards this is just as much worth for candidates who are preparing for usmle step 2 and step3.It contains all the basic information as what is done routinely in each and every case starting from the diagnosis to treatment.It covers each and every clincial specalities like medicine,surgery,gyna and obs,psychiatry,ethics and much more.I am preparing for step 3 right now and found this book worth a million dollars.The kind of information i gained from this book is amazing for instance
I always knew that the treatment of myocardial infarction is nitrates,aspirin,thrombolytic therapy and angiographic procedures like angioplasty.But after reading this book i came to know as what is exactly done after acutley treating this patient like you shift him to ICU and do a test for ejection fraction.Before discharging the patient which is usually 4-5 days after inpatient treatment you give the patient a submaximal stress test and ask the patient to come after 4-6 weeks ifthe sub maximal test is negative for the maximal stress test.You can ask the patient to resume his usual activity by 6-8 weeks and sexual intercourse by 4 weeks.
I gained lot of practical information like this.Excellent book!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Review for USMLE STEP-3
Comment: If I could rate this book higher, I would. Although written for the Family Practice Boards it was an excellent review for USMLE STEP-3. All the areas that are presented appear on the USMLE exam. Of course one will have to suppliment this book with other sources, but not much. It was particularly helpful with the accompanying questions. It seems like alot of pages to read, but the style makes it fast reading, and consequently comprehension. If you have limited time, funds, even medical knowledge--this is the one book to purchase
Rating: 1
Summary: Good concept but loads of errors - buyer beware
Comment: I have never written an Amazon review but I thought I'd share my reservations about this book that I got to prepare USMLE step 3. As many others have commented, the concept is excellent, the case-questions-summary format really good to facilitate retention of the material. However, I am amazed at the huge number of mistakes that this manuscript contains. Some of the errors are so bizarre that they are unlikely to fool anyone, for example the recommendation to treat hypertension with "betablockers with intracarotid sodium amytal" (!!) (p.26, apparently they mean intrinsic sympathomimetic activity). Others are much more dangerous for your exam and your potential patients, like using "a PTT of 1.2 to 1.5" to monitor warfarin (should be PT or INR, p.35), stating that "one random glucose exceeding 125 mg/dl" defines diabetes (p. 95, should be two), treating status epliepticus with 50 mg dextrose (should be 50%, p.126), saying that "MCV<100" characterizes megaloblasic anemia (should be >100) etc. etc. In the adult medicine section I picked up an error like that every 4 pages or so - so imagine how many I must have missed!
In summary, I think this is a good concept bogged down by what I assume is sloppy proofreading. I would not trust this book to review material I am not very familiar with and I returned the book. I hope they'll do better in the next edition.
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Title: Crush Step 3: The Ultimate USMLE Step 3 Review by Adam Brochert ISBN: 1560534842 Publisher: Hanley & Belfus Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $31.95 |
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Title: NMS Review for the USMLE Step 3 (Book with CD-ROM) by Mitchell H., Md Rosner, Andrew E., MD Lazar ISBN: 0781732018 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Pub. Date: 15 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $42.95 |
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Title: Family Practice Board Review by Robert L. Bratton ISBN: 0781733928 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $69.95 |
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Title: Usmle Step 3 Practice Tests by Joel S., Do. Goldberg ISBN: 0071377417 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Boards and Wards: A Review for the USMLE, Steps 2 and 3 by Carlos Ayala, Brad Spellberg ISBN: 1405103418 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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