Great, 10000 ft grand-tour of STEP 2 content。 You will see the key high-yield points from each field of medicine and surgery in a pocket-sized book。 Most of the buzzwords and diagnostic/treatment plans will be familiar if you have been studying throughout third year。 I'll include an example below from p。 276: 11。 What classic clues on the Step 2 exam point to the cause of a solitary pulmonary nodule? -Immigrant: think of tuberculosis; do a skin test or interferon gamma release assay -Southwest
Great, 10000 ft grand-tour of STEP 2 content。 You will see the key high-yield points from each field of medicine and surgery in a pocket-sized book。 Most of the buzzwords and diagnostic/treatment plans will be familiar if you have been studying throughout third year。 I'll include an example below from p。 276: 11。 What classic clues on the Step 2 exam point to the cause of a solitary pulmonary nodule? -Immigrant: think of tuberculosis; do a skin test or interferon gamma release assay -Southwest United States exposure: think of Coccidioides immitis-Cave explorer, exposure to bird droppings or Ohio/Mississippi River valleys (Midwest): think of histoplasmosis -Smoker over the age of 50: think of lung cancer; order bronchoscopy and biopsy-Person under 40 with none of the previous: think of harmatoma
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