... representative of the major areas covered in Harrison’s Principles ofInternal Medicine, 15th ed., and (2) parallelthe format and degree of difficulty of the questions on theexamination of the ABIM. ... of competence in internal medicine. Study of this self-assessment and review book should helpto (1) identify areas of relative weakness; (2) confirm areas of expertise; (3) assess knowledge of ... about 80% of cases; Marfan syndromeand neurofibromatosis do so in about 30 to 40% of cases. By contrast, Huntington’s chorea,HARRISON'S INTERNAL MEDICINE PRINCIPLES OF 15 TH EDITION SELF-ASSESSMENT...
... therapy, is of- ten fatalVI-27. The most common source of bacterial infection of intravenous cannulas is(A) contamination of fluids during the manufacturingprocess(B) contamination of fluids during ... to half of allcases of cardiotoxicity occur 6 months or more after completion of therapy. Efforts tolimit cardiotoxicity and thereby enable the administration of a higher total dose of anthra-cycline ... be of greatest help in the immediate man-agement of this boy would be(A) blood culture(B) examination of a blood smear(C) biopsy of an axillary lymph node(D) aspiration and Gram stains of...
... None of the aboveI-127. (Continued)SELF-ASSESSMENTAND BOARD REVIEWFor use with the 17th editionof HARRISON’S PRINCIPLESOFINTERNAL MEDICINE EDITED BYCHARLES WIENER, MDProfessor ofMedicine ... problem solving.This book is offered as a companion to the remarkable17th editionof Harrison’s PrinciplesofInternal Medicine. It isdesigned for the student ofmedicine to reinforce the knowl-edge ... learning and as a resource for preparing for the Internal Medicine board examination.We appreciate the confidence of the editors of Harri-son’s,17th edition, to allow us to do this book. We thank...
... pretest probability of CAD of 50%, then the testresult of 2mm of ST-segment depression raises the post-test probability to 90%. If one knows the sensitivity and specificity of the test used, ... in medicine. Retention of information is difficult;organization of the facts and recall of a myriad of data in precise application tothe patient is crucial. The purpose of this text is to facilitate ... of clinical vignettes to teach diagnosticor therapeutic approaches relevant to internal medicine. Most importantly, the explanations for the cases emphasize the mecha-nisms and underlying principles, ...
... Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CaliforniaPeter C. Brazy, MD Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Chief of ... Assistant Professor ofInternal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MichiganJanet L. Abrahm, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, ... Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MarylandRobert Hernandez, MD University of Miami School of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, ...
... majority of patients with APML. The mechanism of action of this drug appears to be induction of differentiation of the malignant clone. As such, patients enter remission slowly over aperiod of 30 ... manifestations of the presence of such anti-bodies are hemolysis, which is generally not severe, and a mild elevation of the reticulocytecount, agglutination of red cells, and an increased rate of hemolysis ... gait. MRI revealsatrophy of both lobes of the cerebellum. Serologic eval-uation reveals the presence of anti-Yo antibody. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this clinical syn-drome?(A)...
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... importer of a good, domesticconsumers of the good are better off, and domestic producers of the good areworse off.◆ Trade raises the economic well-being of a nation in the sense that the gains of the ... the losses of the losers.Now that we have completed our analysis of trade, we can better understand one of the Ten Principlesof Economics in Chapter 1: Trade can make everyone better off.If Isoland ... from trade. 184 PART THREE SUPPLY AND DEMAND II: MARKETS AND WELFARE◆ Trade raises the economic well-being of a nation in the sense that the gains of the winners exceed the losses of the losers.THE...
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