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Emergency Medicine Questions Pearls of Wisdom

1 review
Thomas Vallombroso, Advanced Life Support Group, ...

Bmj Publishing Group, 2001

A quick review
This text provides a quick, concise review of the pimary topics covered on emergency medicine exams. I found it to be a good way to prepare for inservice exams and the written boards.

Critical Care Focus 6: Cardiology
Helen F. Galley, Woolf, ...

Bmj Publishing Group, 2001

This issue of the critical care focus series addresses cardiological problems likley to be encountered in the Intensive Care Unit. It includes dealing with patients with chronic heart failure and the pharmacological treatment strategies available; a step by step approach to dealing with arrythmias, acute coronary syndrome, advances in measurement of cardiac output,and a detailed review of the heart and vasculature in septic shock.

Family Practice: In-service And Board Review (Pearls of Widsom)

1 review
William A. Schwer, Scott H. Plantz, ...

Boston Medical Publishing, 2004

Excellant Study Guide for the Family Practice Boards
I used this book as a central guide for study for the 2000 Boards in Family Practice. Unlike typical board review texts using the multiple choice format, this book uses short questions followed by brief answers and review. It made study fun.

Family Practice Board Review (Pearls of Wisdom)

1 review
William A. Schwer, Scott H. Plantz, ...

McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange, 2005

Terrible Review for ABFM
Based on the publisher, writers credentials, number of pages, "fast facts" review style, etc. I thought this would be great for ABFM prep. Unfortunately, the text is FILLED with typos and has a substantial amount of frankly incorrect medical information! One particular example: the orthopedics section is horribly inaccurate with respect to many fractures. I gave it 1 star for the "fast facts" ...