Critical Care Review: Pearls of Wisdom

OVERVIEW

Why waste time guessing at what you need to know for the critical care board exam? Maximize your exam preparation time with this quick-hit question and answer review. The unique question and single-answer format eliminates the guesswork associated with traditional multiple-choice Q&A reviews and reinforces only the correct answers you'll need to know on exam day. Emphasis is placed on distilling key facts and clinical pearls essential for exam success. Great for certification and re-certification, this high-yield review for the boards is the perfect compliment to larger texts for intense, streamlined review in the days and weeks before your exam.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

• Michael Zevitz, MD is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL.
• Scott H. Plantz, M.D. is an Associate Professor at Chicago Medical School in Chicago, Illinois. He is also affiliated with Sinai Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.
• Dr. Richard Lenhardt is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AIRWAY, RESUSCITATION AND VENTILATOR PEARLS
SHOCK PEARLS
CARDIOVASCULAR PEARLS
TRAUMA PEARLS
HEAD AND NECK PEARLS
PULMONARY PEARLS
GASTROINTESTINAL PEARLS
GENITOURINARY PEARLS
NEUROLOGY PEARLS
INFECTIOUS DISEASE PEARLS
HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY PEARLS
ELECTROLTYE, ACID-BASE AND ENDOCRINE PEARLS
TOXICOLOGY PEARLS
ENVIRONMENTAL PEARLS
ANESTHESIOLOGY AND NUTRITION MANAGEMENT PEARLS
ALLERGY, RHEUMATOLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION PEARLS
DERMATOLOGY PEARLS
OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGY PEARLS
ETHICS, PAIN MANAGEMENT AND PSYCHIATRY PEARLS
RANDOM MULTIPLE CHOICE AND TRUE/FALSE PEARLS
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