First Aid is the world's best-selling medical exam preparation series
All content is keyed to the best-selling First Aid for the USMLE Step I
More than 17,000 US Medical students take the exam each year and another 12,000 International Medical students are eligible
Table of contents:
PART I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Behavioral Sciences
Case 1: Alcohol Withdrawal
Case 2: Anorexia Nervosa
Case 3: Benzodiazepine Overdose
Case 4: Delirium
Case 5: Drug Intoxication
Case 6: Infant Development
Case 7: Operant Conditioning
Case 8: Opioid Withdrawal
Case 9: Sleep Physiology
Case 10: Sleep Stages
Biochemistry
Case 1: Alkaptonuria
Case 2: Cyanide Poisoning
Case 3: Fragile X Syndrome
Case 4: Fructose Intolerance
Case 5: Homocystinuria
Case 6: Hurler's Syndrome
Case 7: Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
Case 8: McArdle's Disease
Case 9: Phenylketonuria
Case 10: Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Case 11 Tay-Sachs Disease
Case 12 Thiamine Deficiency
Case 13 Von Gierke's Disease
Microbiology & Immunology
Case 1: Actinomyces vs Nocardia
Case 2: Anthrax
Case 3: Ascariasis
Case 4: Aspergillosis
Case 5: Candidiasis
Case 6: Chagas Disease
Case 7: Cholera
Case 8: Congenital Syphilis
Case 9: Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease
Case 10: Cryptococcal Meningitis
Case 11: Cystericosis
Case 12: Diptheria
Case 13: Elephantiasis
Case 14: Giardiasis
Case 15: Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
Case 16: Hookworm
Case 17: Influenza
Case 18: Kaposi's Sarcoma
Case 19: Legionella Infection
Case 20: Leprosy
Case 21: Listeria Meningitis
Case 22: Lyme Disease
Case 23: Malaria
Case 24: Measles
Case 25: Mononucleosis
Case 26: Mumps
Case 27: Neisseria meningitidis Meningitis
Case 28: Onchocerciasis
Case 29: Osteomyelitis
Case 30: Pinworm
Case 31: Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia
Case 32: Poison Ivy
Case 33: Polio
Case 34: Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection
Case 35: Rabies
Case 36: Ringworm
Case 37: Rotavirus Infection
Case 38: Schistosomiasis
Case 39: Shingles
Case 40: Strongyloidiasis
Case 41: Systemic Mycosis
Case 42: Toxic Shock Syndrome
Case 43: Toxoplasmosis
Case 44: Tuberculosis
Case 45: Yellow Fever
Pharmacology
Case 1: Acetaminophen Overdose
Case 2: Agranulocytosis Secondary to Drug Toxicity
Case 3: Benzodiazepine Overdose
Case 4: Beta-Adrenergic Second Messenger Systems
Case 5: Cholinergic Drugs
Case 6: Drug Development
Case 7: Drug-Induced Lupus
Case 8: Pharmacodynamics
Case 9: Pharmacokinetics
PART II: ORGAN SYSTEMS
Cardiovascular System
Case 1: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Case 2: Aortic Stenosis
Case 3: Atherosclerosis
Case 4: Atrial Fibrillation
Case 5: Atrioventricular Block
Case 6: Coarctation of the Aorta
Case 7: Congestive Heart Failure
Case 8: Coronary Artery Disease
Case 9: Endocarditis
Case 10: Hypertension
Case 11: Kawasaki's Disease
Case 12: Myocardial Infarction
Case 13: Obstruction of Superior Mesenteric Artery/ Inferior Mesenteric Artery
Case 14: Pericarditis
Case 15: Polyarteritis Nodosa
Case 16: Rheumatic Heart Disease
Case 17: Temporal Arteritis
Case 18: Tetralogy of Fallot
Case 19: Wegener's Granulomatosis
Case 20: Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Endocrine System
Case 1: 11-ß Hydroxylase Deficiency
Case 2: 21-ß Hydroxylase Deficiency
Case 3: Addison's Disease
Case 4: Conn's Syndrome
Case 5: Cushing's Syndrome
Case 6: Diabetes Mellitus
Case 7: Gout
Case 8: Graves' Disease
Case 9: Hyperparathyroidism
Case 10: Hypothyroidism
Case 11: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type IIA
Case 12: Painless Jaundice
Case 13: Pheochromocytoma
Case 14: Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Case 15: Thyroidectomy
Gastrointestinal System
Case 1: Achalasia
Case 2: Acute Pancreatitis
Case 3: Alcoholic Cirrhosis
Case 4: Appendicitis
Case 5: Barrett's Esophagus
Case 6: Cholelithiasis
Case 7: Crigler-Najjar Syndrome
Case 8: Diverticular Disease
Case 9: Esophageal Atresia/Fistula
Case 10: Gastrinoma
Case 11: Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Case 12: Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Case 13: Hyperbilirubinemia
Case 14: Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Case 15: Pellagra
Case 16: Pseudomembranous Colitis/Clostridium difficile Infection
Case 17: Short Bowel Syndrome/Malabsorption
Case 18: Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding
Case 19: Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Case 20: Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
Hematology and Oncology
Case 1: Acute Intermittent Porphyria
Case 2: Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Case 3: Aplastic Anemia
Case 4: Beta-Thalassemia
Case 5: Breast Cancer
Case 6: Carcinoid Syndrome
Case 7: Colorectal Cancer
Case 8: Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Case 9: Gastric Cancer
Case 10: Glioblastoma Multiforme
Case 11: Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency
Case 12: Head and Neck Cancer
Case 13: Hemochromatosis
Case 14: Idiopathic Thrombocytic Purpura
Case 15: Lead Poisoning
Case 16: Lung Cancer (Pancoast's Syndrome)
Case 17: Macrocytic Anemia
Case 18: Microcytic Anemia
Case 19: Multiple Myeloma
Case 20: Neuroblastom
Case 21: Oligodendroglioma
Case 22: Ovarian Cancer (Sertoli-Leydig Tumor)
Case 23: Pancreatic Cancer
Case 24: Polycythemia
Case 25: Retinoblastoma
Case 26: Sickle Cell Anemia
Case 27: Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung
Case 28: Spherocytosis
Case 29: Splenic Injury
Case 30: Testicular Cancer
Case 31: von Willebrand's Disease
Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue
Case 1: Costochondritis
Case 2: Gun Shot Wound to Left Flank
Case 3: Hip Fracture
Case 4: Inguinal Hernia
Case 5: Knee Pain
Case 6: Muscular Dystrophy
Case 7: Neurofibromatosis
Case 8: Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Case 9: Rotator Cuff Tear
Case 10: Subclavian Stab Wound
Neurology and Psychiatry
Case 1: Alzheimer's Disease
Case 2: Autism
Case 3: Bipolar Disorder
Case 4: Brown-Séquard Syndrome
Case 5: Central Cord Syndrome
Case 6: Corneal Abrasion/Eye Injury
Case 7: Damage to Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve
Case 8: Depression
Case 9: Femoral Neuropathy
Case 10: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Case 11: Glaucoma
Case 12: Gullaine-Barré Syndrome
Case 13: Horner's Syndrome
Case 14: Huntington's Disease
Case 15: Hydrocephalus
Case 16: Macular Degeneration
Case 17: Middle Ear Infection/Ear Anatomy
Case 18: Migraine
Case 19: Multiple Sclerosis
Case 20: Myasthenia Gravis
Case 21: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Case 22: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
Case 23: Panic Disorder
Case 24: Parkinson's Disease
Case 25: Schizophrenia
Case 26: Seizures/Status Epilepticus
Case 27: Somatoform Disorder
Case 28: Spinal Cord Compression
Case 29: Steroid-Induced Mania
Case 39: Stroke
Case 31: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Case 32: Subdural Hematoma
Case 33: Syncope
Case 34: Tardive Dyskinesia
Case 35: Transient Ischemic Attack
Case 36: Vestibulo-Ocular Reflexes
Case 37: Viral Meningitis
Case 38: von Hippel-Lindau Disease
Case 39: Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
Case 40: Ulnar Nerve Damage
Case 1: Acute Tubular Necrosis
Case 2: Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
Case 3: Alport's Syndrome
Case 4: Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
Case 5: Hypercalcemia
Case 6: Hypokalemia
Case 7: Minimal Change Disease
Case 8: Nephrotic Syndrome
Case 9: Pyelonephritis
Case 10: Renal Artery Stenosis/Hypertension/Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Axis
Case 11: Renal Calculi
Case 12: Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of ADH
Case 13: Transplant Immunology
Case 14: Urinary Reflux
Reproductive System
Case 1: Abruptio Placentae
Case 2: Bacterial Vaginosis
Case 3: Breast Mass
Case 4: Ectopic Pregnancy
Case 5: Endometriosis
Case 6: Fitzhugh-Curtis Syndrome
Case 7: Gestational Diabetes
Case 8: Leiomyoma
Case 9: Paget's Disease of the Breast
Case 10: Preeclampsia
Case 11: Turner's Syndrome
Respiratory System
Case 1: Asbestosis
Case 2: Asthma
Case 3: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Case 4: Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Case 5: Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of the Lung
Case 6: Cystic Fibrosis
Case 7: Emphysema
Case 8: Epiglottis due to Haemophilus influenzae Infection
Case 9: Malignant Pleural Effusion
Case 10: Mycoplasma Pneumonia
Case 11: Pulmonary Embolism
Case 12: Respiratory Acidosis
Case 13: Sarcoidosis
Case 14: Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Case 15: Thoracic Outlet Obstruction
(Klumpke's Palsy)
All content is keyed to the best-selling First Aid for the USMLE Step I
More than 17,000 US Medical students take the exam each year and another 12,000 International Medical students are eligible
Table of contents:
PART I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Behavioral Sciences
Case 1: Alcohol Withdrawal
Case 2: Anorexia Nervosa
Case 3: Benzodiazepine Overdose
Case 4: Delirium
Case 5: Drug Intoxication
Case 6: Infant Development
Case 7: Operant Conditioning
Case 8: Opioid Withdrawal
Case 9: Sleep Physiology
Case 10: Sleep Stages
Biochemistry
Case 1: Alkaptonuria
Case 2: Cyanide Poisoning
Case 3: Fragile X Syndrome
Case 4: Fructose Intolerance
Case 5: Homocystinuria
Case 6: Hurler's Syndrome
Case 7: Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
Case 8: McArdle's Disease
Case 9: Phenylketonuria
Case 10: Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Case 11 Tay-Sachs Disease
Case 12 Thiamine Deficiency
Case 13 Von Gierke's Disease
Microbiology & Immunology
Case 1: Actinomyces vs Nocardia
Case 2: Anthrax
Case 3: Ascariasis
Case 4: Aspergillosis
Case 5: Candidiasis
Case 6: Chagas Disease
Case 7: Cholera
Case 8: Congenital Syphilis
Case 9: Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease
Case 10: Cryptococcal Meningitis
Case 11: Cystericosis
Case 12: Diptheria
Case 13: Elephantiasis
Case 14: Giardiasis
Case 15: Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
Case 16: Hookworm
Case 17: Influenza
Case 18: Kaposi's Sarcoma
Case 19: Legionella Infection
Case 20: Leprosy
Case 21: Listeria Meningitis
Case 22: Lyme Disease
Case 23: Malaria
Case 24: Measles
Case 25: Mononucleosis
Case 26: Mumps
Case 27: Neisseria meningitidis Meningitis
Case 28: Onchocerciasis
Case 29: Osteomyelitis
Case 30: Pinworm
Case 31: Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia
Case 32: Poison Ivy
Case 33: Polio
Case 34: Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection
Case 35: Rabies
Case 36: Ringworm
Case 37: Rotavirus Infection
Case 38: Schistosomiasis
Case 39: Shingles
Case 40: Strongyloidiasis
Case 41: Systemic Mycosis
Case 42: Toxic Shock Syndrome
Case 43: Toxoplasmosis
Case 44: Tuberculosis
Case 45: Yellow Fever
Pharmacology
Case 1: Acetaminophen Overdose
Case 2: Agranulocytosis Secondary to Drug Toxicity
Case 3: Benzodiazepine Overdose
Case 4: Beta-Adrenergic Second Messenger Systems
Case 5: Cholinergic Drugs
Case 6: Drug Development
Case 7: Drug-Induced Lupus
Case 8: Pharmacodynamics
Case 9: Pharmacokinetics
PART II: ORGAN SYSTEMS
Cardiovascular System
Case 1: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Case 2: Aortic Stenosis
Case 3: Atherosclerosis
Case 4: Atrial Fibrillation
Case 5: Atrioventricular Block
Case 6: Coarctation of the Aorta
Case 7: Congestive Heart Failure
Case 8: Coronary Artery Disease
Case 9: Endocarditis
Case 10: Hypertension
Case 11: Kawasaki's Disease
Case 12: Myocardial Infarction
Case 13: Obstruction of Superior Mesenteric Artery/ Inferior Mesenteric Artery
Case 14: Pericarditis
Case 15: Polyarteritis Nodosa
Case 16: Rheumatic Heart Disease
Case 17: Temporal Arteritis
Case 18: Tetralogy of Fallot
Case 19: Wegener's Granulomatosis
Case 20: Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Endocrine System
Case 1: 11-ß Hydroxylase Deficiency
Case 2: 21-ß Hydroxylase Deficiency
Case 3: Addison's Disease
Case 4: Conn's Syndrome
Case 5: Cushing's Syndrome
Case 6: Diabetes Mellitus
Case 7: Gout
Case 8: Graves' Disease
Case 9: Hyperparathyroidism
Case 10: Hypothyroidism
Case 11: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type IIA
Case 12: Painless Jaundice
Case 13: Pheochromocytoma
Case 14: Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Case 15: Thyroidectomy
Gastrointestinal System
Case 1: Achalasia
Case 2: Acute Pancreatitis
Case 3: Alcoholic Cirrhosis
Case 4: Appendicitis
Case 5: Barrett's Esophagus
Case 6: Cholelithiasis
Case 7: Crigler-Najjar Syndrome
Case 8: Diverticular Disease
Case 9: Esophageal Atresia/Fistula
Case 10: Gastrinoma
Case 11: Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Case 12: Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Case 13: Hyperbilirubinemia
Case 14: Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Case 15: Pellagra
Case 16: Pseudomembranous Colitis/Clostridium difficile Infection
Case 17: Short Bowel Syndrome/Malabsorption
Case 18: Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding
Case 19: Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Case 20: Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
Hematology and Oncology
Case 1: Acute Intermittent Porphyria
Case 2: Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Case 3: Aplastic Anemia
Case 4: Beta-Thalassemia
Case 5: Breast Cancer
Case 6: Carcinoid Syndrome
Case 7: Colorectal Cancer
Case 8: Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Case 9: Gastric Cancer
Case 10: Glioblastoma Multiforme
Case 11: Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency
Case 12: Head and Neck Cancer
Case 13: Hemochromatosis
Case 14: Idiopathic Thrombocytic Purpura
Case 15: Lead Poisoning
Case 16: Lung Cancer (Pancoast's Syndrome)
Case 17: Macrocytic Anemia
Case 18: Microcytic Anemia
Case 19: Multiple Myeloma
Case 20: Neuroblastom
Case 21: Oligodendroglioma
Case 22: Ovarian Cancer (Sertoli-Leydig Tumor)
Case 23: Pancreatic Cancer
Case 24: Polycythemia
Case 25: Retinoblastoma
Case 26: Sickle Cell Anemia
Case 27: Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung
Case 28: Spherocytosis
Case 29: Splenic Injury
Case 30: Testicular Cancer
Case 31: von Willebrand's Disease
Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue
Case 1: Costochondritis
Case 2: Gun Shot Wound to Left Flank
Case 3: Hip Fracture
Case 4: Inguinal Hernia
Case 5: Knee Pain
Case 6: Muscular Dystrophy
Case 7: Neurofibromatosis
Case 8: Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Case 9: Rotator Cuff Tear
Case 10: Subclavian Stab Wound
Neurology and Psychiatry
Case 1: Alzheimer's Disease
Case 2: Autism
Case 3: Bipolar Disorder
Case 4: Brown-Séquard Syndrome
Case 5: Central Cord Syndrome
Case 6: Corneal Abrasion/Eye Injury
Case 7: Damage to Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve
Case 8: Depression
Case 9: Femoral Neuropathy
Case 10: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Case 11: Glaucoma
Case 12: Gullaine-Barré Syndrome
Case 13: Horner's Syndrome
Case 14: Huntington's Disease
Case 15: Hydrocephalus
Case 16: Macular Degeneration
Case 17: Middle Ear Infection/Ear Anatomy
Case 18: Migraine
Case 19: Multiple Sclerosis
Case 20: Myasthenia Gravis
Case 21: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Case 22: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
Case 23: Panic Disorder
Case 24: Parkinson's Disease
Case 25: Schizophrenia
Case 26: Seizures/Status Epilepticus
Case 27: Somatoform Disorder
Case 28: Spinal Cord Compression
Case 29: Steroid-Induced Mania
Case 39: Stroke
Case 31: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Case 32: Subdural Hematoma
Case 33: Syncope
Case 34: Tardive Dyskinesia
Case 35: Transient Ischemic Attack
Case 36: Vestibulo-Ocular Reflexes
Case 37: Viral Meningitis
Case 38: von Hippel-Lindau Disease
Case 39: Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
Case 40: Ulnar Nerve Damage
Case 1: Acute Tubular Necrosis
Case 2: Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
Case 3: Alport's Syndrome
Case 4: Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
Case 5: Hypercalcemia
Case 6: Hypokalemia
Case 7: Minimal Change Disease
Case 8: Nephrotic Syndrome
Case 9: Pyelonephritis
Case 10: Renal Artery Stenosis/Hypertension/Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Axis
Case 11: Renal Calculi
Case 12: Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of ADH
Case 13: Transplant Immunology
Case 14: Urinary Reflux
Reproductive System
Case 1: Abruptio Placentae
Case 2: Bacterial Vaginosis
Case 3: Breast Mass
Case 4: Ectopic Pregnancy
Case 5: Endometriosis
Case 6: Fitzhugh-Curtis Syndrome
Case 7: Gestational Diabetes
Case 8: Leiomyoma
Case 9: Paget's Disease of the Breast
Case 10: Preeclampsia
Case 11: Turner's Syndrome
Respiratory System
Case 1: Asbestosis
Case 2: Asthma
Case 3: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Case 4: Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Case 5: Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of the Lung
Case 6: Cystic Fibrosis
Case 7: Emphysema
Case 8: Epiglottis due to Haemophilus influenzae Infection
Case 9: Malignant Pleural Effusion
Case 10: Mycoplasma Pneumonia
Case 11: Pulmonary Embolism
Case 12: Respiratory Acidosis
Case 13: Sarcoidosis
Case 14: Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Case 15: Thoracic Outlet Obstruction
(Klumpke's Palsy)