Dr. Pestanas Surgery Notes, Carlos Pestana
Dr. Pestanas Surgery Notes, Carlos Pestana
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Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes
Pocket-Sized Review for the Surgical Clerkship and Shelf Exams

Author: Carlos Pestana

Narrator: Matthew Kugler

Unabridged: 5 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2021

Categories: Nonfiction, Medical, Surgery

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Celebrated by medical students for over a decade, Kaplan's Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes is the highest-yield surgery review for the shelf and USMLE Step 2 CK exams.
The Best ReviewAudio format for portable reviewConcise high-yield review of core surgery material180 up-to-date vignettes for self-testing16 brief essays examining selected diagnostic and therapeutic tools from a surgical perspectiveNEW essay topic: nutritional support of the surgical patientEXPANDED and enhanced bariatric surgery chapterRevised content review throughout, including: therapies for childhood leukemia, ARDS, non-small cell lung cancer, aortoenteric fistula, gout, BPH, prolapsed hemorrhoids, rectal prolapse, and anal fissures, and trends in whole blood availability and useExpert GuidanceRevised and fully up-to-date content from distinguished surgery instructor Dr. Carlos PestanaFor over a decade, Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes has helped med students excel on the surgery shelf exam and USMLE Step 2 CK

About The Author

Carlos Pestana, MD, PhD, is emeritus professor of surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio. Ranked #1 in his medical school class, Dr. Pestana has a doctorate in surgery from the University of Minnesota and did a 5-year surgical residency at the Mayo Clinic. He has received over 40 teaching awards and prizes for teaching excellence. In the early 1990s he was a member of the Comprehensive Part II Committee of the National Board of Medical Examiners that designed what is now the clinical component of the USMLE Step 2 exam. Dr. Pestana is also the author of Fluids and Electrolytes in the Surgical Patient, which has been translated into Spanish, Italian, and Greek.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Oliver

This book is great for reviewing basic and relevant facts for surgery wards and tests. I thought it was a little too bare-bones to be the only reference for studying, but if you are looking to refresh your memory on the basics of general surgery, trauma, or any of several sub specialties then this i......more

Goodreads review by Amelia

I like information that is presented in the context of a story/scenario or as small digestable paragraphs rather than bullet points like many medical education books use. I also learn a great deal from questions/quizzes which this book supplies an ample amount of.......more

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