Master the Boards: USMLE Step 2 CK Please note the following updates and corrections:

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Correction Under Infections Diarrhea, 2nd bullet: Campylobacter: most common cause, associated with GBS Box 2: acute to chronic Under Treatment, 1st bullet: 350 to 500 Add above ACE Inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor Blocker: Ranolazine Additional therapy for angina refractory or persistent through other treatment. Line 10: systolic function Table, 4th row: carcinoid; Under Presentation, last bullet: Polyuria Under Diabetes Mellitus, line 1: persistently high fasting glucose Under Diagnostic Tests, 2nd bullet: about 200 mg/dL with above symptoms Under Pulmonary Function Testing in Asthma, 3rd bullet: FVC to FEV1 Under Treatment, #2: Itraconazole Under Definition, line 4: (VAP) has an incidence as high as 5% per EKG, Line 3: of to or; Line 4: low to high Add under Diagnostic Tests, after last bullet: Abnormal x-rays are no longer needed to establish a diagnosis of RA. Instead, diagnostic criteria are assessed on a point system. A total of 6 or more points = RA. Joint involvement (up to 5 points) ESR or CRP (1 point) Duration for longer than 6 weeks (1 point) RF or anti-CCP (1 point) Under Spontaneous Abortion, 1st bullet: What; Under Scleroderma, last line: dsymotility, sclerodactyly, telengiectasia Under Presentation, 2nd bullet: eyes to eyelids Under Treatment, line 4: cefazolin, nafcillin, or Line 3: II, III, IV respectively Under Treatment: vincristine to vinblastine Under Diagnostic Tests: One of the main distinctions between chronic pancreatitis and gluten sensitive enteropathy; 3rd bullet: Antiendomysial antibody; Under Chronic Pancreatitis, 2nd bullet: 80% to 90% Under Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Cord: delete 3rd bullet (Everything else is intact) Line 1: with loss of both motor and sensory innervations Under Urine Osmolality, Dehydration: above to below Bottom of page: Allopurinol, hydration, and rasburicase should be given Under Diagnostic Test, 1st bullet: above to below Under Complication if Treatment, line 1: under 0.5 to 1mEq per hour or day as under 12 to 24 mEq per day.; Line 4: demyelinization 2nd bullet: 90 mm Hg Under Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, line 1: of 65 with a smoking history Margin box 1: Griseofluvin; Under StevenJohnson syndrome: Use intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG)

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Row 2, under LVEDP: Increase Answer, line 2: one side and tracheal 1st bullet: chest pain Change #1: mediastinum to peritoneum Margin box 2: aortic dissection Smaller box: cholecystitis by failure to visualize the gallbladder from isotope accumulation. Answer, line 2: incidence to recurrence Unhappy triad box, #3: The lateral meniscus to The meniscus Line 13: If the patient has a second PE First line: Causes an increased preload Line 4, volvulus to achalasia; Under Diagnostic Tests, line 2: pyloric sphincter Under Calcium column, row 1: Normal or decreased; row 2: Decreased; Under 1,25 (OH) 2 Vit D, row 1: Decreased; row 2: Decreased; row 3: Normal The correct text for Figure 16.2, Ectopic Pregnancy Algorithm, is as follows: Ectopic Pregnancy Not ruptured Medical treatment Surgical treatment Ruptured Unstable? Stable Surgery

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IV fluids, blood products, dopamine Diagram box Severe: Protenuria 3+ to 4+; Under Treatment, line 6: eclampsia Under Treatment, line 2: fasting greater thanpostprandial greater than 140 mg/dL Under Fetal Testing, 2nd bullet: fetal movements to fetal heart rate 3rd bullet: Age 75 or younger