Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes: Top 180 Vignettes for the Surgical Wards
    Unavailable
    Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes: Top 180 Vignettes for the Surgical Wards
    Unavailable
    Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes: Top 180 Vignettes for the Surgical Wards
    Ebook358 pages4 hours

    Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes: Top 180 Vignettes for the Surgical Wards

    By Carlos Pestana

    5/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    Celebrated by medical students for over a decade, Kaplan's Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes is the highest-yield surgery review for the the shelf and USMLE Step 2 CK exams.

    Designed for portable prep, Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes helps you refresh your knowledge in between cases. You'll get the most concise, up-to-date review that incorporates recent changes in medical guidelines, including HIV status, organ donation, urological emergencies, classification of shock, pelvic fracture, ARDS, and cardiothoracic surgery.

    The Best Review
    • Concise high-yield review of core surgery material
    • 180 vignettes for self-testing, updated for more challenging and exam-like practice
    • 10 brief essays providing a surgical perspective on selected tools from the diagnostic and therapeutic armamentarium
    • Features regional and institutional differences in surgical practice, and clarifies how the USMLE Step 2 CK and shelf exams will likely address these variations
    Expert Guidance
    • Revised and full up-to-date content from distinguished surgery instructor Dr. Carlos Pestana
    • For over a decade, Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes has helped med students excel on the surgery shelf exam and USMLE Step 2 CK
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKaplan Publishing
    Release dateApr 4, 2017
    ISBN9781506218731
    Unavailable
    Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes: Top 180 Vignettes for the Surgical Wards

    Read more from Carlos Pestana

    Related to Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes

    Titles in the series (51)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Medical For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      End-of-Life Decisions Can Be Difficult. This Doctor Thinks ‘Nudges’ Can Help

      Sep 14, 2017

      A critical care physician says "nudges" can help those with serious illnesses make sound decisions at a time of great emotional and physical complexity.

      3 min read

    • Article

      Opinion: Medicine Needs A Culture Change To Retain Talented Physicians

      Jan 28, 2019

      The traditional culture of medicine increasingly fails to meet the needs of younger practitioners — and the problems go way deeper than scheduling issues.

      4 min read

    • Article

      Get ready for STAT Madness 2018

      Feb 22, 2018

      What does great biomedical science look like? Is it an advance in cancer therapy? A device that helps people recover from injury faster? Or, is it an inexpensive tool that gives developing nations a chance to fight crippling disease? Great bioscience

      3 min read

    • Article

      Opinion: Medical Education Needs To Stop Burning Out Students — Now

      Aug 29, 2019

      Medical students must learn to take care of themselves before they will ever excel at caring for others.

      4 min read

    • Article

      What is FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE?

      Mar 1, 2024

      What is FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE?
      3 min read

    • Article

      Ryan Prior

      Dec 16, 2022

      Q _ As a teen, you suffered through a debilitating “invisible” illness that eluded diagnosis for months. What is the most validating thing a doctor can do for a patient in that situation? A _Three simple words, “I believe you.” As Sir William Osler,

      3 min read

    • Article

      Ryan Prior

      Dec 16, 2022

      Q _ As a teen, you suffered through a debilitating “invisible” illness that eluded diagnosis for months. What is the most validating thing a doctor can do for a patient in that situation? A _Three simple words, “I believe you.” As Sir William Osler,

      3 min read

    • Article

      Opinion: New Guidelines On Severe Brain Injury Complicate Already Difficult Decisions

      Jul 29, 2019

      Without better prognostic tools, doctors and families must make life and death decisions for individuals with catastrophic brain injuries in the face of conflicting recommendations from medical experts.

      4 min read

    • Article

      Think Like a Researcher

      Nov 26, 2021

      When I was asked to start writing this column in 2015, I had just started as an assistant professor at The College of Idaho after moving from the Bay Area. I had just injured myself and was struggling to regain the peak running form I achieved a few

      6 min read

    • Article

      RECREATIONAL INJURIES & ILLNESS

      Jun 15, 2021

      RECREATIONAL INJURIES & ILLNESS
      5 min read

    Reviews for Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes

    5/5

    1 rating0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words