Crush Step 3 CCS

If you know all of the concepts in this book, you should do much better than pass the CCS portion of USMLE™ Step 3: You should Crush Step 3 CCS! With its focused review of common cases, high-yield content, and test prep strategies, Dr. Mayur K. Movalia's new review book offers the most effective preparation available for this high-stakes exam. By Mayur Movalia, MD, Hematopathologist, Dahl-Chase Pathology Associates; Medical Director, Flow Cytometry Laboratory, Dahl-Chase Diagnostic Services; Medical Director, Affiliated Laboratories, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Maine; Medical Director, Cancer Care of Maine Laboratory, Brewer, Maine; Medical Director, Mount Desert Island Hospital Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine; Faculty, University of Maine, Orono, Maine Table of Contents: SECTION I Introduction 1 1 Primum® CCS Software 2 2 Tips and Strategies 8 3 Reference Sheet 10 4 USMLE Primum® CCS Cases 12 SECTION II CCS Cases by Chief Complaint 27 5 Abdominal Pain 28 6 Fatigue 62 7 Chest Pain 88 8 Altered Mental Status 98 9 Pain in the Extremities 124 10 Cough 138 11 Trauma 154 12 Shortness of Breath 160 13 Back Pain 180 14 Diarrhea 192 15 Headache 204 16 Bruising 216 17 Routine Health Exam 224 18 Miscellaneous Internal Medicine Cases 234 19 Vaginal Bleeding 246 20 Vaginal Discharge 256 21 Miscellaneous Obstetrics/Gynecology Cases 264 22 Pediatric Fever 276 23 Miscellaneous Pediatric Cases 284 APPENDIX CCS Cases Listed by Case Number and Alphabetically by Final Diagnosis 293