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I made the cardinal mistake of buying every available book for board studying and ended up using this one the most. It is complete, concise, compact, easy to flip through quickly, and affordable. I love the side by side lists so that I can compare similar diseases. The lists of genetic syndromes by inheritance pattern is also extremely helpful. It must be paired with an atlas since it has no pictures. But it does have a few important diagrams (like TE fistulas) and several EKG tracings. Because of its small size and bullet format, I would often tuck it into my purse and glance at it on the subway or at other random times.
One major negative is that it does not highlight or use bold print to indicate the single most important symptom or distinguishing factor of any disease (i.e. the "buzzwords")-- yet this is exactly what the exam tests (your ability to pick out the one distinguishing feature in a long list of nonspecific symptoms). And I found a couple errors and omissions.
Pros:
*comprehensive
*quick/easy review
*portable
*affordable
*mostly bullet format but some text
*excellent tables on associations between maternal meds/dz and congenital abnl/heart defects
*many side by side tables
*gives specific treatments in ID section
*AAP guidelines well explained
*EKGs given
*contains some diagrams, graphs
*occasional mnemonics
Cons:
*buzzwords or distinguishing s/s not highlighted (my biggest complaint -- I'd take off half a star for this)
*a few important omissions: i.e. posterior urethral valves, Rx of hypernatremia
*a couple of mistakes
*genetic chapter: overall good but the couple more commonly tested syndromes need more depth (i.e. NF-1 -- diagnostic criteria and assoc. cancers not given)
*metabolic: also overall good, would like to see more focus on age of presentation (i.e. include that in charts, currently only given inconsistenly in text)
*no pictures or radiographs

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