FOR
®
THE
FAMILY MEDICINE
THIRD EDITION
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high- yield topics for
last-minute review
Hundreds of full- color clinical
images, diagrams, and tables
Mnemonics and clinical pearls
improve exam-day recall
Proven strategies for passing
the family medicine boards
Graw
Hill Tao Le •Michael Mendoza
Education
Diana Coffa •Lamercie Saint-Hilaire
,FIRST AID
Family Medicine
Boards
TAO LE, MD, MHS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Chief , Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Department of Medicine
University of Louisville
.
MICHAEL D MENDOZA, MD, MPH, MS, FAAFP
Commissioner of Public Health
Monroe County Health Department
Associate Professor
Departments of Family Medicine, Public Health Sciences, and Nursing
University of Rochester Medical Center
DIANA COFFA, MD
Associate Professor
Residency Program Director
Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of California , San Francisco
LAMERCIE SAINT-HILAIRE, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of California , San Francisco
Me
Graw
Hill
Education
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knowledge, changes in treatment and drug therapy are required . The authors and the pub-
lisher of this work have checked with sources believed to be reliable in their efforts to provide
information that is complete and generally in accord with the standards accepted at the time
of publication. However , in view of the possibility of human error or changes in medical sci-
ences, neither the authors nor the publisher nor any other party who has been involved in the
preparation or publication of this work warrants that the information contained herein is in
every respect accurate or complete, and they disclaim all responsibility for any errors or omis-
sions or for the results obtained from use of the information contained in this work . Readers
are encouraged to confirm the information contained herein with other sources. Eor example
and in particular, readers are advised to check the product information sheet included in the
package of each drug they plan to administer to be certain that the information contained in
this work is accurate and that changes have not been made in the recommended dose or in
the contraindications for administration . This recommendation is of particular importance in
connection with new or infrequently used drugs.
This book was set in Electra LT Std by Rainbow Graphics.
The editors were Bob Boehringer and Cindy Yoo.
The production supervisor was Jeffrey Herzich .
Project management was provided by Rainbow Graphics.
The designer was Tara Price .
RR Donnelley was printer and binder .
This book is printed on acid-free paper .
Library of Congress Cataloging- in-Publication Data
Names: Le, Tao, editor. Mendoza , Michael D., editor. | Coffa , Diana ,
editor . | Saint-Hilaire, Lamercie, editor.
Title: First aid for the family medicine boards / [ edited by] Tao Le, Michael
D. Mendoza , Diana Coffa , Lamercie Saint-Hilaire .
Description : Third edition . | New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [ 2018 ]
Identifiers: LCCN 2017046989| ISBN 9781259835018 ( pbk . : alk . paper ) | ISBN
1259835014 ( pbk . : alk. paper )
Subjects: | MESH : Family Practice | Specialty Boards | United States |
Outlines
Classification : LCC R834.5 | NLMWB 18.2 | DDC 610.76 — dc 23
LC record available at https://lccn .loc.gov/2017046989
McGraw-Hill Education books are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums
and sales promotions or for use in corporate training programs . To contact a representative ,
please visit the Contact Us pages at www.mhprofessional .com .
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assembling this guide, and to the contributors to this and future editions, who took the
time to share their knowledge , insight, and humor for the benefit of residents.
®
THE
FAMILY MEDICINE
THIRD EDITION
Concise summaries of
high- yield topics for
last-minute review
Hundreds of full- color clinical
images, diagrams, and tables
Mnemonics and clinical pearls
improve exam-day recall
Proven strategies for passing
the family medicine boards
Graw
Hill Tao Le •Michael Mendoza
Education
Diana Coffa •Lamercie Saint-Hilaire
,FIRST AID
Family Medicine
Boards
TAO LE, MD, MHS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Chief , Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Department of Medicine
University of Louisville
.
MICHAEL D MENDOZA, MD, MPH, MS, FAAFP
Commissioner of Public Health
Monroe County Health Department
Associate Professor
Departments of Family Medicine, Public Health Sciences, and Nursing
University of Rochester Medical Center
DIANA COFFA, MD
Associate Professor
Residency Program Director
Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of California , San Francisco
LAMERCIE SAINT-HILAIRE, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of California , San Francisco
Me
Graw
Hill
Education
New York / Chicago / San Francisco / Athens / London / Madrid / Mexico City
Milan / New Delhi / Singapore / Sydney / Toronto
,First Aid for theR Family Medicine Boards, Third Edition
Copyright © 2018 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved . Printed in the United States of
America . Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this pub-
lication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a data base or
retrieval system , without the prior written permission of the publisher.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 DSS 22 21 20 19 18 1
ISBN 978- 1 -25-983501-8
MHID 1-25-983501-4
NOTICE
Medicine is an ever-changing science . As new research and clinical experience broaden our
knowledge, changes in treatment and drug therapy are required . The authors and the pub-
lisher of this work have checked with sources believed to be reliable in their efforts to provide
information that is complete and generally in accord with the standards accepted at the time
of publication. However , in view of the possibility of human error or changes in medical sci-
ences, neither the authors nor the publisher nor any other party who has been involved in the
preparation or publication of this work warrants that the information contained herein is in
every respect accurate or complete, and they disclaim all responsibility for any errors or omis-
sions or for the results obtained from use of the information contained in this work . Readers
are encouraged to confirm the information contained herein with other sources. Eor example
and in particular, readers are advised to check the product information sheet included in the
package of each drug they plan to administer to be certain that the information contained in
this work is accurate and that changes have not been made in the recommended dose or in
the contraindications for administration . This recommendation is of particular importance in
connection with new or infrequently used drugs.
This book was set in Electra LT Std by Rainbow Graphics.
The editors were Bob Boehringer and Cindy Yoo.
The production supervisor was Jeffrey Herzich .
Project management was provided by Rainbow Graphics.
The designer was Tara Price .
RR Donnelley was printer and binder .
This book is printed on acid-free paper .
Library of Congress Cataloging- in-Publication Data
Names: Le, Tao, editor. Mendoza , Michael D., editor. | Coffa , Diana ,
editor . | Saint-Hilaire, Lamercie, editor.
Title: First aid for the family medicine boards / [ edited by] Tao Le, Michael
D. Mendoza , Diana Coffa , Lamercie Saint-Hilaire .
Description : Third edition . | New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [ 2018 ]
Identifiers: LCCN 2017046989| ISBN 9781259835018 ( pbk . : alk . paper ) | ISBN
1259835014 ( pbk . : alk. paper )
Subjects: | MESH : Family Practice | Specialty Boards | United States |
Outlines
Classification : LCC R834.5 | NLMWB 18.2 | DDC 610.76 — dc 23
LC record available at https://lccn .loc.gov/2017046989
McGraw-Hill Education books are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums
and sales promotions or for use in corporate training programs . To contact a representative ,
please visit the Contact Us pages at www.mhprofessional .com .
, DEDICATION
To our families, friends, and loved ones, who endured and assisted in the task of
assembling this guide, and to the contributors to this and future editions, who took the
time to share their knowledge , insight, and humor for the benefit of residents.
