Emergency Medicine: Just the Facts, Second Edition [Paperback]

O. John Ma (Author), David Cline (Author), Judith Tintinalli (Author), Gabor Kelen (Author), J. Stapczynski (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071410244 | ISBN-13: 978-0071410243 | Publication Date: May 20, 2004 | Edition: 2

The best study guide for emergency medicine board exams! This rapid, comprehensive review of emergency medicine succinctly covers all the information needed for emergency medicine board exam success or as a clinical refresher. Featuring a bulleted format, this valuable guide includes only the most important facts as well as test-taking tips and strategies. Referenced to the new edition Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine, 6/e.

ENDORSED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

***** "Great quick review for emergency medicine in-training exams / boards exams. One could read this text in two weeks just before the exam and retain the most relevant information. Highly recommended."
—Online review of the first edition

"...a very enjoyable book to read. The amount of material in each chapter is good, with just the key facts included and the fluff removed. The concise and consistent format makes it easy and quick to read."
—Doody Review Services on first edition

THINK OF IT AS A HIGH-YIELD TINTINALLI!

Distilling the most critical information from the #1 text in emergency medicine, JUST THE FACTS is the perfect tool to prepare for in-service or licensing exams, re-certification, CME, or for use as a clinical refresher. Its highly efficient format conveniently condenses and simplifies only the most important content, for maximum yield and comprehension.

*Endorsed by the American College of Emergency Physicians
*Effectively condenses Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine, 6/e, for a concise, yet comprehensive review
*Standardized, bulleted format stresses key points of epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, diagnosis and differential, and ED care and disposition
*Highlights and summarizes key concepts, to assure quick absorption of the material and reinforce your understanding of even the most difficult topics
*Chapters are logically organized to help focus your study and provide quick access to subjects

Also available: Ma et al: Emergency Medicine Manual, 6/e Promes: Emergency Medicine CME & Board Review, 3/e Tintinalli et al: Emergency Medicine, 6/e

About the Author

O. John Ma, MD, Associate Professor, Research Director, Vice Chair for Academic Advancement, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas

David M. Cline, MD, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Judith E. Tintinalli, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Gabor D. Kelen, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

J. Stephan Stapczynski, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Product Details

• Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 2 edition (May 20, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071410244
• ISBN-13: 978-0071410243
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,566 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very useful, but..., November 22, 2008

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This review is from: Emergency Medicine: Just the Facts, Second Edition (Paperback)

I want to post a preliminary review - not because I don't have opinions about this book, but because I don't have the time to write an in depth one. I think it is great that this book exists as a means to prepare for EM exams. But it suffers GREATLY from a lack of editing and coherent organization. There are many, many, many errors (using Tintanelli #6 as reference). For example:

"Patients older than 40 years are unlikely to have rotator cuff tears."

I am not so sure about this, it doesn't make sense really.

Searching in the big T book, I find "Patients with rotator cuff tears are almost always older than 40 years of age: rotator cuff tears in the young are rare." !!!!!!

This can get very time consuming and confusing. Some chapters are written and organized quite well, others are nothing but a mess, with very poor organization - going back and forth arbitrarily between disease entities, adding something about the pregnant patient, back to the first disease, then to the second one, etc. etc. One example (not the worst) is the way HUS and HSP are presented. The chapter on stroke is organized very poorly, without a clear hierarchical (anatomic?) structure. I just don't find this a good way to put the picture together in my mind of a particular disease, gathering the relevant data and moving on. Also many diseases are spread throughout the book, piecemeal, with sometimes conflicting information. I think it would be much, much better to write conclusively about a disease entity in one place and one place only. I don't find it so helpful to have bits of Lyme disease spread around in infectious disease, neurology and non-traumatic musculoskeletal disorder chapters! Maybe that is just me. There are many, many simple mistakes ("peroneal" nerve, not "perineal") that make it seem like this book simply was not edited by someone who understood the material. Some of the chapters are excellent, as I mentioned, but many are very poorly organized with lots of filler, not particularly helpful or clear explanations and a lot left out. The two column, bulleted design, does not always work well, or, more often, is used poorly. There are other books that fill this niche - I would recommend looking at them before settling on this book simply because it has the standard color scheme on its cover. ;)

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for ConCert in EM, November 6, 2007

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P. Underwood "FP /EM /SM Doc" (LongIsland NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Emergency Medicine: Just the Facts, Second Edition (Paperback)

I used this review book to study for my recert exam (ConCert) on Nov 3'07. I went back to the book immediately after the exam and found ~95% or more of the answers to the questions that were on the exam. If you are worried about detail - use tintinalli (and take a year to prepare!)This review book does not get into great detail, but neither did the exam! Most info is upto date (except recommend cipro for GC and no mention of MRSA). If you give yourself 2 months, you can easily cover the 600+ pages. there are no questions and no pics/stimulus type items. I would highly recommend this review book for the recertifying exam, and have so to the other attendings in my ED. i don't think i would recommend this to residents.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Basic Clinical Knowledge. A great review, July 2, 2006

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This review is from: Emergency Medicine: Just the Facts, Second Edition (Paperback)

This read is not only sufficient for students and professionals alike, but remains as a solid material for review for any exam. It provides one with the basic clinical knowledge that is required of one who practices in an ED, or similar type of setting. The only pitfall is that there is limited detail regarding syndromes and illnesses. Still a great read and review.