NHLBI EPR3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma

Below are two pdf. files summarizing the NHLBI EPR3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. These are the current standard of care issued in 2007.

Guidelines for children ages 0 - 4 years old
Guidelines for children ages 5 - 11 years old

Normal Pediatric Vital Signs

Age	Weight (kilograms)	Pulse	Respirations	Systolic BP	Diastolic BP
Premature	1	145	<>	42 +/- 10	21 +/- 8
Premature	1-2	135	--	50 +/- 10	28 +/- 8
Newborn	2-3	125	--	60 +/- 10	37 +/- 8
1 month	4	120	24-35	80 +/- 16	46 +/- 16
6 month	7	130	--	89 +/- 29	60 +/- 10
1 year	10	120	20-30	96 +/- 30	66 +/- 25
2-3 years	12-14	115	--	99 +/- 25	64 +/- 25
4-5 years	16-18	100	--	99 +/- 20	65 +/- 20
6-9 years	20-26	100	12-25	100 +/- 20	65 +/- 15
10-12 years	32-42	75	--	112 +/- 20	68 +/- 15
Over 14 years	> 50	70	12-18	120 +/- 20	75 +/- 15

Chemo Man

Have trouble remembering the toxicities associated with the major chemotherapeutic agents. Med-Source presents Chemo Man who has been passed along the hallways at HUP (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania).

SHELF / USMLE Step 2 Practice Questions > Internal Medicine > Oncology

SHELF / USMLE Step 2 Practice Questions > Internal Medicine > Oncology

82 Case based vignette style practice questions from the American College of Physicians (ACP) with answers & thorough explanations - DOWNLOAD the .pdf

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SHELF / USMLE Step 2 Practice Questions > Internal Medicine > Neurology

SHELF / USMLE Step 2 Practice Questions > Internal Medicine > Neurology

92 Case based vignette style practice questions from the American College of Physicians (ACP) with answers & thorough explanations - DOWNLOAD the .pdf

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Med-Spot on Med-Source: Personal Genome Sequencing

Genetics has gone commercial with companies like deCODEme & 23andMe. What's all the hype about? Is it worth the $. Take a look at the video below made a recent deCODEme customer as she views the results of her husband's genome.

SHELF / USMLE Step 2 Practice Questions > Internal Medicine > Nephrology

SHELF / USMLE Step 2 Practice Questions > Internal Medicine > Nephrology

58 Case based vignette style practice questions from the American College of Physicians (ACP) with answers & thorough explanations - DOWNLOAD the .pdf

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SHELF / USMLE Step 2 Practice Questions > Internal Medicine > Infectious Disease

SHELF / USMLE Step 2 Practice Questions > Internal Medicine > Infectious Disease

183 Case based vignette style practice questions from the American College of Physicians (ACP) with answers & thorough explanations - DOWNLOAD the .pdf

Want more great practice questions for the Medicine Shelf Exam? Go with USMLE Step 2 CK Qbook (Kaplan USMLE Qbook)