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The Cleveland Clinic Intensive Review of Pediatrics focuses specifically on preparation for the American Board of Pediatrics certification and recertification exams. It is written primarily by distinguished Cleveland Clinic faculty who conduct the Cleveland Clinic Foundation's successful and popular annual Pediatric Board Review Symposium. The book is organized into subspecialty sections, each of which ends with a board simulation chapter. Chapters include numerous bulleted lists, tables, and illustrations. Two mock board exams appear at the end of the book. This edition includes more dermatology and cardiology information and more full-color dermatology and ophthalmology illustrations.

Summary: Excellent review book

Rating: 5

I purchased 6 different review books, and this was hands-down my favorite. It is very clearly written, and it provides a bit of background/pathophys to help things make sense but then focuses on what is most important to know. It is true that it is not complete (and I can't help thinking that the ideal peds board review book has yet to be written), but no review book will be--there is enough info in here, and it is sufficiently focused on what is important for the Boards, that if you learn what's here then you should be in good shape.

Summary: Most bang for your buck

Rating: 5

Having just taken my board exam, I can see that this book had the most bang for the buck. No other review sources gives you pictures, radiographs, graphs, EKGs and questions in a single book. And the content is definitely representative of the exam -- I recognized one picture because it came directly from this text!

The questions in this book very similar to the actual exam, including those pesky "all of these are true EXCEPT" questions. There are detailed explanations provided for the answers. And this is the only text that gives sample growth charts (also something that shows up on the exam) and actually gives a useful table of developmental milestones (since the boards will inundate you with development questions and will frequently make you split hairs -- other review books are inadequate for milestones).

The coverage of nutrition, sports medicine, and ethics is inadequate. I wish they had a side by side table of all the types of anemia and their associated indices (plus the normal ranges for those indices) -- I don't know why none of the board review books have this considering its importance.

To be honest, because I bought far too many review books, I didn't end up using this as much since it seemed too much like a text and seemed overwhelming. I ended up primarily using a more portable book in bullet-format (Last Minute Pediatrics). But part of the reason it looks so big is because it is actually three books rolled into one -- a review book, a question book, and an atlas. Looking back, I can see that it was a good resource and I feel comfortable recommending it as a sole review tool if you don't mind reading a paragraph format. I'd recommend this to anyone considering Medstudy -- this is a better value and has much better pictures.

This is definitely not a standard pediatric reference text, nor it is meant to be. The boards are are more likely to test you on Waardenburg syndrome than on reflux.

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