Corrections to First Aid Q&A for the USMLE Step 2 The following is the official up-to-date list of errata

for the first edition of First Aid Q&A for the USMLE Step 2 CK. This list does not include suggestions/additions submitted and accepted for the next edition of the text. The First Aid/USMLE Rx team 10/31/2008 1. Page 7 a. Question 13: The patients sodium level should be 134 mEq/L, rather than 34 mEq/L. b. Question 14: The patients glucose level should be 133 mg/dL, rather than 33 mg/dL. 2. Page 11 a. Question 29: The patients temperature is 37.0C (98.6F). 3. Page 17 a. Question 50: The question should read, What is the reasoning behind avoiding nonselective -blockers in this patient? 4. Page 41 a. Question 50: The third sentence should start, Nonselective adrenergic blockade 5. Page 139 a. Question 36: The newborn is a boy, not a girl. 6. Page 169 a. Question 14: The third sentence should refer to T (not B) lymphocytes. 7. Page 179 a. Question 51, the bleeding time should be 4 minutes, not 4 seconds. 8. Page 187 a. Question 14: CTCL involves T (rather than B) lymphocytes. 9. Page 216 a. Question 24: The next-to-last sentence should be deleted; image was deleted in press so no physical examination findings are shown below. 10. Page 236 a. Answer 24: The correct explanation should not refer to an image. 11. Page 237 a. Answer 27: The correct explanation should refer to Staphylococcus aureus (not Streptococcus aureus) as a major cause of TSS. 12. Page 238 a. Answer 29: In the correct explanation, the third sentence should read, Negative predictive value (NPV) is calculated as the number of patients without the disease divided by the total number of patients who test negative. 13. Page 254

a. Answers 67 and 68: The first two sentences both answer 67 and 68 should be deleted. 14. Page 271 a. Answer 10: The correct explanation should not refer to an image. 15. Page 301 a. Answer 9: The last sentence should read,"... but the majority of cases of dementia are not reversible." g/dL. 16. Page 400 a. Question 46: The correct answer is B, not J. 17. Page 501 a. Answers 45 and 46: The correct answers should be switched, K is correct for answer 45 and D is correct for answer 46. 18. Page 605 a. Question 5: Option D should be Lactate dehydrogenase level >350 U/L. 19. Page 638 a. Question 4: The patient is at 37 weeks gestation (not 7 weeks). 20. Page 674 a. Question 3: The patients temperature is 37.3C (not 32.3 C).