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First Aid Q&A for the NBDE Part I (First Aid Series) (Pt. 1) |  | Authors: Derek Steinbacher, Steven Sierakowski
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
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ISBN: 007150866X
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Publication Date: November 13, 2008
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Product Description
Hundreds and hundreds of questions and answers to help you ace the NBDE Part I! No other resource gives you the practice questions you need to prepare for the NBDE Part I like First Aid Q&A for the NBDE Part I. The 800 questions focus on what you most need to know in order to pass the exam and include detailed explanations for each answer choice. - 800 NBDE Part I-style questions, including one complete practice test
- Written for students by students who aced the exam and reviewed by top dental school faculty and practitioners
- Detailed explanations of both correct and incorrect answers
- Table of Contents mirrors First Aid for the NBDE Part I - allowing you to self-test by chapter during exam prep and coursework
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| Customer Reviews:
 Worse than inadequate... September 22, 2009
C. Carlson
Inadequate would be something that just doesn't prepare you well enough. Well, this book is worse than that since it has so many errors. I purchased this book in the PDF version. I am currently studying for the Micro/Path section right now and have only done about 40 of these questions. In just 40 questions I have found NUMEROUS errors and discrepancies. Some of the questions do not even correlate with the answer explanations, while other answers are flat out incorrect.
For instance, there is a question about the ACTH test & Addison's disease. The question is fine and the answer choice is correct, however, the explanation for the answer is completely inaccurate. See below.
39.What does the ACTH stimulation test accomplish?
A.Differentiates between primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism
B.Differentiates between hyper- and hypothyroidism
C.Differentiates between Cushing disease and syndrome
D.Differentiates between primary and secondary Addison disease (correct answer)
E.Differentiates between acromegaly and dwarfism
39.The correct answer is D.
The ACTH stimulation test is used to differentiate between primary and secondary Addison disease. Primary Addison is due to autoimmune, infectious, neoplastic, or hemorrhagic damage to the adrenal cortex. Secondary Addison is caused by a decrease in ACTH from the pituitary gland, thus hypofunction of the adrenal cortex. Thus, the stimulation test is accomplished by administering ACTH exogenously to a suspect patient.
(the above explanation is fine, but when they get to the most important part below, they SWITCH the reasoning!)
If cortisol increases, then primary Addison is suspected (adrenal cortex still functioning). If cortisol levels stay the same, then secondary Addison is suspected. This is due to inability of the adrenal cortex to respond to the ACTH.
You can check out these 2 links for a proper explanation if you need it. Basically, primary Addison's is a result of adrenal damage in one form or another, which would make it nearly unresponsive to exogenous ACTH depending on the degree of damage. For secondary (depending on the amount of time the pituitary was in hypofunction), you would see an increase in cortisol in response to injected ACTH.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACTH_stimulation_test
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addison's_disease
So I guess the point of this overly verbose rant is that I personally would like to study in peace and not wonder whether or not the material I am using is correct. And unfortunately this book is riddled with errors.
Not Adequate for NBDE-1 May 22, 2009
A. Setu (USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
First Aid Q&A for the NBDE Part I (First Aid Series) (Pt. 1)
I used this book as a practise for my exam- regretfully, the questions aren't based on exam at all, they are very simple, basic and misguided me into thinking that exam qs are easy, there are very few diagrams/images and no clinical vignette type qs...serious waste of money and TIME..moreover explanations are very abrupt and inadequate, I wouldn't recommend it to any test-takers.
 First Aid Q & A NBDE Part 1 May 9, 2009
Jonathan Pantaleon (Canada)
I like the book! It's really a great help for successfully passing the NBDE part !. i hope there'll be Part 2! great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 good reference March 17, 2009
Devin Rentz
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a good product and complement to the first aid review guide for part I national dental boards.
preparation for NDB part one February 11, 2009
Mehrdad Ijadi (NYU, New York,NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As it says to review is to go over the details again, which needs a good guidline. this book is a good one for the purpose, not a single book to read to pass the board.
Good luck
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