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How to Use This Book
This book has been designed to remain as one book or to be taken apart into smaller booklets. Identify the beginning and end of a particular section, then carefully bend the pages along the perforated line next to the spine of the book. Then tear the pages out along the perforation.
The layout of Toronto Notes allows easy identification of important information. These items are indicated by icons interspersed throughout the text:
Icon Icon Name
Key Objectives
Clinical Pearl Memory Aid
Clinical Flag
Evidence Based Medicine Colour Photo Atlas Radiology Atlas
Online Resources
Chapter Divisions
Significance
This icon is found next to headings in the text. It identifies key objectives and conditions as determined by the Medical Council of Canada or the National Board of Medical Examiners in the USA. If it appears beside a dark title bar, all subsequent subheadings should be considered key topics.
This icon is found in sidebars of the text. It identifies concise, important information which will aid in the diagnosis or management of conditions discussed in the accompanying text.
This icon is found in sidebars of the text. It identifies helpful mnemonic devices and other memory aids.
This icon is found in sidebars of the text. It indicates information or findings that require urgent management or specialist referral.
This icon is found in sidebars of the text. It identifies key research studies for evidence-based clinical decision making related to topics discussed in the accompanying text.
This icon is found next to headings in the text. It indicates topics that correspond with images found in the Colour Photo Atlas available online (www.torontonotes.ca).
This icon is found next to headings in the text. It indicates topics that correspond to images found in the Radiology Atlas available online (www.torontonotes.ca).
This icon is found next to headings in the text. It indicates topics that correspond with electronic resources such as Functional Neuroanatomy or ECGs Made Simple, available online (www.torontonotes.ca).
To aid in studying and finding relevant material quickly, each chapter is organized in the following general framework:
Basic Anatomy/Physiology Review
• features the high-yield, salient background information students are often assumed to have remembered from their early medical school education
Common Differential Diagnoses
• aims to outline a clinically useful framework to tackle the common presentations and problems faced in the area of expertise
Diagnoses
• the bulk of the book
• etiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, investigations, management, complications, and prognosis
Common Medications
• a quick reference section for review of medications commonly prescribed
10 Toronto Notes 2019