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Picked up FA 2011 a few days ago. Flipping through it page by page now. Not sure if I will be able to catch all the differences, but I'll write down what I do find. I'm looking for major structural differences between the pages. I won't mention irrelevant items like 2011 sometimes moving a picture to a different part of the page. This might be a work in progress. I will edit this post as I go. Parentheses contain equivalent pages in 2011 edition.
Overall:
- FA 2011 corrects some of the 2010 errata
- FA 2011 has darker print and thicker pages
- FA 2011 increases the size of most figures/images (although only slightly)
- FA 2011 removes several images that are difficult to see/interpret
Behavioral Science:
p. 59-60 2010 (57-58 2011) -2011 reorganized a couple items into "Advance directives" and got rid of "Good Samaritan Law."
P. 61-62 (59-60) - 2011 added a couple more example ethical situations. 2011 removed "Piaget's states of cognitive development" and replaced with "Low birth weight"
p. 64 (62-63) - 2011 added a few pictures under "sleep stages" and added one or two more items to the section like "sleep terror disorder"
Biochemistry:
p. 69 2010 (p. 69 2011) - FA 2011 removes "Transition vs. transversion"
p. 75 (75) - 2011 removes "energy requirements of translation"
p. 82 (82) - 2011 removes "Sanger DNA sequencing" renames "Model systems" to "Gene expression modifications"
p. 89 (89) - 2011 removes "Chromosomal inversions"
p. 98 (98) - 2011 removes "Glycolytic enzyme deficiency"
p. 99 (99) - 2011 removes "Cori cycle"
p. 107 (107) - 2011 completely changes diagram of "Catecholamine synthesis." Structures are no longer shown, but more detail of intermediates and cofactors are listed. 2011 removes the figured in "Phenylketonuria" section.
p. 113 (113) - 2011 removes "Essential fatty acids" secdtion
Embryology:
p. 119 2010 (p. 119 2011) - FA 2011 added section "Types of errors in organ morphogenesis"
p. 125 (125) - 2011 removed "Fetal-postnatal derivatives"
p. 127-128 (127) - 2011 removed "Branchial arch innervation" and rearranged a bunch of the sections
p. 131 (130) - 2011 removed "Diaphragm embryology" and rearranged a bunch of the sections
p. 135 (134) - 2011 added "Descent of testes and ovaries" section
Microbiology:
p. 141 (139) - 2011 added "Vaccines" section
p. 153 (151) - 2011 removed "Enterobacteriaceae" section and added a little more detail to the E. coli table.
p. 154 (152) - 2011 added "Campylobacter jejuni" and "Vibrio cholera" setion. 2011 removed "Treponemal disease" section
p. 155 (153) - 2011 removed "VDRL vs. FTA-ABS" section
p. 158 (157) - 2011 removed "Spores: fungal" and rearranged info to the top of the "Systemic mycoses" section. It looks like they may have added a little more detail here too.
p. 171 (170) - 2011 removed "Arboviruses"
p. 175 (174) - 2011 removed "HIV encephalitis"
p. 185 (185) - 2011 added "B-lactamase inhibitors." This is the first addition I have found with a new acronym.
p. 187 (187) - 2011 added "resistance" to the "Aminoglycosides" section
p. 191 (191) - As per the above change, it appears that 2011 removed the section "Resistance mechanisms for various antibiotics" and just inserted that info into the respective drug sections
p. 193 (194) - FA 2011 added an entirely new page with "Antiprotozoan therapy" and "Antihelminthic therapy." This is a page of whole new information
p. 197 (197) - 2011 reorganized the "HIV therapy" section
Immunology:
p. 201 (209) - FA 2011 moved "Effects of bacterial toxins"
p. 202-203 (204-205) - 2011 changed "T- and B-cell activation" organization and diagram. Also added "Helper T cells" section and "Cytotoxic T cells" section
p. 204 (206) - 2011 removed "Ig epitopes"
p. 205 (209) - 2011 expanded "Cell surface proteins"
p. 207 - FA 2011 removed "Granulomatous diseases"
p. 213-214 (215-217) - 2011 removed "Sites of block in lymphocyte development" and "Mycophenolate mofetil" and added "Therapeutic antibodies"
Pathology:
p. 216-217 (220) - 2011 added "Apoptosis vs. necrosis" and "Atrophy" sections
p. 219 (223-224) - 2011 added "Granulomatous diseases" (appears to be what was removed from Immunology section, but without the picture) and "Erythrocyte sedimentation rate" and "Iron poisoning"
Pharmacology:
p. 230 (234) - 2011 added "Physiologic antagonism" section and organized info of "Pharmacodynamics" into table form
p. 239 (243) - 2011 removed "Iron poisoning" (looks like this way moved to the Pathology section)
Cardiovascular:
p. 265 (270) - "Aortic dissection" moved to the next page and image was removed
P. 268 (272) - 2011 added "ECG diagnosis of MI" section
p. 269 (273) - Image in "Cardiomyopathies" section was removed
p. 272 (276) - 2011 removed "Pericarditis" section
p. 273 (277) - 2011 removed "Telangiectasia" section
p. 276 (280) - 2011 removed "Minoxidil"
Endocrine:
p. 293 (298) - 2011 added "Thryotoxicosis" under the "Hyperthyroidism" section
p. 294 (299) - 2011 removed "Hypercalcemia" and added a big graph/diagram thingy under "Hypoparathyroidism." 2011 also removed "Sheehan's syndrome"
p. 298-299 (305) - 2011 removed "Orlistat" and "Sibutramine"
Gastrointestinal:
p. 302 (308) - 2011 removed "Abdominal layers"
p. 304 (310) - 2011 removed "Enteric nerve plexuses"
p. 308 (314) - 2011 removed "Sinusoids of liver" and "Biliary structures"
p. 316 (322) - 2011 removed the bottom image from "Achalasia"
p. 332 (338) - 2011 added "Octreotide"
Hematology and Oncology:
p. 336 (342) - 2011 added an image/drawing to "Platelet (thrombocyte)
p. 341 (346) - 2011 separated "Coagulation cascae and platelet plug formation" into two separate sections. The latter now has a large flowchart.
p. 344 (350) - 2011 added "Lead poisoning"
p. 349 (355) - 2011 removed "Lead poisoning"
p. 351 (357) - 2011 added "Leukemoid reaction"
p. 354 (359) - 2011 added "MGUS"
p. 355 (360) - 2011 removed "Leukemoid reaction" and reduced the amount of info in "Langerhans cell histiocytosis"
p. 356 (361) - 2011 added "Polycythemia"
p. 358 (363) - 2011 removed "Mechanism of antiplatelet interaction"
p. 363 (368) - 2011 added "Rituximab"
Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue:
p. 372 (376) - 2011 removed "Radial nerve" and added "Long thoracic nerve (C5-C7)"
p. 373 (377) - 2011 removed image "C" from "Muscle conduction to contraction"
p. 376 (380) - 2011 removed "Osteitis fibrosa cystica"
p. 381 (385) - 2011 removed "Positive antinuclear antibodies"
p. 382 (386) - 2011 removed "Mixed connective tissue disease"
p. 383 (387) - 2011 removed "Soft tissue tumors"
p. 388 (392) - 2011 removed "Comparison of OTC analgesics"
Neurology:
p. 393 (397) - 2011 changed "Sensory corpuscles" to a table without figures
p. 395 (399) - 2011 removed figure from "Cerebellum"
p. 397 (401) - 2011 removed image from "Huntington's disease"
p. 398 (402) - 2011 removed "Frontal lobe functions"
p. 399 (403) - 2011 added an image to "Central pontine myelinolysis"
p. 403 (407) - 2011 removed images from "Ischemic brain disease"
P. 405 (409) - 2011 removed "Lumbar puncture"
p. 410 (414) - 2011 removed "Spindle muscle control"
p. 415 (419) - 2011 removed "Muscles with glossus" and "Muscles with palat"
p. 416 (-) - 2011 removed "Inner ear"
p. 419 (422) - 2011 removed "Strabismus vs. amblyopia"
p. 421 (424) - 2011 removed "Vstibular apparatus"
p. 430 (433) - 2011 added "Nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics"
Psychiatry:
p. 437 (439) - 2011 removed "Oedipus complex" and "Erikson's stages of psychosocial development"
p. 444 (446) - 2011 removed "Sleep patterns of depressed patients" and added "Postpartum mood disturbances"
p. 448 (450) - 2011 added "Stages of change in overcoming substance addiction"
p. 450 (452) - 2011 removed "Methylphenidate (Ritalin)" and added "CNS stimulants"
Renal:
p. 458 (460) - 2011 removed "Free water clearance"
p. 462 (464) - 2011 put "Electrolyte disturbances" instead of on page 471
p. 464 (466) - 2011 removed "Acid-base nomogram"
p. 465 (-) - 2011 removed "Glomerular disorders"
p. 468 (469) - 2011 changed "Kidney stones" to have a pretty table
p. 470 (472) - 2011 removed "Fanconi's syndrome"
Reproductive:
p. 476 (478) - 2011 added "Female reproductive histology"
p. 478 (480) - 2011 removed "Composition of semen"
p. 484 (486) - 2011 added "Kallmann syndrome" and "SRY gene"
Respiratory:
I didn't find any major changes here
Rapid Review:
p. 516 (518) - 2011 added "Athlete with polycythemia", removed "Big toe/extension/fanning upon plantar scrape", added "Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing"
I'm not going to go through this whole section, but suffice to say that there are a few changes.
Summary: It seems like, content wise, more was removed than added. I would view this as a positive change. FA is not meant to be all-encompassing. Slimming it down a bit keeps it high yield.
Overall:
- FA 2011 corrects some of the 2010 errata
- FA 2011 has darker print and thicker pages
- FA 2011 increases the size of most figures/images (although only slightly)
- FA 2011 removes several images that are difficult to see/interpret
Behavioral Science:
p. 59-60 2010 (57-58 2011) -2011 reorganized a couple items into "Advance directives" and got rid of "Good Samaritan Law."
P. 61-62 (59-60) - 2011 added a couple more example ethical situations. 2011 removed "Piaget's states of cognitive development" and replaced with "Low birth weight"
p. 64 (62-63) - 2011 added a few pictures under "sleep stages" and added one or two more items to the section like "sleep terror disorder"
Biochemistry:
p. 69 2010 (p. 69 2011) - FA 2011 removes "Transition vs. transversion"
p. 75 (75) - 2011 removes "energy requirements of translation"
p. 82 (82) - 2011 removes "Sanger DNA sequencing" renames "Model systems" to "Gene expression modifications"
p. 89 (89) - 2011 removes "Chromosomal inversions"
p. 98 (98) - 2011 removes "Glycolytic enzyme deficiency"
p. 99 (99) - 2011 removes "Cori cycle"
p. 107 (107) - 2011 completely changes diagram of "Catecholamine synthesis." Structures are no longer shown, but more detail of intermediates and cofactors are listed. 2011 removes the figured in "Phenylketonuria" section.
p. 113 (113) - 2011 removes "Essential fatty acids" secdtion
Embryology:
p. 119 2010 (p. 119 2011) - FA 2011 added section "Types of errors in organ morphogenesis"
p. 125 (125) - 2011 removed "Fetal-postnatal derivatives"
p. 127-128 (127) - 2011 removed "Branchial arch innervation" and rearranged a bunch of the sections
p. 131 (130) - 2011 removed "Diaphragm embryology" and rearranged a bunch of the sections
p. 135 (134) - 2011 added "Descent of testes and ovaries" section
Microbiology:
p. 141 (139) - 2011 added "Vaccines" section
p. 153 (151) - 2011 removed "Enterobacteriaceae" section and added a little more detail to the E. coli table.
p. 154 (152) - 2011 added "Campylobacter jejuni" and "Vibrio cholera" setion. 2011 removed "Treponemal disease" section
p. 155 (153) - 2011 removed "VDRL vs. FTA-ABS" section
p. 158 (157) - 2011 removed "Spores: fungal" and rearranged info to the top of the "Systemic mycoses" section. It looks like they may have added a little more detail here too.
p. 171 (170) - 2011 removed "Arboviruses"
p. 175 (174) - 2011 removed "HIV encephalitis"
p. 185 (185) - 2011 added "B-lactamase inhibitors." This is the first addition I have found with a new acronym.
p. 187 (187) - 2011 added "resistance" to the "Aminoglycosides" section
p. 191 (191) - As per the above change, it appears that 2011 removed the section "Resistance mechanisms for various antibiotics" and just inserted that info into the respective drug sections
p. 193 (194) - FA 2011 added an entirely new page with "Antiprotozoan therapy" and "Antihelminthic therapy." This is a page of whole new information
p. 197 (197) - 2011 reorganized the "HIV therapy" section
Immunology:
p. 201 (209) - FA 2011 moved "Effects of bacterial toxins"
p. 202-203 (204-205) - 2011 changed "T- and B-cell activation" organization and diagram. Also added "Helper T cells" section and "Cytotoxic T cells" section
p. 204 (206) - 2011 removed "Ig epitopes"
p. 205 (209) - 2011 expanded "Cell surface proteins"
p. 207 - FA 2011 removed "Granulomatous diseases"
p. 213-214 (215-217) - 2011 removed "Sites of block in lymphocyte development" and "Mycophenolate mofetil" and added "Therapeutic antibodies"
Pathology:
p. 216-217 (220) - 2011 added "Apoptosis vs. necrosis" and "Atrophy" sections
p. 219 (223-224) - 2011 added "Granulomatous diseases" (appears to be what was removed from Immunology section, but without the picture) and "Erythrocyte sedimentation rate" and "Iron poisoning"
Pharmacology:
p. 230 (234) - 2011 added "Physiologic antagonism" section and organized info of "Pharmacodynamics" into table form
p. 239 (243) - 2011 removed "Iron poisoning" (looks like this way moved to the Pathology section)
Cardiovascular:
p. 265 (270) - "Aortic dissection" moved to the next page and image was removed
P. 268 (272) - 2011 added "ECG diagnosis of MI" section
p. 269 (273) - Image in "Cardiomyopathies" section was removed
p. 272 (276) - 2011 removed "Pericarditis" section
p. 273 (277) - 2011 removed "Telangiectasia" section
p. 276 (280) - 2011 removed "Minoxidil"
Endocrine:
p. 293 (298) - 2011 added "Thryotoxicosis" under the "Hyperthyroidism" section
p. 294 (299) - 2011 removed "Hypercalcemia" and added a big graph/diagram thingy under "Hypoparathyroidism." 2011 also removed "Sheehan's syndrome"
p. 298-299 (305) - 2011 removed "Orlistat" and "Sibutramine"
Gastrointestinal:
p. 302 (308) - 2011 removed "Abdominal layers"
p. 304 (310) - 2011 removed "Enteric nerve plexuses"
p. 308 (314) - 2011 removed "Sinusoids of liver" and "Biliary structures"
p. 316 (322) - 2011 removed the bottom image from "Achalasia"
p. 332 (338) - 2011 added "Octreotide"
Hematology and Oncology:
p. 336 (342) - 2011 added an image/drawing to "Platelet (thrombocyte)
p. 341 (346) - 2011 separated "Coagulation cascae and platelet plug formation" into two separate sections. The latter now has a large flowchart.
p. 344 (350) - 2011 added "Lead poisoning"
p. 349 (355) - 2011 removed "Lead poisoning"
p. 351 (357) - 2011 added "Leukemoid reaction"
p. 354 (359) - 2011 added "MGUS"
p. 355 (360) - 2011 removed "Leukemoid reaction" and reduced the amount of info in "Langerhans cell histiocytosis"
p. 356 (361) - 2011 added "Polycythemia"
p. 358 (363) - 2011 removed "Mechanism of antiplatelet interaction"
p. 363 (368) - 2011 added "Rituximab"
Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue:
p. 372 (376) - 2011 removed "Radial nerve" and added "Long thoracic nerve (C5-C7)"
p. 373 (377) - 2011 removed image "C" from "Muscle conduction to contraction"
p. 376 (380) - 2011 removed "Osteitis fibrosa cystica"
p. 381 (385) - 2011 removed "Positive antinuclear antibodies"
p. 382 (386) - 2011 removed "Mixed connective tissue disease"
p. 383 (387) - 2011 removed "Soft tissue tumors"
p. 388 (392) - 2011 removed "Comparison of OTC analgesics"
Neurology:
p. 393 (397) - 2011 changed "Sensory corpuscles" to a table without figures
p. 395 (399) - 2011 removed figure from "Cerebellum"
p. 397 (401) - 2011 removed image from "Huntington's disease"
p. 398 (402) - 2011 removed "Frontal lobe functions"
p. 399 (403) - 2011 added an image to "Central pontine myelinolysis"
p. 403 (407) - 2011 removed images from "Ischemic brain disease"
P. 405 (409) - 2011 removed "Lumbar puncture"
p. 410 (414) - 2011 removed "Spindle muscle control"
p. 415 (419) - 2011 removed "Muscles with glossus" and "Muscles with palat"
p. 416 (-) - 2011 removed "Inner ear"
p. 419 (422) - 2011 removed "Strabismus vs. amblyopia"
p. 421 (424) - 2011 removed "Vstibular apparatus"
p. 430 (433) - 2011 added "Nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics"
Psychiatry:
p. 437 (439) - 2011 removed "Oedipus complex" and "Erikson's stages of psychosocial development"
p. 444 (446) - 2011 removed "Sleep patterns of depressed patients" and added "Postpartum mood disturbances"
p. 448 (450) - 2011 added "Stages of change in overcoming substance addiction"
p. 450 (452) - 2011 removed "Methylphenidate (Ritalin)" and added "CNS stimulants"
Renal:
p. 458 (460) - 2011 removed "Free water clearance"
p. 462 (464) - 2011 put "Electrolyte disturbances" instead of on page 471
p. 464 (466) - 2011 removed "Acid-base nomogram"
p. 465 (-) - 2011 removed "Glomerular disorders"
p. 468 (469) - 2011 changed "Kidney stones" to have a pretty table
p. 470 (472) - 2011 removed "Fanconi's syndrome"
Reproductive:
p. 476 (478) - 2011 added "Female reproductive histology"
p. 478 (480) - 2011 removed "Composition of semen"
p. 484 (486) - 2011 added "Kallmann syndrome" and "SRY gene"
Respiratory:
I didn't find any major changes here
Rapid Review:
p. 516 (518) - 2011 added "Athlete with polycythemia", removed "Big toe/extension/fanning upon plantar scrape", added "Bounding pulses, diastolic heart murmur, head bobbing"
I'm not going to go through this whole section, but suffice to say that there are a few changes.
Summary: It seems like, content wise, more was removed than added. I would view this as a positive change. FA is not meant to be all-encompassing. Slimming it down a bit keeps it high yield.
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