USMLE StepUp Step 1 Errors

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Does anyone else find errors in this book? I heard from some past users that there were several errors in their copy. So far I found 2. If you also found errors, could you please post it, thanks

p.s. please correct me if the errors I found are actually correct

2nd edition, p 104
Quick hit
Order of alpha-agonist potency stated in the StepUp: Epi> NE > Isoproterenol
In other literatures I found: NE > Epi > Iso

p 70
Increased Ca2 +, drug mediated... (verapamil, diltizem, nifedipine) .....allows for increaed inotropic effect....etc
In other literatures: Ca channel blockers do the opposite. also, in StepUp's p 80, also stating Ca channel blockers' (-) inotropic effects....
 
kpax18 said:
Does anyone else find errors in this book? I heard from some past users that there were several errors in their copy. So far I found 2. If you also found errors, could you please post it, thanks

p.s. please correct me if the errors I found are actually correct

2nd edition, p 104
Quick hit
Order of alpha-agonist potency stated in the StepUp: Epi> NE > Isoproterenol
In other literatures I found: NE > Epi > Iso

p 70
Increased Ca2 +, drug mediated... (verapamil, diltizem, nifedipine) .....allows for increaed inotropic effect....etc
In other literatures: Ca channel blockers do the opposite. also, in StepUp's p 80, also stating Ca channel blockers' (-) inotropic effects....

Yeah, it seems like there are a lot of little errors like that. After getting through the first 3 chapters, I decided that stepup wasn't worth looking at.
 
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