This is a highly focused book, offering specific and in-depth information on approximately 85 ambulatory care subjects. Serving as both a guide and a reference, it covers diagnostics, appropriate care, therapeutics, medical standards, and extended management. The outline format allows great quantities of information to be packed into handbook and also offers easy access and retrieval. The book is divided into 9 parts: introduction (ethics), adolescent medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, preventive care, ...
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This is a highly focused book, offering specific and in-depth information on approximately 85 ambulatory care subjects. Serving as both a guide and a reference, it covers diagnostics, appropriate care, therapeutics, medical standards, and extended management. The outline format allows great quantities of information to be packed into handbook and also offers easy access and retrieval. The book is divided into 9 parts: introduction (ethics), adolescent medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, preventive care, presurgical evaluation, primary care for adults (covering 68 disorders), medical decision-making, appendices, and index of consensuses plus subject index. Features: * User-friendly outline format for quick information retrieval * Medical disorders in alphabetical order for easy access * A concise guide to frequently encountered problems in outpatient care * Based on issues common to the American Board of Internal Medicine's medical boards * Includes charts, tables, equations, screening tools, and referral information * A resident's "dream" book - information and format tested by attending internists in university and private care settings. New to this edition: * Chapters on congestive heart failure, renal failure, coronary artery disease, pharyngitis, advance directives, pharmaceuticals, medical decision-making. Additionally, all of the first edition text is updated according to the most current research results and protocols.
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