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Hospital Medicine Essentials for PDA (CD-ROM)
from: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 616
EAN: 9780781736022
Edition: CD-Rom
ISBN: 0781736021
Label: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published),
Manufacturer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: June 15, 2002
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Studio: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Editorial Review:
Hospital Medicine Essentials is your portable decision support tool for quick answers to over 200 clinical problems seen in the inpatient setting, and it is now available for Palm OS, Windows CE, and Pocket PC handheld devices! This PDA version includes indications for admissions, guidelines for consultation, procedures for hospital discharge, diagnostic algorithms that facilitate quick and accurate diagnoses, and effective, outcomes orientated treatment plans for a range of inpatient diseases and disorders. Platform: Palm OS, Windows CE, and Pocket PC handheld devices Memory Requirements: Palm OS--1.4 MB; Windows CE/Pocket PC--1.9 M
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Not What I was Looking For
I needed a more concise reference on specific critical care issues. This book surprised me by being hard-cover and very large. It is more like a Harrison's or Conn's Therapeutics, with a slant toward hospital care, written at about medical school or intern level. It contains whole chapters on Bayesian theory and utility analysis. I didn't want to have to sift through the general medicine background and bread and butter conditions, to get to the diagnosis and management. Maybe it would be more ... Read More
Rating:  - Hospital Medicine a big thumbs up
I bought this book for my son who was just starting his career as an
hospitalist. He has told me almost every day since receiving the book that it is the best book he has. He reads in it practically every day. It is his belief that it should be required text for residents who are studying to be hospitalists.
Rating: - THE Textbook for Hospitalists
This is a great overview of the vast subject that is inpatient internal medicine. The young specialty of hospitalist is one that has needed its own dedicated text for some time. This second edition is definately it. While there is still some slight fine tuning to be done, Dr. Wachter continues to do great work for us as the Father of the Hospitalist Revolution that is occuring.
It goes without saying that Hospital Medicine is essential to the library of every Hospitalist, but should also ... Read More
Rating: - Outstanding Book
An excellent reference for the physician who cares for hospitalized patients. Just enough detail to care for patients of every severity and type of illness, yet not so much that you are bogged down in unimportant trivia and esoteric controversies. The book is up to date, and the authors obviously know their stuff. Things like indications for ICU admission and indications for discharge make this book invaluable for physicians who care for hospitalized patients. Now if only someone will write a similar ... Read More
Rating:  - great ref
awesome book...has flow charts for treatment...etc...
one big neg..no pathophys... see medicine: the true explanation by Dr. V. Shinde.
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