Product Description: Now in its fifth edition, this popular diagnostic resource continues to provide you with practical coverage of the most common complaints you're likely to see in daily practice. It's organized by symptomrather than diseaseand consistent throughout, giving you easy access to the most frequent symptoms with which your patients are likely to present. Discussions of probable causes for the complaint, historical
Covers only the most common patient complaints so you don't have to wade through superfluous text.
Focuses on efficient and economical imaging modalities and laboratory tests, offering you practical information necessary to exist in today's managed health care environment.
Includes a comprehensive dermatologic section to help you through a tough-to-diagnose area of medicine.
Provides a consistent chapter organization throughout for easy navigation and retrieval of information.
Discusses the latest laboratory tests and imaging modalities so you can order the most effective diagnostic tests for the symptoms you see.
Presents the dermatology section in full color to help you more easily identify skin disorders.
Offers a two-color interior design and highlighted key concepts make information easy to find and apply.
Product Description: This second edition by noted sleep medicine authority Richard B. Berry presents 100 cases that review key elements in the evaluation and management of patients with a wide variety of sleep disorders. Sleep disorders are among the most frequent health complaints physicians encounter: one third of adults experience occasional or persistent sleep problems. These disorders become a major health problem when they impair daytime functioning.
A glossary is provided for sleep and sleep lab terminology
The "pearls, " distillations of the key information for each case are always a key feature of books in the Pearls SeriesĀ® All cases are real clinical cases compiled by the author, not theoretical
10 completely new cases have been added
In addition to the cases, there are 22 sections presenting the Fundamentals of Sleep Medicine which better acquaint readers with the basic elements of sleep medicine
All first edition cases have been substantially revised and rewritten
Many new illustrations and sleep tracings have been added
The glossary has been expanded and updated to reflect latest terminology
Mayo Clinic Cardiology: Concise Textbook, Third Edition from: Informa Healthcare 8 used from $128.49 22 Thirdparty New from $135.96 Edition: 3 Media: Hardcover EAN: 9780849390579 ISBN: 0849390575 Number Of Pages: 1608 Publication Date: 2006-11-08 Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Product Description: For busy clinicians, residents, and fellows continually challenged with a rapidly expanding body of cardiology information, this expertly conceived Third Edition of a best-selling textbook provides a contemporary succinct distillation of the current status of cardiovascular knowledge and disease. From specific diseases to particular signs, symptoms, and patient concerns, including pregnancy and heart disease and cardiac emergency, this easily readable textbook guides the reader through all the essential information required to skillfully approach professional board examinations and practice state-of-the-art clinical patient care.
Product Description: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Pocket quick-reference for internal medicine and family practice residents, students, and clinicians. Contains more than 150 tables, flowcharts, and figures. Softcover.
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice from: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 8 used from $38.95 21 Thirdparty New from $45.91 Edition: 2 Media: Paperback EAN: 9780781775991 ISBN: 078177599X Number Of Pages: 704 Publication Date: 2007-10-01 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Incorporating the latest guidelines from major organizations, including the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, this book offers the clinician a complete overview of how to help patients adopt healthy behaviors and to deliver recommended screening tests and immunizations. Chapters provide practical guidance on how to counsel patients about exercise, nutrition, tobacco use, substance use, sexually transmitted infections, and depression. Written by clinicians for clinicians, the book lays out the details on gathering information from the patient, ordering evidence-based screening tests, designing a personalized health maintenance plan, facilitating behavior change, and the work-up of abnormal results from screening tests. It also explains how to organize the practice and clinic to deliver quality preventive care and to obtain reimbursement. This new edition includes updated chapters on practice redesign, the use of electronic medical records, and reimbursement; updated patient resource materials and instructions; and new authors with deep expertise on the topics. Plus, with this second edition there is a companion Website (www.healthpromodisprev.com) that features fully searchable text online so you'll have a fast, flexible multimedia library at your service.
Product Description: A new take on the classic, definitive text on the full spectrum of neurology. Reflecting a modern approach to neurology, Adams and Victor’s Principles of Neurology, 8/e new format highlights a more complete and accessible approaches to treatment and clinical management strategies. This thoroughly revised edition features more coverage of treatment and neuroimaging, renown signs and symptoms sections integrated throughout, and over 800 illustrations.
This revised reprint of Primary Care Medicine, Fifth Edition gives you a complete print and online package: the book plus access to a Website offering the fully searchable text, monthly text updates, and patient and physician advisories. In 239 problem-oriented chapters, this Fifth Edition provides essential information on medical diagnosis, lab tests, treatment options, and health maintenance and offers authoritative guidance on decision-making in primary care medicine. Every chapter was revised to include more images, tables, and bulleted lists. Practical recommendations that incorporate the best available evidence, expert consensus guidelines, and clinical judgement are listed in bulleted items at the end of every chapter.
Completely revised and evidence-based, The 5-Minute Clinical Consult, 2008 is now in its Sixteenth Edition. It provides rapid-access information on the diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up, and associated conditions of 675 medical conditions. Organized alphabetically, this best-selling clinical reference presents brief, bulleted points on disease topics in a consistent 3-column format. Most topics include cited evidence-based references. Differential diagnosis algorithms have been moved to the front of the book, ICD-9 codes are highlighted, and there is additional coverage of complementary and alternative medicine. A bound-in CD-ROM and a companion Website include the full content of the book, plus 178 English and Spanish patient handouts from AAFP; full-color images from Goodheart's Photoguide of Common Skin Disorders, Second Edition; 15 short videos of medical procedures; and over 50 new pediatrics topics not found in the print book. The Website will be updated quarterly with new content and videos. The 5-Minute Clinical Consult, 2008 will also be available for PDAs.