Practical Guide to the Care of the Medical Patient

Abstract

6th ed. Revised edition of: Practical guide to the care of the medical patient / [edited by] Fred F. Ferri. c2001. A clear and concise reference for the busy clinician or medical student in need of immediate medical information, the Practical Guide to the Care of the Medical Patient continues to provide a fast and efficient way to identify important clinical and laboratory information. This new sixth edition continues to emphasize current, practical clinical information, drug therapeutics and laboratory medicine, and includes 78 new Differential Diagnosis tables--203 in all, as well as an extensive new section on diagnostic imaging. 1. Evaluation of the medical patient -- 2. Differential diagnosis -- 3. Cardiovascular diseases -- 4. Dermatology -- 5. Endocrinology -- 6. Gastroenterology -- 7. Hematology/oncology -- 8. Infectious diseases -- 9. Nephrology -- 10. Neurology -- 11. Pulmonary diseases -- 12. Rheumatology -- 13. Interdisciplinary medicine -- 14. Procedures and interpretation of results -- 15. Laboratory values and interpretation of results -- 16. Formulary.