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Thoroughly updated for its Third Edition, this handbook focuses on the most commonly encountered problems in a portable and user-friendly outline format. It provides a convenient framework to help students and residents diagnose and subsequently develop an approach to address their patients' needs. Student-friendly features such as "Hot Keys," mnemonics, bolded terms, tables, illustrations, and algorithms make this book a helpful and easy-to-navigate pocket.
List of contents
GENERAL APPROACH TO MEDICAL PROBLEMS: Approach to Differential Diagnosis / Approach to Medical Decision Making / Palliative Care and Pain Management / Preventing Hospital-Acquired Complications CARDIOLOGY: Electrocardiogram (ECG) Interpretation / Syncope / Arrhythmias / Atrial Fibrillation / Chest Pain / Angina / Myocardial Infarction / Congestive Heart Failure / Shock PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE: Acute Dyspnea / Massive Hemoptysis / Approach to the Chest Radiograph / Hypoxemia / Pulmonary Function Tests / Obstructive Lung Disease / Restrictive Lung Disease / Community-Acquired Pneumonia / Pulmonary Hypertension / Pulmonary Embolism / Pleural Effusion / Respiratory Failure / Mechanical Ventilation GASTROENTEROLOGY: Abdominal Pain / Liver Tests / Acute Diarrhea / Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding / Splenomegaly / Ascites / Acute Pancreatitis / Alcoholic Liver Disease / Liver Failure RENAL/ACID-BASE: Overview of Nephrology / Acute Kidney Injury/ Nephrotic Syndrome / Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis / Renal Tubular Defects / Urinary Tract Infections / Approach to Acid-Base Disorders / Hyponatremia / Hypernatremia / Hypokalemia / Hyperkalemia / Hypertension INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Approach to Fever / Approach to Microbiology / Fever and Rash / Fever of Unknown Origin / Skin and Soft Tissue Infections / Acute Rheumatic Fever / Infective Endocarditis / CD4 Counts and Complications of HIV Infection / Pulmonary Disease in HIV-Infected Patients / Gastrointestinal Manifestations of HIV Disease / Neurologic Manifestations of HIV Disease HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY: Pancytopenia / Thrombocytopenia / Thrombocytosis / Anemia / Polycythemia / Leukocytosis / Eosinophilia / Bleeding Disorders / Hypercoagulable States / Lymphadenopathy / Lymphoma / Myeloproliferative Versus Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Acute Leukemia / Plasma Cell Dyscrasias / Metastatic Neoplasms RHEUMATOLOGY: Monoarticular Arthritis / Polyarticular Arthritis / Vasculitis ENDOCRINOLOGY: Hypercalcemia / Hypocalcemia / Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Thyroid Disease / Adrenal Insufficiency NEUROLOGY: Altered Mental Status / Peripheral Neuropathy / Vertigo / Singultus / Seizure Disorders / Stroke / Meningitis / Spinal Cord Compression DERMATOLOGY: Exanthems / Pruritus / Clubbing TOXICOLOGY: Alcohol Intoxication and Withdrawal / Toxicologic Emergencies Appendix: Procedures
Summary
Focuses on the commonly encountered problems in a portable and user-friendly outline format. This title provides a convenient framework to help students and residents diagnose and subsequently develop an approach to address their patients' needs.
