Handbook of current diagnosis & treatment
This handbook aims to provide doctors in training and practice with expert recommendations on diagnosis and treatment of all major diseases and disorders. The disorders are arranged alphabetically for fast access and the book also includes a symptom index. Information is condensed into a double-page...
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Churchill Livingstone/Current Medicine
©1995
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Add Tag | Summary: | This handbook aims to provide doctors in training and practice with expert recommendations on diagnosis and treatment of all major diseases and disorders. The disorders are arranged alphabetically for fast access and the book also includes a symptom index. Information is condensed into a double-page spread, including clinical pictures, tables and algorithms. Each double-page spread presents diagnosis on one page and treatment on the other. Diagnosis and management of each disorder is considered under the following headings: diagnosis; symptoms; signs with explanatory notes of their significance; investigations, including physical examinations and laboratory tests that can be used to aid diagnosis; complications; differential diagnosis; aetiology and epidemiology; treatment - diet and lifestyle; criteria for treatment; pharmacological treatment with details of drug dosages; treatment aims; other treatment options; prognosis and progression; follow-ups and management; and key referenc |
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| Item Description: | Includes indexes |
| Physical Description: | xxi, 494 pages color illustrations 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780443056000 0443056005 9780443056017 0443056013 |
Current consult medicine 2006