Pocket Essentials of Clinical Medicine

A pocketbook of clinical medicine based on Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine, sixth edition, (and cross-referenced to it by page number). In addition to being a portable version of Kumar and Clark, this book offers added extras: e.g. exam questions, practical procedures, dictionary of terms, abbreviations, normal values and emergency boxes.

Features

* pocket-sized clinical medicine text
* derived from parent textbook: Kumar and Clark: Clinical Medicine
* succinct, readable style
* includes numerous clear line drawings
* medical emergency boxes (listed at the beginning of the book)
* practical procedures chapter
* exam questions and answers
* normal values
* abbreviations
* full colour throughout
* available in PDA (handheld) version
* new chapters on Special Senses (eyes and ENT) and Therapeutics (drugs)
* Expanded Ethics and Communication chapter

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What's New

* Derived from the latest sixth edition of Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine
* New chapter on the special senses (ENT and Eyes)
* PDA version available separately as a special pack sold with the printed version
* All chapters made more uniform in the treatment of symptoms, signs, investigations and diseases
* Ethics and communication chapter will be expanded to include record keeping, assisted suicide and other important issues
* A new chapter/section will be added on Therapeutics to cover:
* The practical use of drugs, including introductory notes on how to prescribe, writing a prescription, opiates management and other issues
* A table of the most commonly used drugs, with information on dose and route; monitoring, interaction, contraindications
* Palliative care, with specific information on drugs and other therapies used to control symmptons associated with pain control (e.g. intractable nausea)
* Exam questions re-written in new style (best of five; 'n' from many; OSCEs/case-history based questions

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Contents

Abbreviations
Normal values
Medical emergencies
1. Ethics and communication
2. Infectious diseases and tropical medicine
3. Gastroenterology and nutrition
4. Liver, biliary tract and pancreatic disease
5. Diseases of the blood and haematological malignancies
6. Rheumatology
7. Water and electrolytes
8. Renal disease
9. Cardiovascular disease
10. Respiratory disease
11. Intensive care medicine
12. Poisoning, drug and alcohol abuse
13. Endocrinology
14. Diabetes mellitus and other disorders of metabolism
15. The Special Senses
16. Neurology
17. Dermatology
18. Practical procedures
19. Therapeutics
Medicine examination questions
Dictionary of terms
Index