The Osler Medical Handbook, Handbook with BONUS PocketConsult Handheld Software

A volume in the Mosby Handbook series, it concisely discusses all diseases and disorders in an easy-to-follow, standardized outline format. Readers will find all of the features that have made The Harriet Lane Handbook the most popular handbook in pediatrics. Within each chapter are sections on pearls and pitfalls, differential diagnoses, algorithms, and reviews of the most current literature. And, it includes a handy formulary with complete dosage information.


Reviews

"Basically, a medical text is deemed worthy of widespread use when it is able to convey cutting-edge data in a clear and cogent manner. And that's just what the authors and editors of Osler's have done with this manual -- buidling an in-office reference that outlines the most common diseases and disordered the clinician is likely to encounter in daily practice. As Osler's infers with its carefully ordered analysis of human health, the best doctors know that no case is routine and that no diagnosis is easy. To the contrary, sound patient care takes dedication and a mastering of the fundamentals of the scientific process, this never-ending process of testing and assessment that allows the clinician to alleviate patient suffering. In accordance with this sacred mission, The Osler Medical Handbook is an artful resource with long-lasting value. - The Electric Review, May-June 2006
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Features

•Integrates evidence-based medicine and rationales throughout, with conclusions based on current, key references which are cited at each chapter’s end. • Includes a handy formulary at the end of the book, for instant access to dosage information. • Cross references text to the appropriate information in the drug formulary. • Discusses co-morbitities in each chapter as well as at-risk populations • Offers a “Fast Facts” section that provides appendices on lab values • pregnancy and medical therapeutics • drug interactions • IV preparation and administration • drugs in renal failure • immunization therapies • infection control • and critical care formulas.
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What's New

30 dermatologic color plates for diagnostic success
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Contents

PART I ACUTE CARE OF THE ADULT PATIENT 1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Emergency Management—including management of tachycardias) 2. Procedures 3. Care of the Hospitalized Patient PART II DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC INFORMATION 4. Allergy and Immunology Anaphylaxis Drug Reactions 5. Cardiology Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter Acute Myocardial Infarction Chest Pain – Signs and Symptoms Chest Pain – ECG Chest Pain – Cardiac Markers Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Hypertensive Emergency/Urgency Pacemakers and Defibrillators Pericardial Diseases Reperfusion Therapy for Myocardial Infarction Syncope Valvular Heart Diseases 6. Dermatology Dermatologic Emergencies (including dermatologic manifestations of systemic disease; rash) Wound Care 7. Endocrinology and Metabolism Adrenal Insufficiency Diabetic Ketoacidosis/Nonketotic Syndrome (includes prevention of diabetes mellitus) Thyroid Disorders 8. Gastroenterology Abdominal Pain (including nonulcerative dyspepsia, IBS, peptic ulcer, gastritis, reflux) Acute Liver Failure and Metabolic Liver Disease (includes nonviral hepatitis, hepatic failure) Acute Pancreatitis Ascites Diarrhea Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed 9. Hematology Anemia Thrombocytopenia 10. HIV-Related Infectious Diseases Acute HIV seroconversion Cryptococcosis Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia 11. Infectious Diseases Catheter Related Blood Stream Infection Endocarditis Fever Pneumonia Meningitis Neutropenic Fever Sepsis Sexually Transmitted Diseases Soft Tissue Infections and Osteomyelitis Urinary Tract Infection Viral Hepatitis 12. Nephrology and Electrolytes Acute Renal Failure Hemodialysis Hyperkalemia Hyponatremia 13. Neurology and Psychiatry Altered Mental Status Headache Seizures 14. Nutrition Nutritional Supplementation and Management of Fluids 15. Oncology Oncologic Emergencies (including cord compression, hyperviscosity syndromes, acute leukemic blastoma, tumor lysis syndrome) 16. Pulmonology Asthma Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Cystic Fibrosis Hemoptysis Hypercarbic Respiratory Failure Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Interstitial Lung Disease Mechanical Ventilation (respiratory failure) Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome Pulmonary Embolus Pulmonary Function Tests Pulmonary Hypertension Pulse Oximetry and Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation 17. Rheumatology Acute Monoarthritis Systemic Lupus Erythematosis 18. Toxicology Alcoholic Withdrawal and Ketoacidosis (including other withdrawals, eg, heroin) PART III FORMULARY PART IV FAST FACTS AND FORMULAS


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