Description
This updated Second Edition remains an authoritative, comprehensive resource for medical students and residents of internal medicine. Included in this "essential" reference from Kelley's Textbook of Internal Medicine, Fourth Edition is a condensed version of "Rapid Access". Prepared by a new editorial board, its approach to patient evaluation and care is through diagnosis and management. Divided by organ systems, pathogenesis, differential diagnosis and common clinical presentations are discussed in an informative, clear way. Algorithms, diagrams and tables are also featured supporting the concise summaries. This new edition provides an instrumental compendium deemed appropriate for every medical student and resident.
Features
--"Approach to the patient" chapters provide the need-to-know details for patient work-up and diagnosis.
--Each section emphasizes a problem- or symptom-oriented approach to patient evaluation and differential diagnosis. This approach recognizes that a patient presents with a problem and not a disease.
--Coverage includes 10 major organ systems and disciplines of internal medicine.
--Each section emphasizes a problem- or symptom-oriented approach to patient evaluation and differential diagnosis. This approach recognizes that a patient presents with a problem and not a disease.
--Coverage includes 10 major organ systems and disciplines of internal medicine.
About the Author(s)
- H. D Humes MD
- John G. Searle Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
Specs
- Edition: Second
- Product Format: Softbound
- ISBN: 9780781719377
- Trim Size: 8 1/2 x 11
- Pages: 944
- Pub Date: Mar 2, 2001
- Weight: 4.0
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