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Crash Course - your effective every day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have all the information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success. A winning formula now for over 15 years, each series volume has been fine tuned and fully updated, with an improved layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by junior doctors - those who understand what is essential for exam success - with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result is a series of books which exactly meets your needs and you know you can trust. Building on the success of previous editions, this new volume provides a concise account of the broad range of general medicine from the most salient features of history taking and clinical examination to investigations and further management. The staggering progress of medicine and the relentless growth of information available can be daunting - included here are carefully selected key developments from recent years most relevant to your course and modern clinical medicine. This clear overview will prove invaluable throughout your undergraduate years, leading up to your finals exams and well in to your first years of practice.

This 4th edition of "The Washington Manual Internship Survival Guide" contains all the essential information needed for a successful internship. Designed to help residents improve their skills from their very first day on the wards, this pocket-size reference book offers practical medical advice for the top 10 workups and common calls and complaints residents will encounter during their rotations, including key history, what not to miss, and when to call for help. Features: includes a quick-reference detachable 12-panel pocket card with step-by-step instructions and full-color illustrations of procedures; new sections offer valuable insights into patient safety and risk management; expanded coverage gives reader a better understanding of pain management and critical care; and thorough updates give residents the most current medical practices.

A concise pocket reference that correlates drug information to specific disease states Acute Care Therapy: A Clinician's Guide facilitates evidence-based decision making for drug therapy. This carry-anywhere, quick-access guide assists the reader in understanding why a particular drug should be used to treat a specific internal medicine disease state. Features Disease-specific dosing information Clinical pearls discuss side effects, mechanisms of action, etc. Lists additional resources that direct the reader to available data providing more comprehensive information

Some of the most important and best lessons in a doctor's career are learnt from mistakes. However, an awareness of the common causes of medical errors and developing positive behaviours can reduce the risk of mistakes and litigation. Written for Foundation Year doctors, trainees and general practitioners, and unlike any other clinical management title available, Avoiding Errors in General Practice identifies and explains the most common errors likely to occur in an outpatient setting - so that you won't make them. The first section in this brand new guide discusses the causes of errors in general practice. The second and largest section consists of case scenarios and includes expert and legal comment as well as clinical teaching points and strategies to help you engage in safer practice throughout your career. The final section discusses how to deal with complaints and the subsequent potential medico-legal consequences, helping to reduce your anxiety when dealing with the consequences of an error. Invaluable during the Foundation Years, Specialty Training and for Consultants, Avoiding Errors in General Practice is the perfect guide to help tackle the professional and emotional challenges of life as a GP.

Data interpretation questions based on clinical cases are a popular means of testing medical students both during undergraduate studies and as an element of finals examinations. Written by a small team of authors with extensive teaching experience, 100 Cases in Medical Data Interpretation provides invaluable guidance from lecturers who understand from personal experience that detailed and accurate explanations are the key to successful revision. This book presents 100 cases arranged by specialty area-radiology, clinical chemistry, haematology and cardiology-as well as a random section of miscellaneous cases. Questions accompanying each case prompt the reader to consider how the data presented might be correctly understood. A clear discussion of how the correct answer was reached, with boxed highlights and bullet lists of key points, makes this book an excellent learning aid during all stages of clinical studies, and particularly while preparing for medical finals.

Il testo offre allo studente una visione d'insieme sui concetti essenziali della Medicina Interna al fine di conoscere le caratteristiche cliniche delle varie condizioni morbose, le basi biologiche dei processi patologici, la diagnosi e il trattamento delle patologie comunemente osservate nella pratica clinica. Una parte del testo, inoltre, è dedicata alle problematiche assistenziali tipiche delle diverse professionalità, insieme ad una più generale di proposizioni di casi clinici e domande per la verifica individuale della preparazione. Questa edizione è stata notevolmente arricchita con nuovi contenuti aggiornati. Gli argomenti vengono trattati in modo schematico, ma completo, e per favorire un facile e rapido apprendimento il testo è corredato da numerose tabelle e materiale iconografico. La caratteristica principale di questa edizione, infatti, riguarda l'inserimento di numerose fotografie ottenute durante gli esami diagnostici. Ogni illustrazione è stata esaminata attentamente e molte di quelle che sono state utilizzate per la presente edizione sono state rielaborate. I casi clinici sono stati attentamente riesaminati e sono stati aggiunti nuovi casi, anche il glossario è stato accuratamente rivisto e sono stati inseriti nuovi termini utili. All'interno del testo sono stati inseriti degli approfondimenti che affrontano argomenti di attualità con maggior dettaglio.

Complete, yet concise, "Medicine: A Competency-Based Companion" provides the core information you need to think like an experienced clinician during your medical rotation. This handy, pocket-sized medical reference book hones in on the must-know differential diagnoses of the common medical presentations and guides you through the most up-to-date and effective approaches to treatment, equipping you to excel.

Perioperative Medicine uses a concise, highly practical, bulleted format designed to ensure rapid comprehension of key concepts and reinforce the reader's understanding of complex topics in perioperative medicine. It contains authoritative, up-to-date coverage of the most essential concepts in perioperative care from preoperative risk assessment to postoperative follow-up. The Editor and his contributors use their expert insight and experience to provide an in-depth review of comorbid conditions, patient and surgery-specific risk assessment, and common postoperative complications. This new book reviews recent developments in the field, including published guidelines, and emphasizes an evidence-based, cost-effective approach designed to ensure quality, patient safety, and optimal outcomes. It is intended for use by hospitalists, general internists and subspecialists as well as anesthesiologists, surgeons, and residents in training who are caring for patients before and after surgery.

Gli autori propongono un quadro concettuale di riferimento entro cui sviluppare i temi dell'anziano fragile e dell'organizzazi

The Oxford Textbook of Medicine is the definitive textbook of medicine: the trusted and ultimate reference. It is the only textbook to give a global account of modern medical practice. Written by world experts, its emphasis is on giving practical guidance on clinical management and the prevention of disease.

Fully adapted for the UK market by two paramedic lecturers and a team of highly-specialised contributors, "Sanders' Paramedic Textbook" gives you everything you want in a paramedic textbook and more! Packed with valuable support materials this textbook is a comprehensive learning tool for both first time and refresher paramedic students containing everything in one convenient volume.

Dare risposta e conforto a ogni assistito pone il medico di medicina generale davanti a un annoso dilemma: tentare di risolvere il quesito proposto o indirizzare la persona malata a uno specialista qualificato. Nel primo caso vi sarà il rischio di non curare al meglio la persona bisognosa di cure, nel secondo vi sarà il rischio di ricoprire soltanto una carica burocratica. Conoscere tutta la medicina è impossibile. Quello che è doveroso fare è tentare di orientarsi nel migliore dei modi ogni qualvolta un quesito clinico viene proposto. Da questo imperativo l'idea di pubblicare questo testo che non ha la pretesa di spiegare la Patologia Medica nella sua interezza, ma di essere di aiuto nel lavoro di ogni giorno. Un volume che aiuti il medico di medicina generale nello svolgimento della propria attività clinica e che lo faciliti nella diagnosi e nella terapia delle più frequenti patologie che giungono alla sua attenzione.

"Learning Clinical Reasoning" uses a case-based approach to teach students the basics of clinical reasoning. The first section explains the chief components of the clinical reasoning process, such as generating and refining diagnostic hypotheses, using and interpreting diagnostic tests, assembling a working diagnosis, therapeutic decision making, and examining and applying evidence, and also includes a discussion of cognitive errors. The second section contains 69 cases in which clinicians 'think out loud' about diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas, and the authors critique these clinicians' reasoning. This edition has thirty new cases from the "New England Journal of Medicine" and other sources and expanded discussions of evidence-based medicine, clinical practice guidelines, and cognitive errors.

The Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence provides an alternative to the burgeoning repositories of trial data for students, trainees and researchers looking for the key evidence affecting medical practice. Recognising the growing importance of evidence-based medicine (EBM) to both the study and practice of medicine and surgery, the editors have aimed to provide a quick-reference text that presents the key data, facts, and evidence informing medical and surgical practice. Introductory chapters give the 'uninitiated' reader a firm footing in the history of EBM and its current importance within medical science. Readers are introduced to the statistical methods and tools needed to critically analyse trial data, providing a key for the terms and statistical methods encountered in the book and within clinical research as a whole. Leading figures in the major specialties have selected and summarised the most important modern trials, creating a two-page format for each study which distils the key information. Highlighted boxes identify the study type and evidence-level attained, while analysis of the key message and impacts of the trial firmly place the evidence into a practical setting for the reader. Key study features and results are examined, while the difficulties or problems associated with the trials are outlined. This is essential reading for everyone with an interest in the fundemental evidence underpinning modern practice.

Worldwide, undergraduate medical curricula are moving towards integration of basic medical and clinical sciences to enhance student understanding of how the basic sciences underpin clinical medicine. Recent rapid progress made in the understanding of cellular mechanisms and genomics, together with developments in technical clinical procedures, means that the amount of factual knowledge required for the effective practice of medicine can be overwhelming for the undergraduate. Understanding and synthesis of this knowledge is essential for effective application to the practice of clinical medicine. The team of clinical and scientific experts on this book integrates information from the diverse branches of medical science (such as cellular biochemistry, anatomy, physiology and genetics) with clinical examples to illustrate how dysfunction leads to disease. This book will give students of medicine a strong grounding in the basic sciences and how they inform clinical practice and medical understanding.