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PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE CARE OF THE MEDICAL PATIENT
Practical Guide to the Care of the Medical Patient
With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access
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Seventh Edition

By
Fred Ferri, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor, Brown University Medical School; Chief, Division of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Health Services and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, Providence, RI

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Description
If you need a practical, portable resource to get you through your internal medicine clerkship or residency, this book is the answer! It zeroes right in on the differential diagnoses, clinical findings, lab values, and treatment guidelines you need to diagnose and manage more than 225 disorders, signs, and symptoms...and makes them easy to access quickly! This 7th Edition covers 53 new differential diagnoses and 37 new topics...includes more color dermatology images...and features a more compact format for increased portability and ease of use. It also offers you access to the full text online at www.studentconsult.com.

Audience
Medical students, internal medicine residents

Contents
1. Evaluation of the Medical Patient

2. Differential Diagnosis

3. Cardiovascular Diseases

4. Dermatology

5. Endocrinology

6. Gastroenterology

7. Hematology/Oncology

8. Infectious Diseases

9. Nephrology

10. Neurology

11. Pulmonary Diseases

12. Rheumatology

13. Interdisciplinary Medicine

14. Procedures and Interpretation of Results

15. Laboratory Values and Interpretation of Results

16. Formulary


APPENDIXES

I. Frequently Used Clinical Formulas

II. Nomogram for Calculation of Body Surface Area

III. Parameters of Nutritional Assessment

IV. Toxic and Therapeutic Serum Values of Selected Drugs



Bibliographic details
Paperback, 1120 pages, publication date: DEC-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-04836-1
ISBN-10: 0-323-04836-6
Imprint: MOSBY


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