Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2008 (CMDT 2008)
S. J. McPhee M.O.  Médecine interne
Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2008 Lange medical series
Year : 2008
1696 p. - 55 illustrations
The ultimate clinical companion: know what the experts know - and make it part of your practice!

In this trusted text, you'll find the most current insights into symptoms, signs, epidemiology, etiology, and treatment for over 1,000 diseases and disorders. Turn to any topic, and you'll find on-the-spot answers to your questions for both hospital and ambulatory medicine. This streamlined, authoritative reference gets you up to speed-fast-on the latest medical advances, prevention strategies, cost-effective treatments, and more. No wonder it's the most popular annually updated text in internal medicine!
CONTENTS
1. General approach to the patient; Health Maintenance & Disease Prevention
2. Common Symptoms
3. Preoperative Evaluation & Perioperative Management
4. Geratric Medicine
5. Care at the End of Life
6. Skin, Hair & Nails
7. Eye
8. Ear, Nose & Throat
9. Lung
10. Heart
11. systemic Hypertension
12. blood Vessels & Lymphatics
13. Blood
14. Alimentary Tract
15. Liver, Biliary Tract, & Pancreas
16. Breast
17. Gynecology
18. obstetrics
19. Allergic é Immunologic disorders
20. Arthritis & Musculoskeletal Disorders
21. Fluid & Electrolyte Disorders
22. Kidney
23. Urology
24. Nervous system
25. Psychiatric disorders
26. Endocrinology
27. Diabetes Mellitus é Hypoglycemia
28. Lipid Abnomalities
29. nutrition
30. General problems in infectious Diseases
31. HIV Infection
32. Infectious Diseases : Viral & Rickettsial
33. Infectious Diseases : Bacetrial & Clamydial
34. Infectious Diseases : Spirochetal
35. Infectious Diseases : Protozoal & Helminthic
36. Infectious Diseases : Mycotic
37. Anti-infective Chemotherapeutic & Antibiotic Agents
38. Disorders Due to Physical Agents
39. Poisoning
40. Cancer
41. Medical genetics
42. Diagnostic Testing & Medical Decision Making
43. Information Technology i n patient Care: The Internet, Telemmedicine, & Clinical
      Decision Support
44. Complementary & alternative Medicine
Appendix: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring & Laboratory Reference Ranges
index
The authoritative source for clinical diagnosis and patient management that provides guidance for more than 1,000 common diseases and disorders.
* Detailed, up-to-date coverage of ail adult primary care topies, including gynecology, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, dermatology, neurology, and urology
* Expanded information on health maintenance, including the prevention of obesity
* Extensive coverage of hypertension, with updated recommendations from the JNC report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
* New immunization tables presenting the latest guidelines for adults and children
* Developments in HIV infection, including new treatment regimens
* Hundreds of drug treatment tables, with the latest recommendations
* Diagnostie and treatment algorithms
* Expert guidance on new therapies in alternative and complementary medicine
* Easy access to drug dosages, updated priees, and indexed trade names