Description:
This updated ninth edition of the leading medical physical examination pocket guide available today provides concise, authoritative guidance on how to perform the patient interview, physical examination, and other core assessments. This trusted pocket-sized reference includes fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques, retaining the easy-to-follow two-column format that correlates examination techniques on the left and abnormalities (clearly indicated in red) with differential diagnoses on the right.

Now featuring an enhanced design, new content, and new student-friendly learning aids, Bates' Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, Ninth Edition, is the ideal quick-reference resource for today's medical, PA, pharmacy, and nursing students.

• NEW! Expanded Unit 1 provides an overview of the components of the patient encounter and helps you ensure the most effective information-gathering and decision-making approaches.
• NEW! Algorithms provide helpful starting approaches for patients with common presenting symptoms.
• UPDATED! Restructured Regional Exam chapters enhance your understanding of overview material, examination techniques, and health promotion and counseling considerations.
• UPDATED! Photographs, illustrations, and references reinforce key content based on the latest evidence-based information.
• UPDATED! Text boxes are numbered to provide quick access to important summaries of clinical conditions and tips for challenging examination techniques.
• Detailed, highly illustrated tables of abnormal conditions display examination and clinical information in an easy-to-find, quick-reference format.

Description:
Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022!

Confidently Perform Accurate, Efficient, and Effective Physical Examinations.
Master the techniques for successful physical examinations with the #1 choice for complete, authoritative guidance. This highly regarded text in book-only format includes fully-illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline the correct performance of the physical examination and an easy-to-follow two-column format that correlates examination techniques on the left and abnormalities (clearly indicated in red) with differential diagnoses on the right.

• NEW! Expanded Unit 1 provides an overview of the components of the patient encounter and helps you ensure the most effective information-gathering and decision-making approaches.
• NEW! Key terms are bolded in chapters and correspond to an online glossary with definitions.
• UPDATED! Expanded coverage of special populations familiarizes you with important approaches for persons who identify as LGBTQ, persons with physical disabilities, and diverse populations throughout the life cycle.
• UPDATED! Restructured Regional Exam chapters enhance your understanding of overview material, examination techniques, and health promotion and counseling considerations.
• UPDATED! Photographs, illustrations, and references reinforce key content based on the latest evidence-based information.
• UPDATED! Text boxes are numbered to provide quick access to important summaries of clinical conditions and tips for challenging examination techniques.
• Clinical pearls , printed in blue, highlight key points at a glance.
• Detailed, highly illustrated tables of abnormal conditions display examination and clinical information in an easy-to-find, quick-reference format at the end of each chapter.

Description:
Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2023!

The Washington Manual® of Medical Therapeutics, 37th Edition, provides essential information you need for successful patient care, with concise, high-yield content that reflects today's fast-changing advances in medical technology and therapeutics. Written by faculty, residents, and fellows and edited by chief residents of the distinguished Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Washington Manual presents brief, logical approaches to diagnosis and management of commonly encountered medical conditions, including new therapies that improve patient outcomes. Discover why housestaff and faculty around the world depend on this best-selling resource for day-to-day clinical practice in internal medicine.

• Provides comprehensive coverage of many areas of medicine and the core subspecialties—all at your fingertips for quick review and reference

• Features a new, colorful presentation with easy-to-follow guidelines, tables, diagrams, and dosing and treatment information

• Includes easy-to-use algorithms for fast visual guidance

• Addresses challenges that residents, interns, medical students, and other practitioners confront every day

• Features content carefully edited by Internal Medicine Chief Residents from the Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis

The Washington Manual® is a registered mark belonging to Washington University in St. Louis to which international legal protection applies. The mark is used in this publication by Wolters Kluwer Health under license from Washington University.

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• Read directly on your preferred device(s), such as computer, tablet, or smartphone.

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Description:
The fully updated fifth edition of this highly successful textbook provides an integrated symptom- and issue-based approach to internal medicine with easily accessible, high-yield clinical information. For each topic, carefully organized sections on different diagnoses, investigations, and treatments are designed to facilitate patient care and examination preparation. Numerous clinical pearls and comparison tables are provided to help enhance learning, and international units (US and metric) are used to facilitate application in everyday clinical practice.

In addition to the central tenets of internal medicine, the book covers many highly important, rarely discussed topics in medicine, including: palliative care, obstetrical medicine, transfusion reactions, needle stick injuries, interpretation of gram stain, depression and code status discussion. This fifth edition additionally includes new coverage of the coronavirus-19 and cancer survivorship while being fully updated throughout. Authors present this information in a streamlined fashion, preserving the book's pocket-sized, quick reference format.

Approach to Internal Medicine continues to serve as an essential reference primarily for medical students, residents, and fellows -- with practicing physicians, nurses, and advanced practice providers also finding the text of value as a point of care reference. 

Key Features:
Provides a rapid review of evidence-based internal medicine in a comprehensive, yet concise, format Includes new coverage of the coronavirus-19 and cancer survivorship while being fully updated throughout Includes numerous mnemonics and clinical pearls scattered throughout the book

Description:
Pocket Medicine, 8th Edition, is a must-have resource for fast answers to the diagnostic and therapeutic questions you'll face on rounds and exams. Edited by Dr. Marc S. Sabatine and compiled by residents, fellows, and attending physicians at the world-renown Massachusetts General Hospital, this best-selling reference provides dependable, up-to-date information needed to make an accurate diagnosis and develop a state-of-the-art treatment plan. Featuring easily accessible bulleted lists, tables, and algorithms, Pocket Medicine provides focused coverage of internal medicine in the traditional, easy-to-use binding you know and love.

• Offers fast and easy access to essential information on the most common disorders in cardiology, pulmonary medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, hematology-oncology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, rheumatology, and neurology.

• Includes references to landmark papers to help you intelligently answer questions on rounds-all from a trusted source acceptable for use on rounds.

• Features user-friendly tabs and a two-color design to help you find information quickly, as well as a full-color, 16-page insert featuring radiology and pathology images.

• Provides ideal coverage for medical students, interns, residents, advanced practice nurses, and PAs.

• Prepare for board exams! Mirroring the organization of Pocket Medicine, Pocket Medicine High-Yield Board Review features 500 practice questions so you can practice for your board exam.

Description:
This handy guide is packed full of information to support medical students, junior doctors and other health professionals in making an accurate diagnosis in relation to different presenting complaints.

Now in its fifth edition, the Pocketbook takes the reader through the key steps of narrowing a differential diagnosis, including history, examination and investigation findings. It has been fully updated to cover the full range of common presenting problems facing clinicians today.

This book is easy-to-read and logical, making it useful for all clinicians within a variety of settings, from the classroom to emergency department and primary care.

Key Features:

• This Fifth Edition covers 125 common presenting problems in both medicine and surgery in a consistent format.
• Each topic includes a list of all potential causes of the condition, colour coded to indicate common, occasional or rare causes. Important geographical variations are also highlighted.
• Two sections cover the differential diagnosis of biochemical and haematological disorders which provide a ready check when reviewing abnormal results
• The text includes a targeted guide to the relevant general and specific follow-up investigations which should be carried out as appropriate.
• Each topic ends with a box highlighting important learning points, or indicating symptom and signs suggestive of significant pathology which require urgent action.

New to this Edition:

• A new authorial team have thoroughly revised the contents and ensured the coverage is entirely appropriate for the book's readership.

Description:
This useful new book enables students to apply the theoretical knowledge gained in their medicine classes to clinical cases.

Students will improve their diagnostic skills as they are taken simply and logically through the steps of generating a differential diagnosis, weighing up evidence to refine a hypothesis, and constructing a management plan. Author Samy Azer guides readers to use self-directed learning to identify their learning needs and ultimately develop a deeper understanding of internal medicine.

Designed to complement and enhance recommended undergraduate medicine textbooks, this book is easy to follow and written simply, making it suitable for students who speak English as a second language.

Key Features:

• More than 50 clinical cases, covering the core undergraduate medicine curriculum
• Case discussions using a logical and scientific approach to help students achieve their own diagnoses
• Model answers for comparison, to improve learning outcomes
• Summary of fundamental points for examination revision
• Useful up-to-date resources
• Short-answer and multiple-choice questions to test knowledge
• Diagrams and tables to deepen understanding and consolidate essential concepts
• Includes an Enhanced eBook version with purchase. The enhanced eBook allows the end user to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Description:
Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2021 and 2023!

An excellent resource for appropriate test ordering and interpretation, Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, 11th Edition , helps you save time, avoid errors, and arrive at an accurate diagnosis. Organized into two easy-to-reference sections, this fully revised manual provides comprehensive, practical information on common and uncommon disease states and their diagnosis by laboratory test. The eleventh edition has been revised and reorganized based on reader feedback, helping primary care physicians, subspecialists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and medical and nursing students keep pace with a rapidly changing health care environment.

• An easy-to-use organization presents routine and lesser known lab tests first (alphabetically, with detailed descriptions), with disease states following.
• Newly concise and streamlined content is highlighted by abundant tables, algorithms, and bulleted lists and checklists.
• A new pull-out card, “Ask Before You Test, helps you remember to check key factors that affect lab tests.
• Content updates include new information in the genetic, molecular diagnostics, and neurology testing chapters.
• Frequently ordered tests are included in tabular form, as well as in a tear-out version for convenient clinical use.
• An expanded index helps you efficiently locate needed information.

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• Read directly on your preferred device(s), such as computer, tablet, or smartphone.
• Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech.

Description:
This unique book presents a wealth of information on common presentations and illnesses, presented as medical case studies. It is useful for exam preparation, as a quick reference guide for working doctors, and as an interesting read for all those interested in medicine.

250 Clinical Cases covers a wide variety of conditions, providing in-depth insights into the most relevant topics, classified by system. Cases are accompanied by common viva voce examination questions as well as more advanced level questions that will help the reader develop a deeper understanding.

Now in its sixth edition, the book has been fully updated to reflect current evidence and relevance for working doctors. It will help everyone, from medical students to consultants, to find the hidden clinical gems and historical background they need to achieve true clinical excellence.

Key Features:

• 250 clinical cases in print - provides a comprehensive overview of all relevant topics
• Conversational and accessible style - suitable for medical students
• Based on the latest evidence - provides an ideal quick reference guide
• 'Ward round' type question and answer section - ideal for exam preparation
• Cases alphabetised by system for easy navigation
• Easily portable size - fits into any medical bag
• An enhanced eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

New to this Edition:

• Self-assessment by system
• Interesting medical emergency presentations
• Procedures for the core medical curriculum
• Topics updated for clinical relevance
• Multiple choice questions replaced with open answer questions

The first case-based comprehensive textbook to address the unique health care needs of transgender and gender diverse adults

A Doody's Core Title for 2023!

Demand for state-of-the-art health care services for transgender and gender diverse communities is rapidly increasing. Transgender and Gender Diverse Health Care: The Fenway Guide offers a roadmap for clinicians to provide culturally responsive care that meets the primary, preventive, and specialty health needs of transgender and gender diverse adult patients.

With the most up-to-date scientific and clinical information, this practical guide reviews new data on terminology, demographics, and epidemiology; highlights key aspects of gender identity emergence across the lifespan; and provides guidance on both hormonal and surgical gender affirmation. Applying a health-equity model of care, this invaluable resource offers a foundation for clinicians when addressing health needs of transgender and gender diverse communities.

Transgender and Gender Diverse Health Care: The Fenway Guide features essential information that includes the following topics and more:

• The history and epidemiology of transgender and gender diverse health care
• Primary, preventive, and specialty care considerations for transgender and
  gender diverse patients
• Hormonal, surgical and non-medical gender affirmation
• Trauma-informed and gender-affirming care
• Behavior health, eating disorders and body positivity
• Reproductive health, obstetrical care, and family building
• Treatment of HIV and sexually transmitted infections
• Community building, advocacy and partnership

The Voice of Clinical Reason

A Doody's Core Title for 2023! 
Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine is the world's most trusted clinical medicine text—and a superb resource for learning the art and science of clinical reasoning. Recognized by healthcare professionals worldwide as the leading authority on applied pathophysiology and clinical medicine, Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine provides the informational foundation you need for the best patient care possible. This new edition is fully updated with timely new chapters and essential updates across the spectrum of internal medicine. 

Written and edited by the world’s top experts in their respective fields, this landmark guide provides comprehensive, accurate, and essential coverage of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. 

Harrison’s is world-renowned as the most authoritative source for: 

• Clear, concise schemas that facilitate the generation of differential diagnoses to reason efficiently through complex real world clinical cases
• The physiologic and etiologic basis of signs and symptoms, which are covered through a wealth of unsurpassed expert guidance and linked to the disease-specific chapters that follow
• Updated clinical trial results and recommended guidelines
• Excellent and extensive visual support, including radiographs, clinical photos, schematics, and high-quality drawings
• Coverage of both therapeutic approaches and specific treatment regimens
• Practical clinical decision trees and algorithms
• Organ/system-specific sections, with clinically relevant pathophysiology and practical clinical advice on the approach to the patient, strategies towards building a differential diagnosis, outstanding clinical algorithms and diagnostic schema, a wealth of clinical images and diagrams, current clinical guidelines, and general and specific approaches to therapy

Harrison’s remains the most trusted resource in a world influenced by endless sources of medical information. The most timely and comprehensive updates from the world’s top experts are featured in the 21st edition: 

• Current coverage of the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, from COVID to dementia to sepsis to multiple sclerosis to lung cancer
• Updated content that reflects new approved therapeutics and new practice-changing guidelines and evidence summaries
• More than 1000 clinical, pathological, and radiographic photographs, diagnostic and therapeutic decision trees, and clear schematics and diagrams describing pathophysiologic processes
• Numerous atlases featuring curated collections of important visual aspects of diagnosis and management
• Updated and time-saving curation and synthesis of established and new medical literature and studies
• Clinically relevant coverage of disease mechanics and pathophysiology, and related therapeutic mechanisms

Description:

Concise, conversational, entertaining, and easy to use at any level of healthcare experience, The Only Diagnostic Lab Book You'll Ever Need clarifies the when, where, why, and how of laboratory testing to help you make informed testing decisions and draw confident clinical conclusions.

This approachable how-to guide focuses on the most common and clinically useful diagnostic tests and panels employed in everyday healthcare practice, regardless of specialty, making it the ideal introduction for medical, PA, nurse practitioner, and nursing students embarking on their healthcare education. Residents, fellows, and practicing clinicians will find many new insights and clinical pearls that can immediately improve their practice and teaching.
Straightforward, clinically oriented coverage walks you through selecting and employing the right diagnostic tests from the thousands available. The result is an informative, engaging text that will help you hone your clinical reasoning and streamline your approach to ordering and interpreting lab tests in the clinical decision-making process.

• Abundant illustrations, tables, and flow charts highlight key concepts in selecting and interpreting diagnostic lab tests.
• Lively, lighthearted text gets right to the point without compromising clarity or detail.
• Discussions emphasize what the tests actually mean within the relevant clinical context, stressing understanding over memorization; you will know what to do next, what to avoid, and why.

Description:
A point-of-care guide for internal medicine trainees

When students and residents begin a new rotation in internal medicine, they often start from scratch, relying on their own research to prepare for consultations. What questions are crucial during history taking? What should the physical examination and investigations focus on? What should the consultation write-up include? Now, physician learners can turn to Vancouver Notes for Internal Medicine for guidance on conducting consultations in each of the core internal medicine subspecialties.

Vancouver Notes provides learners with an organized approach to common presentations in internal medicine. For each subspecialty, it lays out the process for identifying key information and communicating findings and management recommendations to a patient’s health-care team. Developed through the efforts of more than 90 resident physicians and faculty members at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Notes combines valuable clinical pearls in a single, accessible resource to give students and residents the tools they need to succeed from day one.

The #1 annual guide in adult internal medicine.

Each year CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment (CMDT) undergoes extensive revision to deliver new clinical developments in every field of adult internal medicine?making it the most popular annual textbook of its kind.

For more than six decades, CMDT has been disseminating authoritative information that students, residents, and clinicians need to build their medical knowledge, expertise, and confidence. Written by top experts in their fields, chapters are formatted so you can find the most relevant diagnostic tools for day-to-day practice.

CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2025 provides:

• Emphasis on the practical aspects of clinical diagnosis and disease management
• Coverage of more than 1,000 diseases and disorders
• Hundreds of quick-access drug treatment tables with indexed trade names
• Essentials of Diagnosis provides snapshot of common diseases/disorders
• Diagnostic and treatment algorithms and tables present critical information at a glance
• Carefully curated references provide peer-reviewed, evidence-based information and PMID numbers for quick online access
• Hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations

CMDT 2025 updates include:

• “Year in Review” table highlights nearly 100 recent advances impacting clinical practice
• New chapter on Substance Use Disorders
• New photos reflecting clinical conditions in a variety of skin tones
• Key updates to Viral & Rickettsial Infections chapter including concise directives on COVID-19 and measles
• Expanded coverage of major GI Disorders such as Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis