Description
Recommended in the Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library – April 2001 & 2003 Established for over 40 years as the “Bible of the medical ward, The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics is now in its Thirty-First Edition uupdated up to the moment of publishing to put current, accurate dosages and evidence-based patient management recommendations at your fingertips. Inpatient management has been expanded and chapters on medical consultation, hospital-acquired infections, pain management and palliative care in oncology have been added. There are also Appendices on drug therapy that been have been redone in quick -scanning table format. The book’s handy pocket size, easy to use outline format, bold headings, plentiful charts and tables, and extensive index ensure fast access to specific information. FEATURES: The “Bible” of the medical ward ! Handy pocket size, easy to use outline format, plentiful charts/tables and an extensive index Organised by body system Updated up to the moment of publishing for current, accurate dosages / evidence based patient management Expanded coverage of new hypertensive agents Expanded chapters on inpatient managment, medical consultation, hospital acquired infrections, and pain management! The JNC VII guidelines for the management of hypertension A new section on medical consultation New coverage of differential diagnosis of ischemic chest pain, diagnostic testing and risk stratification, acute respirtory distress syndrome, eosinophilia, bio-terrorism, West Nile virus, nosocomial infections, opportunistic infections, practical aspects of hospitalisation; pain managment and palliative care and immunologic therapy ALSO IN PDA FORMAT! Lecturers – Click here to order a Review Copy of this title
