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by: Theodore X. O'Connell
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616
EAN: 9781416052968
ISBN: 1416052968
Label: Saunders
Manufacturer: Saunders
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 408
Publication Date: May 20, 2008
Publisher: Saunders
Sales Rank: 29804
Studio: Saunders
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Product Description:
This portable pocket resource and quick refresher in the brand new Instant Workups series helps you develop and refine your diagnostic skills. Practical and easy-to-use, it includes the 70 most commonly encountered medical conditions and presents clear workup plans for each, giving students, residents, and practitioners quick and focused guidance. Topics are organized alphabetically and cover the signs, symptoms, and abnormal lab readings for all conditions. Replace information taken from memory or multiple references with one concise, indispensable book so you can make accurate diagnoses in less time!
- Covers the 70 most commonly encountered medical conditions to provide you with a practical and useful manual for daily practice.
- Reflects how a patient actually presents with an organization by presenting sign, symptom, or lab abnormality for easy reference.
- Includes a brief background discussion on each topic, followed by lists of important related materials (such as medications that may contribute to each condition) and laboratory and/or radiographic tests to be ordered.
- Describes each diagnostic test so you can refresh or familiarize yourself with the purpose of the test.
- Provides a sound framework for building a workup with algorithms for each topic.
Look for these other titles in the Instant Workups series:
A Clinical Guide to Pediatrics
A Clinical Guide to Ob-Gyn
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Fantastic resource
This is one of the most user-friendly, comprehensive resources I've come across in many years and is quickly making its way towards the top of my "must have" recommendations list. The way that it is organized makes it easy to accurately diagnose. Because it addresses all relevant issues and conditions that may present, it ensures a proper work-up. A fantastic resource!
Rating: - A great refresher to improve your diagnostic skills
This is a great and superbly laid out book. Whether you are still in school or just want to use it as a quick refresher, this book will assist you and help improve your diagnostic skills.
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