Turn the latest research into improved patient outcomes with the #1 annual guide to internal medicine and clinical practice
Written by clinicians renowned in their respectivefields, CMDT offers the most current insight into symptoms, signs, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment for more than 1,000 diseases and disorders. You'll find concise, evidence-based answers to questions about hospital and ambulatory problems. This streamlined clinical companion is the fastest and easiest way to keep abreast of the latest diagnostic advances, prevention strategies, and cost-effective treatments.
Features and content critical to clinical practice:
Strong emphasis on the practical aspects of clinical diagnosis and patient management throughout the broad fields of internal medicine
Full review of internal medicine and primary care topics, including gynecology and obstetrics, dermatology, neurology, ophthalmology, geriatrics, and palliative care
The only text with an annual review of advances in HIV treatment
Specific disease prevention information
Hundreds of medication treatment tables, with indexed trade names and updated prices – plus helpful diagnostic and treatment algorithms
Recent references with PMID numbers
Many full-color photographs and illustrations
NEW TO THIS EDITION:
Update on the evaluation of chest pain
New algorithms for the treatment of heart failure and NSTEMI
New sections on pulmonary hypertension; treatment ofpleural mesothelioma; diagnosis and treatment of subacute,postpartum, and silent thyroiditis and amiodarone- and iodine-induced thyrotoxicosis; and treatment ofcryoglobulinemic vasculitis
New tables on preferred initial antiretroviral regimen and fixed dose antiretroviral combinations for HIV infection, and on medications for management of diabetes
Updated tables on cancer chemotherapeutic andsupportive care agents
Includes 5 online-only chapters at no additional costVisit: www.AccessMedicine.com/CMDT
