From reviews of the previous editions:

“Amazing book. The content is clear, and the recent guidelines are there!”


Acute Medicine is a current and concise guide to hospital emergency medicine for registrars, junior doctors and medical students working on the wards. This new edition has been comprehensively revised and updated to incorporate the latest treatment guidelines.

It has been substantially rewritten and streamlined to enable the reader to access the pertinent information even more quickly.

It is not just a list of instructions, but contains pathophysiology and useful clinical pearls:


detailed management of acute medical and surgical emergencies, including in pregnancy
general ward management issues
descriptions of key procedures
normal laboratory values
emergency drug formulary



More reviews of the previous editions

“… a fantastic text for any doctor regardless of their grade. The book covers a huge array of pathology and knowledge in a succinct and accessible way with easy to use chapters with superb explanations throughout. This book is an essential text for all junior doctors.”

“I can with complete confidence recommend this book to any hospital physician or trainee. It is infused with useful tips dispensed throughout the text which uniquely (compared to other texts) places you in the mindset of a senior medical registrar or consultant on take.”

“This book provides a fantastic overview of a huge range of acute presentations; conveniently organised into a systems based approach. The information covered is comprehensive, yet still conveyed in a concise manner. The layout is also consistent across the different presentations, each giving: About, Aetiology, Clinical presentation, Investigations, and Management”.