The seventh edition of this BMA award-winning pocket guide provides essential information for doctors based on the comprehensive Kumar & Clark’s Clinical Medicine – the highly respected, gold-standard textbook on the treatment and management of medical conditions.
Essentials is intended as an easy-to-access revision reference that provides important information for doctors on the ward, including normal values, medical emergencies, useful websites, abbreviations and a dictionary of terms.
This best-selling book has been fully updated and is accessible, coherent and concise, making it an essential companion for medical students, doctors and health professionals in the UK and around the world.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Any screen, Any time, Anywhere - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Preface - p. iv 7. Medical emergencies - p. vii 8. Abbreviations - p. xi 9. Significant websites - p. xxvi 10. List of Illustrations - p. xxxv 11. List of Tables - p. xxxv 12. Chapter 1: Ethics and communication - p. xxxv 13. Chapter 2: Infectious diseases - p. 11 14. Chapter 3: Gastroenterology and nutrition - p. 65 15. Chapter 4: Liver, biliary tract and pancreatic disease - p. 134 16. Chapter 5: Haematological disease - p. 192 17. Chapter 6: Malignant disease - p. 246 18. Chapter 7: Rheumatology - p. 266 19. Chapter 8: Water, electrolytes and acid–base balance - p. 319 20. Chapter 9: Renal disease - p. 344 21. Chapter 10: Cardiovascular disease - p. 397 22. Chapter 11: Respiratory disease - p. 490 23. Chapter 12: Critical care medicine - p. 552 24. Chapter 13: Clinical pharmacology and toxicology - p. 570 25. Chapter 14: Endocrine disease - p. 583 26. Chapter 15: Diabetes mellitus and other disorders of metabolism - p. 643 27. Chapter 16: The special senses - p. 676 28. Chapter 17: Neurology - p. 689 29. Chapter 18: Dermatology - p. 776 30. Chapter 19: Elderly medicine and frailty - p. 793 31. Normal values - p. 815 32. Dictionary of terms - p. 819 33. Index - p. 830
The seventh edition of this BMA award-winning pocket guide provides essential information for doctors based on the comprehensive Kumar & Clark’s Clinical Medicine – the highly respected, gold-standard textbook on the treatment and management of medical conditions.
Essentials is intended as an easy-to-access revision reference that provides important information for doctors on the ward, including normal values, medical emergencies, useful websites, abbreviations and a dictionary of terms.
This best-selling book has been fully updated and is accessible, coherent and concise, making it an essential companion for medical students, doctors and health professionals in the UK and around the world.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Any screen, Any time, Anywhere - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Preface - p. iv 7. Medical emergencies - p. vii 8. Abbreviations - p. xi 9. Significant websites - p. xxvi 10. List of Illustrations - p. xxxv 11. List of Tables - p. xxxv 12. Chapter 1: Ethics and communication - p. xxxv 13. Chapter 2: Infectious diseases - p. 11 14. Chapter 3: Gastroenterology and nutrition - p. 65 15. Chapter 4: Liver, biliary tract and pancreatic disease - p. 134 16. Chapter 5: Haematological disease - p. 192 17. Chapter 6: Malignant disease - p. 246 18. Chapter 7: Rheumatology - p. 266 19. Chapter 8: Water, electrolytes and acid–base balance - p. 319 20. Chapter 9: Renal disease - p. 344 21. Chapter 10: Cardiovascular disease - p. 397 22. Chapter 11: Respiratory disease - p. 490 23. Chapter 12: Critical care medicine - p. 552 24. Chapter 13: Clinical pharmacology and toxicology - p. 570 25. Chapter 14: Endocrine disease - p. 583 26. Chapter 15: Diabetes mellitus and other disorders of metabolism - p. 643 27. Chapter 16: The special senses - p. 676 28. Chapter 17: Neurology - p. 689 29. Chapter 18: Dermatology - p. 776 30. Chapter 19: Elderly medicine and frailty - p. 793 31. Normal values - p. 815 32. Dictionary of terms - p. 819 33. Index - p. 830
