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. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Any screen, Any time, Anywhere - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Preface - p. vii 7. Medical emergencies - p. ix 8. Abbreviations - p. xiii 9. Significant websites - p. xxvii 10. 1. Ethics and communication - p. 1 11. 2. Infectious diseases - p. 12 12. 3. Gastroenterology and nutrition - p. 66 13. 4. Liver, biliary tract and pancreatic disease - p. 135 14. 5. Haematological disease - p. 193 15. 6. Malignant disease - p. 247 16. 7. Rheumatology - p. 267 17. 8. Water, electrolytes and acid–base balance - p. 320 18. 9. Renal disease - p. 345 19. 10. Cardiovascular disease - p. 398 20. 11. Respiratory disease - p. 491 21. 12. Critical care medicine - p. 553 22. 13. Clinical pharmacology and toxicology - p. 571 23. 14. Endocrine disease - p. 584 24. 15. Diabetes mellitus and other disorders of metabolism - p. 644 25. 16. The special senses - p. 677 26. 17. Neurology - p. 690 27. 18. Dermatology - p. 777 28. 19. Elderly medicine and frailty - p. 794 29. Normal values - p. 817 30. Dictionary of terms - p. 820 31. Index - p. 831
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. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Any screen, Any time, Anywhere - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Preface - p. vii 7. Medical emergencies - p. ix 8. Abbreviations - p. xiii 9. Significant websites - p. xxvii 10. 1. Ethics and communication - p. 1 11. 2. Infectious diseases - p. 12 12. 3. Gastroenterology and nutrition - p. 66 13. 4. Liver, biliary tract and pancreatic disease - p. 135 14. 5. Haematological disease - p. 193 15. 6. Malignant disease - p. 247 16. 7. Rheumatology - p. 267 17. 8. Water, electrolytes and acid–base balance - p. 320 18. 9. Renal disease - p. 345 19. 10. Cardiovascular disease - p. 398 20. 11. Respiratory disease - p. 491 21. 12. Critical care medicine - p. 553 22. 13. Clinical pharmacology and toxicology - p. 571 23. 14. Endocrine disease - p. 584 24. 15. Diabetes mellitus and other disorders of metabolism - p. 644 25. 16. The special senses - p. 677 26. 17. Neurology - p. 690 27. 18. Dermatology - p. 777 28. 19. Elderly medicine and frailty - p. 794 29. Normal values - p. 817 30. Dictionary of terms - p. 820 31. Index - p. 831
