Portable and easy to use, Essentials of Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine, 8th Edition, provides essential information for students and clinicians based on Kumar & Clark’s Clinical Medicine —the highly respected, gold-standard textbook on the treatment and management of medical conditions. This bestselling, BMA award-winning pocket guide is a practical revision reference for doctors on the ward, including normal values, medical emergencies, useful websites, abbreviations, and a dictionary of terms. Now fully up to date, this new edition is accessible 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. c 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Copyright - p. iv 4. Contents - p. v 5. Preface - p. vii 6. MLA Index - p. ix 7. Medical emergencies - p. xv 8. Abbreviations - p. xix 9. Significant websites - p. xxxi 10. Chapter 1 Infectious Diseases - p. 1 11. Chapter 2 Gastroenterology and Nutrition - p. 42 12. Chapter 3 Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreatic Disease - p. 90 13. Chapter 4 Haematological Disease - p. 135 14. Chapter 5 Malignant Disease and Palliative Medicine - p. 173 15. Chapter 6 Rheumatology - p. 191 16. Chapter 7 Water, Electrolytes and Acid–Base Balance - p. 230 17. Chapter 8 Renal Disease - p. 247 18. Chapter 9 Cardiovascular Disease - p. 288 19. Chapter 10 Respiratory Disease - p. 355 20. Chapter 11 Critical Care Medicine - p. 401 21. Chapter 12 Radiology - p. 416 22. Chapter 13 Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology - p. 443 23. Chapter 14 Endocrine Disease - p. 454 24. Chapter 15 Diabetes Mellitus and Other Disorders of Metabolism - p. 498 25. Chapter 16 The Special Senses - p. 526 26. Chapter 17 Neurology - p. 536 27. Chapter 18 Stroke Medicine - p. 597 28. Chapter 19 Dermatology - p. 605 29. Chapter 20 Elderly Medicine and Frailty - p. 620 30. Normal values - p. 636 31. Dictionary of terms - p. 639 32. Index - p. 647
Portable and easy to use, Essentials of Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine, 8th Edition, provides essential information for students and clinicians based on Kumar & Clark’s Clinical Medicine —the highly respected, gold-standard textbook on the treatment and management of medical conditions. This bestselling, BMA award-winning pocket guide is a practical revision reference for doctors on the ward, including normal values, medical emergencies, useful websites, abbreviations, and a dictionary of terms. Now fully up to date, this new edition is accessible 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. c 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Copyright - p. iv 4. Contents - p. v 5. Preface - p. vii 6. MLA Index - p. ix 7. Medical emergencies - p. xv 8. Abbreviations - p. xix 9. Significant websites - p. xxxi 10. Chapter 1 Infectious Diseases - p. 1 11. Chapter 2 Gastroenterology and Nutrition - p. 42 12. Chapter 3 Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreatic Disease - p. 90 13. Chapter 4 Haematological Disease - p. 135 14. Chapter 5 Malignant Disease and Palliative Medicine - p. 173 15. Chapter 6 Rheumatology - p. 191 16. Chapter 7 Water, Electrolytes and Acid–Base Balance - p. 230 17. Chapter 8 Renal Disease - p. 247 18. Chapter 9 Cardiovascular Disease - p. 288 19. Chapter 10 Respiratory Disease - p. 355 20. Chapter 11 Critical Care Medicine - p. 401 21. Chapter 12 Radiology - p. 416 22. Chapter 13 Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology - p. 443 23. Chapter 14 Endocrine Disease - p. 454 24. Chapter 15 Diabetes Mellitus and Other Disorders of Metabolism - p. 498 25. Chapter 16 The Special Senses - p. 526 26. Chapter 17 Neurology - p. 536 27. Chapter 18 Stroke Medicine - p. 597 28. Chapter 19 Dermatology - p. 605 29. Chapter 20 Elderly Medicine and Frailty - p. 620 30. Normal values - p. 636 31. Dictionary of terms - p. 639 32. Index - p. 647
