Main description:

The revised, updated Fifth Edition of this pocket book is a handy reference to consult when making bedside interpretations of clinical data. Remarkably complete for its small size, the book lists nearly 200 symptoms, physical signs, laboratory test results, and radiologic findings and their differential diagnoses.

This edition has a new, more user-friendly two-color design, tabs indicating sections, and shortened lists of the most common diagnoses. An expanded section on HIV infection covers new manifestations, including immune reconstitution syndrome. The infectious disease chapter has been revised to reflect its increasing importance in clinical medicine, the emergence of multi-drug resistant bacteria, and the threat of bioterrorism.

Contents:

Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders
Mildred Lam

Cardiovascular System
Stephen N. Adler

Endocrine/Metabolic System
Thomas A. Murphy

Gastrointestinal System
Wendell K. Clarkston, Patricia Sanchez-Fermin, and Bruce R. Bacon

Genitourinary System
Mildred Lam

Hematologic System
Kyung-Whan Min

Infectious Disease
Debra Adler-Klein

Integument
Dianne B. Gasbarra

Musculoskeletal System
Dianne B. Gasbarra

Nervous System
Stephen N. Adler

Respiratory System
Dianne B. Gasbarra

HIV Infection
Debra Adler-Klein