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Approach to Internal Medicine

A Resource Book for Clinical Practice

  • Covers a wide range of topics, including many that are not usually discussed in other pocket books E.g., smoking cessation, obesity, transfusion reactions, needle stick injuries, code status discussion, interpretation of gram stain, palliative care, obstetrical medicine

  • New edition features fully updated content incorporating the most recent guidelines

  • Dosages provided for easy reference

  • Comparison tables between various diagnoses to facilitate learning

  • Numerous mnemonics and clinical pearls scattered throughout the book

  • Both SI and US units available

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Pulmonary Medicine

    • Ashley-Mae Gillson
    Pages 1-26
  3. Cardiology

    • Bryan Jonathan Har
    Pages 27-76
  4. Nephrology

    • Alan W. McMahon
    Pages 77-97
  5. Critical Care

    • Wendy Sligl
    Pages 99-122
  6. Gastroenterology

    • Angeli Chopra
    Pages 123-157
  7. Hematology

    • Michael H. Kroll
    Pages 159-202
  8. Oncology

    • Ahmed Eid, David Ramirez, Caren L. Hughes
    Pages 203-257
  9. Infectious Diseases

    • Stephanie W. Smith
    Pages 259-307
  10. Rheumatology

    • Steven J. Katz
    Pages 309-334
  11. Neurology

    • Michael M. C. Yeung, Ronak K. Kapadia
    Pages 335-379
  12. Endocrinology

    • Sonia Butalia
    Pages 381-408
  13. Dermatology

    • Susan Chon
    Pages 409-426
  14. Geriatrics

    • Diana Rucker
    Pages 427-438
  15. Palliative Care

    • David Hui
    Pages 439-455
  16. Nutrition

    • Raj Padwal, Kari McKnight
    Pages 457-463
  17. Obstetric Medicine

    • Eliana Castillo, Tammy Shaw
    Pages 465-478
  18. General Internal Medicine

    • Christopher Ma, Peter Hamilton
    Pages 479-494
  19. Back Matter

    Pages 495-542

About this book

This fully updated 4th Edition of provides an integrated symptom- and issue-based approach with easy access to high yield clinical information. For each topic, carefully organized sections on different diagnoses, investigations, and treatments are designed to facilitate patient care and examination preparation. Numerous clinical pearls and comparison tables are provided to help enhance learning, and international units (US and metric) are used to facilitate application in everyday clinical practice.

The book covers many highly important, rarely discussed topics in medicine (e.g., smoking cessation, obesity, transfusion reactions, needle stick injuries, code status discussion, interpretation of gram stain, palliative care), and new chapters on end-of-life care and depression have been added. The fourth edition includes many reader-friendly improvements such as better formatting, intuitive ordering of chapters, and incorporation of the most recent guidelines for each topic. Approach to Internal Medicine continues to serve as an essential reference for every medical student, resident, fellow, practicing physician, nurse, and physician assistant.

Reviews

“This is an update of a pocket-sized compendium of high-yield information on internal medicine diagnoses and differential diagnoses for busy clinicians. … The audience is clearly clinicians, and the book assumes that readers have a working knowledge of the subject. … This is an excellent and worthy pocket memory-jogger … .” (Vincent F. Carr, Doody’s Book Reviews, January, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

    David Hui

  • Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

    Alexander A. Leung

  • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Raj Padwal

About the editors

David Hui is at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.

Alexander Leung is currently in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Raj Padwal is currently at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Approach to Internal Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: A Resource Book for Clinical Practice

  • Editors: David Hui, Alexander A. Leung, Raj Padwal

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11821-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-11821-5Published: 01 October 2015

  • Edition Number: 4

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 542

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine

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eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
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  • Read on any device
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