Internal Medicine On Call

4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! "This is a very well organized, valuable tool for busy house officers to access necessary and useful information for the care of their patients."--Doody's Review Service The ON CALL Series *Concise and portable for “on-the-spot” treatment advice *Comprehensive overview of the initial evaluation and treatment *Features the most frequently encountered problems in a specialty *Includes laboratory and diagnostic tests, procedures, and commonly used medications *Perfect for residents and students on the wards Over 60 of the most common internal medicine problems. Thoroughly revised to include new laboratory tests and a therapeutics section with over 100 new drugs.

4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! "This is a very well organized, valuable tool for busy house officers to access necessary and useful information for the care of their patients."--Doody's Review ServiceThe ON CALL Series *Concise and portable for “on-the-spot” treatment advice *Comprehensive overview of the initial evaluation and treatment *Features the most frequently encountered problems in a specialty *Includes laboratory and diagnostic tests, procedures, and commonly used medications *Perfect for residents and students on the wards Over 60 of the most common internal medicine problems. Thoroughly revised to include new laboratory tests and a therapeutics section with over 100 new drugs.

A concise, portable, and hands-on reference that focuses on the initial evaluation and treatment of 64 of the most frequently encountered problems in internal medicine. This user-friendly reference is logically organized with quick-access reference to the management of problems encountered in the inpatient setting.

A reference for internal medicine housestaff and medical students, this manual assists in the initial evaluation and treatment of potentially life-threatening as well as frequently encountered problems. Each on-call problem is introduced with a case scenario followed by questions which the clinician must initially ask. A differential diagnosis is given, and evaluation and recommended treatments are outlined. The appropriate use of laboratory tests, proper procedural techniques, and frequently used medications are included, as well as blood component therapy and ventilator management.

Imprint. Provides practitioners and medical staff with the necessary information to initially evaluate and treat on-callproblems and emergency situations. Adapted for Australian practitioners. Author Napier Thomson professor Monash Medical School.

On Call begins with a newly-minted doctor checking in for her first day of residency--wearing the long white coat of an MD and being called "Doctor" for the first time. Having studied at Yale and Dartmouth, Dr. Emily Transue arrives in Seattle to start her internship in Internal Medicine just after graduating from medical school. This series of loosely interconnected scenes from the author's medical training concludes her residency three years later. During her first week as a student on the medical wards, Dr. Transue watched someone come into the emergency room in cardiac arrest and die. Nothing like this had ever happened to her before-it was a long way from books and labs. So she began to record her experiences as she gained confidence putting her book knowledge to work. The stories focus on the patients Dr. Transue encountered in the hospital, ER and clinic; some are funny and others tragic. They range in scope from brief interactions in the clinic to prolonged relationships during hospitalization. There is a man newly diagnosed with lung cancer who is lyrical about his life on a sunny island far away, and a woman, just released from a breathing machine after nearly dying, who sits up and demands a cup of coffee. Though the book has a great deal of medical content, the focus is more on the stories of the patients' lives and illnesses and the relationships that developed between the patients and the author, and the way both parties grew in the course of these experiences. Along the way, the book describes the life of a resident physician and reflects on the way the medical system treats both its patients and doctors. On Call provides a window into the experience of patients at critical junctures in life and into the author's own experience as a new member of the medical profession.

Feedback from users suggest this resource book is more comprehensive and more practical than many others in the market. One of its strengths is that it was written by trainees in internal medicine who understand the need for rapid access to accurate and concise clinical information, with a practical approach to clinical problem solving.