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Covers all clerkship requirements Can be used effectively with any reference book on the market Audience: Medical Students, Internal Medicine Residents, Family Medicine Residents, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants Content is backed up by evidence-based findings and references

The most convenient, quick-access admissions guide available, packed with clinical facts, figures, and data you will refer to again and again Concise yet complete, this indispensable resource is filled with not-to-be-missed details for admissions orders and the management of newly admitted patients. Hospital Admissions delivers accurate evidence-based data covering the most common diseases and conditions you will encounter in the hospital, making it an ideal at-a-glance resource for all physicians and students writing or learning admitting orders. Features: All the clinical essentials you require for admitting new patients to the medical units-right in the palm of your hand! Clear tabular format takes you right to the information you need, helping you to avoid wasting valuable time searching for answers Easy-to-follow, consistent template for all tables, consisting of: disposition, monitoring, diet, fluids, oxygen requirements, Dx studies, prophylaxis, consult service, nursing, and medications Includes free PDA download for even more ease-of-use and greater convenience

Master the Wards: Internal Medicine Handbook improves your confidence so you can survive the clerkship and ace the shelf. With this in hand, you can arrive prepared on day 1 of your medicine rotation. Written by a residency director who has been a clerkship director--and once, long ago, a med student just like you!--this handbook presents a core set of diseases and disorders from the point of view of how patients present, and teaches you how to assess patients beginning with their chief complaints. Special features help you look like a rock star and improve patient safety: Organized by chief complaint Round-Saver tips help you delivery quality care How NOT to Kill Your Patient boxes point you to critical "don't miss" diagnoses and things to look out for Things You Will Be Asked On Rounds boxes prep you for attendings' questions

"First Aid for the Wards draws on the advice and experiences of medical students who were successful on the wards. These "secrets of success" help ease the transition from the controlled environment of the classroom to the fast-paced and active world of the hospital wards. An indispensable guide for wards students, First Aid for the Wards provides descriptions of daily responsibilities on each core rotation as well as commonly used resources for wards survival."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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.

This fast-reference guide zeroes in on the most common clinical emergencies - the breathless patient, hypotension/falling blood pressure, disordered consciousness, metabolic emergencies, poisoning, low urine output, acute chest pain, the acute abdomen, the agitated patient, and advanced life support - to supply critical information when it is most needed

Market: 3rd year medical students; IM and FP residents; nurse practitioners; physician assistants EKGs are among the most common tests in medical practice today, and demand for up-to-date books on the subject is unprecedented