Clinician's Pocket Reference

✍ Scribed by Leonard G. Gomella, Steven A. Haist

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 768
• Edition: 9th
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The original Scut Monkey Handbook is the essential survival guide to have on the wards and in the clinic * Emphasis on essential information for effective daily patient management * Up-to-date coverage of today's treatments and management options * Eases the transition from the preclinical to the clinical years * Step-by-step information on the history and physical examination, differential diagnosis, key laboratory and diagnostic tests, and bedside procedures * Must-have answers on suturing techniques, total parenteral nutrition, respiratory care, ECGs, critical care, and emergencies * ''Medications'' chapter includes over 750 commonly used drugs with adult and pediatric dosages * Easy-to-read charts and tables

✦ Table of Contents

Copyright......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 8
CONSULTING EDITORS......Page 10
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 11
PREFACE......Page 14
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 16
“SO YOU WANT TO BE A SCUT MONKEY ”: AN INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL MEDICINE*......Page 26
1 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION......Page 34
2 CHARTWORK......Page 58
3 DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS: SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND CONDITIONS......Page 66
4 LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS: CHEMISTRY, IMMUNOLOGY, AND SEROLOGY......Page 78
5 LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS: CLINICAL HEMATOLOGY......Page 120
6 LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS: URINE STUDIES......Page 134
7 CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY......Page 146
8 BLOOD GASES AND ACID –BASE DISORDERS......Page 186
9 FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES......Page 202
10 BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY......Page 218
11 DIETS AND CLINICAL NUTRITION......Page 230
12 TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION......Page 252
13 BEDSIDE PROCEDURES......Page 264
14 PAIN MANAGEMENT......Page 340
15 IMAGING STUDIES......Page 350
16 INTRODUCTION TO THE OPERATING ROOM......Page 364
17 SUTURING TECHNIQUES AND WOUND CARE......Page 370
18 RESPIRATORY CARE......Page 384
19 BASIC ECG READING......Page 392
20 CRITICAL CARE......Page 414
21 EMERGENCIES......Page 470
22 COMMONLY USED MEDICATIONS......Page 500
APPENDIX......Page 664
INDEX......Page 684