The Essential Med Notes Clinical Handbook 2021 is a pocket-sized resource containing concise and up-to-date clinical data for on-the-spot information to assist with daily clinical encounters. Each chapter begins with a basic approach to history and physical examination, followed by common presentations and associated investigations and treatments. A pharmacology chapter at the beginning of the book provides a quick reference for commonly used medications across all specialties. The Common Procedures chapter offers helpful insight into the most commonly used medical procedures. The STAT Notes chapter offers a step-by-step approach to 30 common ward scenarios and is the ultimate guide to managing on-call issues. This book is the perfect portable complement for high-yield information contained within the Essential Med Notes textbooks!
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Essential Med Notes Clinical Handbook 2021
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Essential Med Notes Clinical Handbook 2021
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Table of contents
- CLINICAL HANDBOOK: ESSENTIAL MED NOTES HANDBOOK 2021
- Title Page
- Edition Notice
- Editors Preface
- Contributors
- Table of Contents
- Common Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in Medicine
- Other Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in Clinical Handbook
- Pharmacology
- Common Procedures
- Medical Imaging
- Ethical, Legal, and Organizational Medicine
- Anesthesia
- Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
- Dermatology
- Emergency Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Family Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- General Surgery
- Geriatric Medicine
- Gynecology
- Hematology
- Infectious Diseases
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics
- Otolaryngology
- Pediatrics
- Plastic Surgery
- Psychiatry
- Respirology
- Rheumatology
- Urology
- Vascular Surgery
- STAT NOTES
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