The 5-minute Clinical Consult, 2007 (The 5-minute Consult Series) - Hardcover

The 5-Minute Clinical Consult is a comprehensive, structured clinical resource that presents in bulleted fashion essential information about the diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up, and associated conditions of more than 600 medical conditions. With a new editor at the helm, this best-selling reference takes a more evidence-based approach.

Organized alphabetically, the book presents brief, bulleted points on disease topics in a consistent 3-column format. All topics are evidence-based and include cited evidence-based references. This edition has expanded drug therapy sections in each topic and more alternative medicine information. Revised, updated, evidence-based algorithms appear close to the relevant topics. A signs and symptoms index is also included.

A bound-in CD-ROM includes the full content of the book plus an image bank of more than 150 new full-color images.

The 5-Minute Clinical Consult, 2007 will also be available for PDAs. See PDA listing for details.

NEW TOPICS INCLUDE

• Ankle Fractures
• Anthrax
• Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
• Baker Cyst
• Barrett's Esophagus
• Bipolar Disorder
• Bladder Cancer
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Corneal Abrasion
• Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
• De Quervain Tenosynovitis
• Dependent Personality Disorder
• Diabetic Polyneuropathy
• Epicondylitis
• Essential Tremor
• Histrionic Personality Disorder
• Hot Flashes
• Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure
• Hypercoagulable State
• Metabolic Syndrome
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder
• Nosocomial Infections
• Panic Disorder
• Peripheral Arterial Disease
• Pituitary Adenoma
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Pneumonia, Aspiration
• Psychosis
• Rotator Cuff (Impingement) Syndrome
• Somatization Disorder
• Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• Trigger Finger (Digital Stenosing Tenosynovitis)
• Trochanteric Bursitis

NEW ALGORITHMS INCLUDE

• Amenorrhea, Primary
• Amenorrhea, Secondary
• Back Pain, Acute
• Bleeding, Gastrointestinal
• Breast Mass
• Dyspepsia
• Fatigue
• Hypernatremia
• Hypocalcemia
• Jaundice, Neonatal