Established for over 40 years as the "bible" of the medical ward. The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics is now in its Thirty-Third Edition and builds upon that proud tradition--with even more of the current information you need delivered in a time-saving, quick-reference style. Its portability, comprehensiveness, and ease of access makes it a favorite on-call resource for housestaff and faculty around the world. In this edition, color has been added for better navigation, new decision support algorithms have been added, and an improved templated and bulleted format facilitates a quicker answer. With this edition you now have the capability to upload this content to your handheld device and receive updates to the information throughout the activation period. Plus, you have access to eight medical calculators that include: GFR - Cockcroft-Gault Method (Adult); Urea Reduction % (Hemodialysis); Transtubular Potassium Gradient; Osmolal Gap; Anion Gap; Serum Osmolality; Reticulocyte Index; and Body Mass Index (BMI).
Table of Contents
1: Patient Care in Internal Medicine Mark Thoelke and Christopher J. Gutjahr 2: Nutrition Support Dominic Reeds 3: Preventative Cardiology and Ischemic Heart Disease Angela L. Brown, Anne Goldberg, Kory Lavine, Andrew Kates, and Neville Mistry 4: Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy and Valvular Heart Disease Brian R. Lindman, Stacy A. Mandras, Benico Barzilai, Susan M. Joseph, and Gregory A. Ewald 5: Cardiac Arrhythmias Shivak Sharma, Daniel H. Cooper, and Mitchell N. Faddis 6: Critical Care Marin H. Kollef, Scott T. Micek, and Jen Alexander-Brett 7: Pulmonary Diseases Lee Demertzis, Tonya Russell, Robert M. Senior, Mario Castro, Luke Carlstrom, Murali Chakinala, Meena Murugappan, Alexander Chen, Ara Chrissian, Devin Sherman, Raksha Jain, and Daniel B. Rosenbluth 8: Allergy and Immunology Shirley Joo, Ritu Gupta, and Andrew Kau 9: Fluid and Electrolyte Management Bala Sankarpandian and Steven Cheng 10: Renal Diseases Seth Goldberg and Daniel Coyne 11: Treatment of Infectious Diseases Jose E. Hagan, Hillary M. Babcock, and Nigar Kirmani 12: Antimicrobials David J. Ritchie and Bernard C. Camins 13: Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Diana Nurutdinova and Turner Overton 14: Solid Organ Transplant Medicine Brent W. Miller 15: Gastrointestinal Diseases C. Prakash Gyawali and Ahmad Manasra 16: Liver Diseases Mauricio Lisker-Melman and Anil B. Seetharam 17: Disorders of Hemostasis and Thrombosis Roger Yusen, Charles Eby, and Brian F. Gage 18: Anemia and Transfusion Therapy Reshma Rangwala and Morey Blinder 19: Medical Management of Malignant Disease Boone Goodgame, Daniel Morgensztern, and Ramaswamy Govindan 20: Diabetes Mellitus and Related Disorders Janet McGill 21: Endocrine Diseases William E. Clutter 22: Arthritis and Rheumatologic Diseases Hector Molina, Christopher Phillips, and Vladimir Despotovic 23: Neurologic Disorders Victoria Sharma and Beau Ances 24: Medical Emergencies S. Eliza Halcomb, Stephan Brenner, and Michael Mullins Appendix A: Immunizations and Post-Exposure Therapies Appendix B: Infection Control and Isolation Recommendations Appendix C: Advanced Cardiac Life Support Algorithms
