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Title

Practical guide to the care of the medical patient / [edited by] Fred F. Ferri.

Publication

St Louis : Mosby, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

Ferri, Fred F.

Description

xv, 893 p. : ill.; 19 cm.

Subjects

• Medicine
• Internal medicine > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Clinical Medicine
• Diagnosis
• Handbook

Genre/Form

Handbook.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation -- 2. Medical Record Abbreviations -- 3. Approach to the Medical Patient -- 4. Preventive Care Guidelines -- 5. Data Evaluation -- 6. Differential Diagnosis -- 7. General Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose -- 8. Hypertension -- 9. Dyslipoproteinemias -- 10. Eating Disorders -- 11. Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- 12. Venous Thromboembolism -- 13. Syncope -- 14. Dementia -- 15. Rhabdomyolysis -- 16. Evaluation of the Patient in Shock -- 17. Management of Alcohol Withdrawal -- 18. Disorders of Thermoregulation -- 19. Acid-Base Disturbances -- 20. Pre-Operative Medical Evaluation -- 21. Medical Illness During Pregnancy -- 22. Acute Aortic Dissection -- 23. Cardiovascular Diseases -- 24. Dermatology -- 25. Endocrinology -- 26. Gastroenterology -- 27. Hematology/Oncology -- 28. Infectious Diseases -- 29. Nephrology -- 30. Neurology -- 31. Pulmonary Disease -- 32. Rheumatology --
• 33. Procedures and Interpretation of Results -- 34. Laboratory Values and Interpretation of Results -- 35. Medications -- 36. Comparison Tables -- App. I. Enteral Nutritional Products -- App. II. Nomogram for Calculation of Body Surface Area -- App. III. Parameters of Nutritional Assessment -- App. IV. Frequently Used Clinical Formulas (Adults) -- App. V. Determination of Caloric Needs -- App. VI. Conversion Formulas -- App. VII. Toxic and Therapeutic Serum Values of Commonly Used Drugs -- App. VIII. Clotting Mechanism.

ISBN

0815133901

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries