Prepared by specialty fellows and residents in the Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, and reviewed by attending physicians in each field—every Subspecialty Consult is a concise, practical tool that delivers the on-the-spot help you need to provide quality patient management. You'll learn how to take the call, ask the right questions, look for history/exam findings, order the right tests, work-up the patient, and formulate a management plan. Everything you need to review the diagnosis and treatment plan with the attending physician on staff—then administer the appropriate treatment!
• Coverage of inpatient and outpatient approaches features the same front-line practicality as The Washington Manual® of Medical Therapeutics.
• Symptom- and disease-oriented sections address both chronic and acute problems to prepare you for any scenario.
• Broad scope helps you determine what infections a patient might be at risk for, how an infection might have been acquired, how to evaluate and manage the patient, and what complications to expect.
• Chapters on a range of problems address bioterrorism, STDs, HIV, systemic mycosis, infectious diseases of the eye, respiratory tract, urinary tract, and skin.
• Key points to remember" at the end of each chapter alert you to must-know diagnostic and treatment information.