Efficiently access current diagnostic and therapeutic information on more than 700 common medical conditions! Dr. Ferri's popular "5 BOOKS in 1" format provides concise, easily searchable information on an exhaustive list of conditions, signs and symptoms, and tests encountered in primary care.
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• Review normal values and interpret results for more than 200 lab tests.
• Confidently perform, more than 60 procedures using step-by-step, how-to instructions covering ICD-9 and CPT codes, indications, contraindications, J, and complications.
• Identify and treat a broader range of disorders with coverage of 24 new topics, 75 new tables, and 60 new algorithms as well as 7 new laboratory Tests and 2 new Clinical Practice Guidelines tables.
• Ensure the best patient encounters and outcomes with 86 new downloadable Patient Teaching Guides online covering acute coronary syndrome, diabetes Insipidus, electrical injury, pulmonary hypertension, and more!
• Improve your interpretation of presenting symptoms with 97 new topics In the Differential Diagnosis section, including amnionic fluid alpha-fetoprotein elevation, back pain, bone mass, calcifications, delirium, gastric dilatation, heart failure, muscle disease, sore throat, urinary retention, valvular heart disease, and vegetative state.