CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2002

"A remarkable precis of the art and science of medicine." American Family Physician* "Provides a convenient, economical, up-to-date reference for all branches of hospital and ambulatory care medicine. forty-first edition CURRENT Medical Diagnosis Treatment 2002 Edited by Lawrence M. Tierney, Jr., MD Stephen J. McPhee, MD Maxine A. Papadakis, MD The best source for the latest information on over 1,000 diseases and disorders, features: * New methods in diagnosis, prevention, and cost-effective treatment * New recommendations on anti-infective therapy * Current practice in the treatment of HIV infection, including the latest multi-drug therapies * Alternative and complementary medicine described and evaluated * Information technology relevant to patient care, including telemedicine, use of the Internet, and clinical decision support * Updated drug dosages and costs * Drug trade names indexed * Complete listing of Poison Control Centers with telephone numbers * Annotated recent references and key Internet addresses for peer-reviewed current medical information, including: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention traveler's and immunization information; National Institutes of Health Consensus Statements; and The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of the United States Public Health Service Clinical Guidelines * Of the 36th edition ** Of the 33rd edition