The original Scut Monkey Handbook is the market-leading survival guide for the wards and in the clinic! This portable, pocket-sized "manual of manuals" provides essential patient care information for medical students. You will find totally up-to-date coverage of current treatment protocols and step-by-step information on the history and physical examination, differential diagnosis, key lab and diagnostic tests, and much more. Revised format and design delivers bulleted, concise information as well as numerous flow charts and tablesThoroughly updated and revised with particular attention on topics such as clinical microbiology, critical care, emergencies, and commonly used medications
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. History and Physical Examination
2. Chartwork
3. Differential Diagnosis: Symptoms, Signs, & Conditions
4. Laboratory Diagnosis: Chemistry, Immunology, & Serology
5. Laboratory Diagnosis: Clinical Hematology
7. Clinical Microbiology
8. Blood Gases and Acid-Base Disturbances
9. Fluids and Electrolytes
10. Blood Component Therapy
11. Nutrition Support, Enteral Nutrition, and Infant Feeding
12. Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)
13. Bedside Procedures
14. Pain Management
15. Imaging Studies
16. Introduction to the Operating Room
17. Suturing Techniques and Wound Care
18. Respiratory Care
19. Basic ECG Reading
20. Critical Care
21. Emergencies
22. Commonly Used Medications
Leonard Gomella, MD, FACS is Chairman of the Dept. of Urology, Jefferson Medical College.
Steven Haist, MD, MS is Professor of Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center.
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