Clinician's Pocket Reference (8TH SPRL)

by Gomella, Leonard G.; Haist, Steven A.; Billeter, Marianne

• ISBN13: 9780838514764
• ISBN10: 0838514766
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: McGraw Hill (Tx)

Summary

The original Scut Monkey Handbook puts all the information you need in one pocket-size reference. Here you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions that are usually found in procedure manuals, lab manuals, drug references, critical care manuals, and other sources. See for yourself why thousands of medical, dental, nursing and health professions students have made the Scut Monkey the leading survival guide on the wards and in the clinic.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii	(2)
"So You Want to Be a Scut Monkey": An Introduction to Clinical Medicine	xv
1. History and Physical Examination	1	(24)
2. Chartwork	25	(8)
3. Differential Diagnosis: Symptoms and Conditions	33	(10)
4. Laboratory Diagnosis: Chemistry, Immunology, and Serology	43	(40)
5. Laboratory Diagnosis: Clinical Hematology	83	(14)
6. Laboratory Diagnosis: Urine Studies	97	(12)
7. Clinical Microbiology	109	(38)
8. Blood Gases and Acid-Base Disorders	147	(14)
9. Fluids and Electrolytes	161	(16)
10. Blood Component Therapy	177	(8)
11. Diets and Clinical Nutrition	185	(22)
12. Total Parenteral Nutrition	207	(12)
13. Bedside Procedures	219	(74)
14. Classification Systems	293	(14)
15. Imaging Studies	307	(14)
16. Introduction to the Operating Room	321	(6)
17. Suturing Techniques and Wound Care	327	(12)
18. Respiratory Care	339	(8)
19. Basic ECG Reading	347	(20)
20. Critical Care	367	(52)
21. Emergencies	419	(30)
22. Commonly Used Medications	449	(178)
Appendix	627	(20)
Index	647
Emergency Medications (inside back cover)