The Osler Medical Handbook: The Johns Hopkins Hospital

This brand-new handbook covers all of the essential topics encountered in the daily practice, written by contributors from the Johns Hopkins Hospital. A volume in the Mosby Handbook series, it concisely discusses all diseases and disorders in an easy-to-follow, standardized outline format. Readers will find all of the features that have made The Harriet Lane Handbook the most popular handbook in paediatrics. Within each chapter are sections on pearls and pitfalls, differential diagnoses, algorithms, and reviews of the most current literature. And, it includes a handy formulary with complete dosage information.Uses a consistent, templated format in each chapter that includes Fast Facts - Epidemiology - Clinical Presentation - Diagnostics - Management - Pearls & Pitfalls - and References.Presents a wealth of algorithms in each chapter that facilitate diagnosis and management.Integrates evidence-based medicine and rationales throughout, with conclusions based on current, key references which are cited at each chapter's end.Includes a handy formulary at the end of the book, for instant access to dosage information.Cross references text to the appropriate information in the drug formulary.Discusses co-morbitities in each chapter as well as at-risk populations.Offers a "Fast Facts" section that provides appendices on lab values - pregnancy and medical therapeutics - drug interactions - IV preparation and administration - drugs in renal failure - immunization therapies - infection control - and critical care formulas.