Pocket Essentials of Clinical Medicine 4th edition

• pocket-sized clinical medicine text

• derived from parent textbook: Kumar and Clark : Clinical Medicine

• succinct, readable style

• includes numerous clear line drawings

• medical emergency boxes (listed at the beginning of the book)

• practical procedures chapter

• exam questions and answers

• normal values

• abbreviations

• full colour throughout

• available in PDA (handheld) version

• new chapters on Special Senses (eyes and ENT) and Therapeutics (drugs)

• expanded Ethics and Communication chapter

Abbreviations

Normal values

Medical emergencies

1. Ethics and communication

2. Infectious diseases and tropical medicine

3. Gastroenterology and nutrition

4. Liver, biliary tract and pancreatic disease

5. Diseases of the blood and haematological malignancies

6. Rheumatology

7. Water and electrolytes

8. Renal disease

9. Cardiovascular disease

10. Respiratory disease

11. Intensive care medicine

12. Poisoning, drug and alcohol abuse

13. Endocrinology

14. Diabetes mellitus and other disorders of metabolism

15. The Special Senses

16. Neurology

17. Dermatology

18. Practical procedures

19. Therapeutics

Medicine examination questions

Dictionary of terms

Index