Full Description
Significantly updated with the latest developments in diagnosis and treatment recommendations, Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2020 features the popular "5 books in 1" format to organize vast amounts of information in a clinically relevant, user-friendly manner. This efficient, intuitive format provides quick access to answers on 1,000 common medical conditions, including diseases and disorders, differential diagnoses, and laboratory tests - all reviewed by experts in key clinical fields. Updated algorithms, along with hundreds of new figures, tables, and boxes, ensure that you stay current with today's medical practice.Contains significant updates throughout, covering all aspects of current diagnosis and treatment.Features 27 all-new topics including chronic traumatic encephalopathy, medical marijuana, acute respiratory failure, gallbladder carcinoma, shift work disorder, radial tunnel syndrome, fertility preservation in women, fallopian tube cancer, primary chest wall cancer, large-bowel obstruction, inguinal hernia, and bundle branch block, among others.Includes a new appendix covering Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Measures. Provides current ICD-10 insurance billing codes to help expedite insurance reimbursements. Patient Teaching Guides for many of the diseases and disorders are included, most available in both English and Spanish versions, which can be downloaded and printed for patients.Offers access to exclusive online content: more than 90 additional topics; new algorithms, images, and tables; EBM boxes; patient teaching guides, color images, and more.Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Contents
Section I1 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. to . 964 Zika VirusTotal topics: 964 / Total PRINT topics: 588 [This edition includes 27 new Sect I topics, with 68 existing topics moving to E-only]Section II: Differential DiagnosisSection III: Clinical AlgorithmsSection IV: Laboratory Tests and Interpretation of ResultsSection V: Clinical Practice GuidelinesAppendix I: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Ia: Definitions of Complementary and Alternative Medicine TermsIb: Relaxation TechniquesIc: Overview of Selected Natural ProductsId: Natural Products and Drug InteractionIe: Commonly Ingested Plants with Significant Toxic PotentialIf: Herbs Associated with ToxicityIg: Websites Providing Data on Herbal Therapy HazardsAppendix II: NutritionIIa: Dietary Supplements: What Every Primary Care Provider Should KnowIIb: Vitamins and Their FunctionsIIc: Nutritional Trace Elements and Their Clinical ImplicationsIId: Summary of Vitamin and Mineral DeficienciesAppendix III: Acute PoisoningIIIa: Historical and Physical Findings in PoisoningIIIb: Recognizable Poison SyndromesIIIc: Antidotes and Indications for UseIIId: Management of Acute PoisoningIIIe: Pathophysiology, Clinical Effects, and Management of Specific Drugs and ToxicantsIIIf: Accidental Poisoning by an Exposure to Other Drugs Acting on the Autonomic Nervous System [NEW]Appendix IV: Impairment and Disability IssuesAppendix V: Protection of TravelersAppendix VI: Physician Quality Reporting System Measures [NEW] Appendix VII: Patient Teaching Guides (available online)
