Description
For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Medical Secrets, 6th Edition, features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.- The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time – succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective.- Coverage includes the full range of essential topics in medicine for in-training and practicing professionals, authored by a diverse range of teachers and clinicians who cover both medical and ethical issues.- Fully revised and updated throughout, including protocols and guidelines that are continuously evolving and that increasingly dictate best practices.- Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams.
Table of Contents
TOP 100 SECRETS 1CHAPTER 1MEDICAL ETHICS 5CHAPTER 2GENERAL MEDICINE AND AMBULATORY CARE 11CHAPTER 3MEDICAL CONSULTATION 40CHAPTER 4CARDIOLOGY 54CHAPTER 5VASCULAR MEDICINE 98CHAPTER 6PULMONARY MEDICINE 109CHAPTER 7GASTROENTEROLOGY 140CHAPTER 8NEPHROLOGY 170CHAPTER 9ACID-BASE AND ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS 197CHAPTER 10RHEUMATOLOGY 220CHAPTER 11ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 258CHAPTER 12INFECTIOUS DISEASES 302CHAPTER 13ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME AND HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION 333CHAPTER 14HEMATOLOGY 357CHAPTER 15ONCOLOGY 399CHAPTER 16ENDOCRINOLOGY 431CHAPTER 17NEUROLOGY 472CHAPTER 18GERIATRICS 497CHAPTER 19PALLIATIVE MEDICINE 515
