Its continued publication for the past 50 years as an annually revised and updated volume is a testament to its ongoing relevance and usefulness to practicing physicians, residents, and medical students. With its ever-current information and topics of interest, CMDT is a single-source reference for practitioners in both hospital and ambulatory settings. The book emphasizes the practical features of clinical diagnosis and patient management in all fields of internal medicine and in specialties of interest to primary care practitioners and to subspecialists who provide general care.
Intended Audience
- House officers, medical students, and all other health professions students will find the descriptions of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, with citations to the current literature, of everyday usefulness in patient care.
- Internists, family physicians, hospitalists, nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants, and all primary care providers will appreciate CMDT as a ready reference and refresher text. Physicians in other specialties, pharmacists, and dentists will find the book a useful basic medical reference text. Nurses, nurse-practitioners, and physicians' assistants will welcome the format and scope of the book as a means of referencing medical diagnosis and treatment.
- Patients and their family members who seek information about the nature of specific diseases and their diagnoses and treatment may also find this book to be a valuable resource.
New in this Edition - Full-color photos and illustrations integrated with text throughout book, including much expanded dermatology and ophthalmology images.
- Newly introduced topics: E. coli O145, floppy iris syndrome, and expanded coverage of H1N1 influenza A.
- New information: emerging role for B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) as marker of early left ventricular myocardial failure, new approaches to correction of aortic stenosis and to aortic regurgitation in Marfan syndrome, risks of typical and atypical antipsychotic medications, and new hypoglycemic agents.
- Substantial update on cardiology and hypertension, including use of stents and cardiac resynchronization therapy with biventricular pacemaker insertion, recent ACC/AHA criteria for appropriateness of coronary revascularization, use of prasugrel and clopidogrel versus aspirin in prevention of stent thrombosis, dronedarone and catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and dabigatran versus warfarin in prevention of atrial fibrillation-related stroke, as well as guidelines for developing an effective antihypertensive regimen.
- Updated information on pathogenesis and treatment of immune and drug-induced thrombocytopenia, new investigational anticoagulants such as rivaroxaban and idraparinux, risk stratification and prophylactic regimens for deep venous thrombosis and venous thromboembolism, and a prognostic model for pulmonary emboli.
- Expanded information on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, treatment of pharyngitis and laryngitis, approaches to the diagnosis of syphilis, diagnosis and complications of borreliosis and common coinfections, acute and chronic viral hepatitides, amyloidosis, treatment and prognosis of venous stasis ulcers, and therapy for heat stroke and burns.
- Substantially updated treatment sections: HIV infections and AIDS and advances in therapy for breast cancer in women.
- Updated section on immunization requirements.
- New CMDT Online chapter on Sports Medicine & Outpatient Orthopedics.
Outstanding Features
- Medical advances up to time of annual publication
- Detailed presentation of all primary care topics, including gynecology, obstetrics, dermatology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, psychiatry, neurology, toxicology, urology, geriatrics, orthopedics, preventive medicine, and palliative care
- Concise format, facilitating efficient use in any practice setting
- More than 1000 diseases and disorders
- Only text with annual update on HIV infection
- Specific disease prevention information
- Easy access to drug dosages, with trade names indexed and costs updated in each edition
- Recent references, with unique identifiers (PubMed, PMID numbers) for rapid downloading of article abstracts and, in some instances, full-text reference articles
- ICD-9 codes listed on the inside covers
CMDT Online (www.AccessMedicine.com) provides full electronic access to CMDT 2011 plus expanded basic science information and five additional chapters. The five online-only chapters (Anti-infective Chemotherapeutic & Antibiotic Agents, Diagnostic Testing & Medical Decision Making, Basic Genetics, Information Technology in Patient Care, and Sports Medicine & Outpatient Orthopedics) are available at www.AccessMedicine.com/CMDT. CMDT Online is updated quarterly and includes a dedicated Media Gallery as well as links to related Web sites. Subscribers also receive access to Diagnosaurus with 1000+ differential diagnoses, Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 5th edition, and CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Primary Care, 2008.
Product Details
- Paperback: 1808 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 50 edition (2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071700552
- ISBN-13: 978-0071700559
- Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 2.3 inches
List Price: $75.00