This manual is a concise reference for the busy clinician in need of immediate medical information. Its purpose is to provide a fast and efficient way to identify important clinical, laboratory, and diagnostic imaging information.
To limit its size to a pocket reference, less emphasis has been placed on pathophysiology and epidemiology, with more emphasis on practical clinical information. Clinical algorithms and tables have been used extensively throughout the manual to simplify difficult topics and to enhance recollection of principal points. It is hoped that its concise style will help the reader, particularly during an active clinical service, when time to read is extremely limited.
For the 8th edition we have added color images to most of the medical disorders online to facilitate identification and understanding of these illnesses and help with Board preparation.
The combination of practical clinical information with drug therapeutics, procedures, diagnostic imaging, and laboratory medicine makes this manual unique and useful, not only to medical residents and students, but also to practicing physicians and allied health professionals. I wish to thank the many thousands of physicians who have made the prior editions a best-seller in medical publishing and hope that future users will find this edition the most useful medical handbook that they will ever purchase during their training.
-- Fred F. Ferri, MD, FACP
Pearls of Wisdom in Medicine
From Matz R: Principles of Medicine, NY State J Med 77:99-101, 1977
- 1. Common things occur commonly.
- 2. When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras.
- 3. Place your bets on uncommon manifestations of common conditions, rather than common manifestations of uncommon conditions.
- 4. If what you are doing is working, keep on doing it.
- 5. If what you are doing is not working, stop doing it.
- 6. If you don't know what to do, don't do anything.
- 7. Above all, never let a surgeon get your patient.
Key Features
- Focused content highlights the vital links between neurology and other medical specialties, promoting a better understanding of all disciplines, as well as enhancing patient care.
- Provides the practical and expert guidance of Dr. Fred Ferri, a leading teacher, clinician, and author.
- Presents the latest clinical information, drug therapies, and lab tests to help you confidently manage patients.
Website Features
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Contents
Section 1
Chapter 1 - Surviving the Wards
A. Evaluating the Patient (H&P)
- 1 The Medical History
- 2 The Physical Examination
- 3 The Elderly Patient
- 4 Diagnostic Aids
B. Charting
- 1 Admission Orders
- 2 Lab Shorthand Notation
- 3 Dictating The H&P
- 4 Progress (Soap) Note
- 5 Consult Note
- 6 Preoperative Note
- 7 Operative Note
- 8 Procedure Note
- 9 Discharge Summary
- 10 Pronouncing Death While on Call
- 11 Discharge Against Medical Advice (AMA)
- References
C. Evaluating the Labs
D. Diagnostic Tests: The Basics
- 1 The Chest X-Ray
- 2 The Electrocardiogram
- 3 The Pulmonary Artery Catheter (Swan-Ganz)
- 4 Pulmonary Function Tests
- 5 Mechanical Ventilation
- Indications for Mechanical Ventilation
- ICU Sedation
- Common Modes of Mechanical Ventilation
- Selection of Ventilator Settings
- Major Complications of Mechanical Ventilation
- Withdrawal of Mechanical Ventilatory Support
- Failure to Wean from Mechanical Ventilator
- Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
- 6 Pacemakers
- 7 Prosthetic Heart Valves
E. Procedures
- 1 Lumbar Puncture
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Procedure
- Interpretation of Results
- 2 Thoracentesis
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Localization of Pleural Effusion
- Procedure
- Complications
- 3 Paracentesis
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Procedure
- Interpretation of Results
- Complications
- 4 Arthrocentesis
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Procedure
- Interpretation of Results
- Complications
- 5 Radial Artery Cannulation (A-Line)
- Indications
- Procedure
- 6 Central Venous Access (CVP Line)
- Indications
- Anatomy for Central Venous Catheter Placement
- Principles of Internal Jugular and Subclavian Vein Catheterization
- Specific Sites
- Contraindications
- Complications
- Reference
F. Facts and Formulas
- 1 Cardiovascular
- 2 Pulmonary
- 3 Renal Fluids, Electrolytes
- 4 Calcium
- 5 Nutrition
- 6 Epidemiology
- 7 Miscellaneous
G. Formulary
- 1 IV Drips
- 2 Steroid Conversion Table
- 3 Regular Insulin (SC) Sliding Scale
- 4 Opioid Analgesics Dosing Table
- 5 Heparin Sliding Scale
- 6 Nutrition Feeds
- 7 Therapy for Common Side Effects
- Nausea/Vomiting
- Constipation
- Sedation
- Pruritus
- Key Concepts
- Reference
H. DVT Prophylaxis
I. ACLS ALGORITHMS
- 1 Pulseless Arrest
- 2 Bradycardia
- 3 Tachycardia
Section 2
Chapter 2 - The Differential Diagnosis: Zebras or Horses?
Section 3
Chapter 3 - Diseases and Disorders
Product Details
- Ring-bound: 616 pages
- Publisher: Mosby; 8 edition (2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0323071589
- ISBN-13: 978-0323071581
- Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.5 x 0.8 inches
List Price: $54.95