num_pages: 1680
description: Whether you need to confirm critical diagnostic criteria before initiating treatment, or are trying to choose the best medical or surgical approach for a particular patient...Griffith's 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2005 ensures that the information you get is current, accurate, and accessible! Written by more than 330 expert clinicians, the latest edition of this trusted quick reference delivers on-the-spot facts on more than 1,000 medical and surgical conditions—in the famous two-page format that includes basics, diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up, and miscellaneous considerations. For easy access and rapid information retrieval, all topics are current, arranged alphabetically, and cross-indexed to synonyms. Look at all this updated edition delivers! Broad scope covers more than 1,000 commonly encountered medical problems with the most current diagnostic and treatment information available. Proven "5-Minute" format lets you locate and apply needed facts quickly. ICD-9-CM code index offers quick access to disease classification and coding data. And discover all that's NEW! More than 100 algorithms help guide your diagnostic and treatment choices, based on presenting signs and symptoms. Additional drug information provides increased detail to help refine your prescribing choices—including drug class, warnings, formulations, interactions, and pregnancy category. 77 new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force assist in screening, counseling, immunizations, and chemoprophylaxis. Free bound-in CD-ROM delivers the full text of the book. Griffith's 5-Minute Clinical Consult, 2005 is also available electronically for PDAs. See PDA listing for details.
language: English
title: Griffith's 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2005
titlecomplete: Griffith's 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2005 (Domino 5-Minute Clinical Consult)
ratings_count: 3
series: Griffith's 5 Minute Clinical Consult
publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins