Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2009 (CMDT 2009)

Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2009 is the world's most popular annually updated medical reference for practitioners and medical students in both hospital and ambulatory settings. Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2009 delivers the latest developments in signs, symptoms, epidemiology, etiology, and treatment for over 1,000 diseases and disorders. This medical book delivers authoritative, evidence-based coverage of more than one thousand diseases and disorders along with a clear synopsis of diagnosis and treatment.

House officers, medical students, and all other health professions students will find the latest developments in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, with citations to the current reference, of everyday usefulness in patient care. Internists, family physicians, hospitalists, nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants, and all primary care providers will appreciate CMDT as a best literature and refresher text. Physicians in other specialties, pharmacists, and dentists will find the book a useful basic medical book. Nurses, nurse-practitioners, and physicians' assistants will welcome the format and scope of the book as a means of referencing latest medical diagnosis and treatment. Patients and their family members who seek useful information about the nature of specific diseases and their diagnoses and treatment may also find this medical book to be a valuable resource.

What is new in this edition?
# Color insert expanded to 16 pages
# Updated topics reflecting the latest epidemiology, etiology, and diagnosis and treatment recommendations
# New chapter on Disorders of Hemostasis & Antithrombotic Therapy
# Many chapters on specific disorders have been reorganized to emphasize disease states including geriatric disorders, skin disorders, disorders of the Eyes & lids, heart disorders, pulmonary disorders, gastrointestinal disturbances, disturbances nervous system, nutritional disorders, common problems in infectious diseases and antimicrobial treatment, bacterial infections and chlamydia, infections Spirochetal, and mycotic infections
# Completely revamped End of Life Chapter, now called Palliative Care & Pain Management to reflect its new emphasis
# Symptoms chapter has been expanded to include more symptoms (eg, palpitations) and provide further information on the treatment
# Reorganization Cancer chapter includes common cancers and highlights the most current therapeutic advances
# The evolution of HIV infection, including new drugs, which is currently recommended treatment, and updated information on resistance to antiretroviral drugs
# New information on alternative medicine and complementary therapies, including sections on mind-body medicine on clinical hypnosis, biofeedback, meditation, attention, stress reduction and cognitive therapy and the Guided imagery
# Update on antibiotics, antiviral and antifungal
# Drug information, bibliographies, Web sites and updated in June 2008
# Sections on asthma (includes 2007 NAEPP guidelines) and palpitations
# More algorithms throughout and increased coverage of Canadian and International Guidelines

CMDT 2009 also has outstanding features:
# Medical advances up to time of annual publication
# Information on all areas of primary health care, including gynecology, obstetrics, dermatology, ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, psychiatry, neurology, toxicology, urology, geriatrics, preventative medicine and palliative care
# Concise format, which facilitates the efficient use in any application
# More than 1,000 diseases and disorders
# Text Only with annual update on HIV infection
# Prevention and information about the cost
# Simple access to doses of drugs, the names and prices aupdated in each edition
# References with unique identifiers (PubMed, PMID numbers) quick to access article summaries, and in some cases, the full text of articles for reference.

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