Author Description

Written for third and fourthyear medical students and interns, this practical pocketsized manual provides uptodate information that can be used while seeing patients in the examination room. The book is organized by chief complaint or problem, covers all problems commonly seen in an outpatient setting, and provides userfriendly information on differential diagnosis, historytaking, diagnostic tests, treatment, and patient management. The concise presentation is reinforced by mnemonics, "hotkeys", tables, figures, and algorithms.