The leading annually updated general medical text! CMDT 2003 is the most comprehensive, reliable, and timely reference available to answer common questions in everyday clinical practice. Written in a concise, easy-to-read style, the text covers all aspects of outpatient and inpatient care as well as authoritative descriptions of new developments in medicine. It includes information on over 1,000 diseases and disorders with an emphasis on prevention and cost-effective treatments. CMDT 2003 also features updated information on drug dosages and updated therapeutic options in HIV, including an approach to multi-drug antiretroviral therapies

This expanded multimedia edition of "Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment" contains the complete book plus multimedia enhancements for the full range of CMDT readers, including audio, video, colour photographs and Internet connections. It features photomicrographs of relevant blood smears, urinalyses, and biopsies diagnostic testing and imaging, including electrocardiography, x-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine images. Also included are video presentations of echocardiograms and cardiac catheterization.

"We recommEND it enthusiastically ... Like us, you will probably find yourself turning to this CD time and time again." Medical Software Reviews, on the previous edition

Over 1000 audio/video/color and black-and-white photograph enhancements

HYPERTEXT linking to supplemental drug and diagnostic test information, including continuously updated links to rated and relevant Web sites

Searchable database of MEDLINE(r) abstracts from 1996-2000 for the top 27 primary care and internal medicine journals

McPhee / Papadakis / Gonzales / Tierney

EDITORS
Stephen J. McPhee, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Maxine A. Papadakis, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Ralph Gonzales, MD, MSPH
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Lawrence M. Tierney, Jr., MD
University of California, San Francisco

CONTENTS
CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2001
Tierney, McPhee, & Papadakis, eds.

Pocket Guide to Commonly Prescribed Drugs, 3rd ed.
Levine

Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 3rd ed.
(chapters 3, 4, & 6)
Nicoll, McPhee, Chou, Pignone, & Detmer

This WIN/Mac CD-ROM version of CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2001, the leading annually updated text of primary care medicine, contains extensive multimedia enhancements. Like the book, this superb CD-ROM is the perfect resource for students and clinicians.

TREATMENT ENHANCEMENTS

- Drug information supplemented by hypertext linking to Pocket Guide to Commonly Prescribed Drugs, 3rd ed.

- Color photographs of pills and capsules, searchable by color
EXPLORING THE MEDICAL LITERATURE

- References in CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2001 and Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 3rd ed., hypertext-linked to full MEDLINE(r) abstracts.

-A searchable database of 27 leading clinical journals most useful to students and clinicians with full MEDLINE(r) abstracts available from the National Library of Medicine from 1996-2000.

-Continuously updated links to over 200 rated Internet sites relevant to chapter content, accessible via your browser.

DIAGNOSTIC ENHANCEMENTS

-Physical examination findings supplemented with color and black-&-white photographs, lung sounds, and simulated heart sounds.

-Laboratory data supplemented by hypertext linking to Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 3rd ed.

-Photomicrographs of relevant blood smears, urinalyses, and biopsies.

-Diagnostic testing and imaging, including electrocardiography, x-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine images.

-Video presentation of echocardiograms (with voice-over) and cardiac catheterization.

Heart Sounds

Lung Sounds

1999-05-27 concepts made easy

Good reference when you want to have a general idea of an argument and have short time for further consultations.