Evidence-based treatment information covering common complaints, acute diseases, and chronic illnesses. Diagnosis, therapy, drug protocols, and treatment pearls presented in boxes and tables for point-of-care answers to common clinical questions.

Evidence-based coverage of more than 1,000 diseases and disorders along with a concise, yet thorough synopsis of diagnosis and treatment. Covers all aspects of outpatient and inpatient care, and also includes discussion of new developments and breakthroughs in medicine.

Easy access to answers to over 1,000 common medical conditions, including diseases and disorders, differential diagnoses, clinical algorithms, laboratory tests, and clinical practice guidelines-all carefully reviewed by experts in key clinical fields.

The latest in disease mechanisms, updated clinical trial results and recommended guidelines, state-of-the art radiographic images, therapeutic approaches and specific treatments, demonstrative full-color drawings, and practical clinical decision trees and algorithms.

Introducing an innovative, systematic approach to understanding differential diagnosis, trains students and other learners to think like clinicians and master the methodology behind diagnosing the most commonly encountered conditions in internal medicine.

Demonstrates how to take a history and carry out proficient clinical examination, to elicit the key clinical symptoms and signs of disease. It covers general principles, relevant history, examination and investigations for all the major body systems - and how to effectively apply these skills to specific clinical situations.

Includes fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline the correct performance of the physical examination and an easy-to-follow two-column format featuring examination techniques and abnormalities with differential diagnoses.