Guía que contiene todos los elementos necesarios para el manejo clínico y tratamiento y que puede utilizarse a la cabecera del paciente. Sus autores, de reconocido prestigio internacional, el profesor Kumar y el profesor Clark, junto con un nutrido grupo de colaboradores, consiguen cubrir la necesidad manifestada repetidamente por estudiantes y porfesionales acerca de poder disponer de una obra de estas caracterísitcas. La presente obra recoge lo esencial de las descripciones detalladas y los tratamientos que aparecen en el libro Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine. La obra se centra fundamentalmente en la parte terapéutica, sobre qué procedimientos utilizar, cómo y sobre todo, por qué; en qué prescribir, cuándo y cómo y por qué. Como un valor añadido respecto a la obra de referencia, se ha añadido información acerca de las pruebas y el diagnóstico de ciertas enfermedades. Su estilo, claridad, diseño a todo color y su manejabilidad, así como su rigor científico, hacen que sea obra de primera elección para todos aquellos profesionales que desarrollan su actividad a pie de cama y para aquellos que atienden a pacientes en situaciones urgentes.

Readers of Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine have consistently requested a handbook with the essentials for medical management and therapeutics, and this new handbook concentrates on the therapeutic side of what procedures to perform, how and - critically - why. Written by young doctors at the forefront of healthcare delivery, Kumar & Clark's Medical Management and Therapeutics is portable, easy to access when you need it most, and full of cutting edge information and insights. "Snappy and concise, just what the junior doctor ordered!" - Dr Lyn D Ferguson, FY1 "Prescriptive and to the point" - Catherine Drouot, 3rd year medical student, Barts "An excellent text for both medical students and junior doctors alike." - Dr Lucy Blair, FY1 - Pocket-sized ward reference - Concentrates on the management and treatment of medical disorders - For junior doctors and senior medical students - Perfect complement to Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine and Ballinger's Essentials of Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine

Intended for undergraduates, this book has been revised to reflect recent advances in medical knowledge, diagnosis and treatment. It includes a rewritten chapter on genetics and immunology, integrating molecular biology and expanded sections on STDs, diagnostic imaging techniques and rheumatology.

In the new third edition of this popular multidisciplinary text, Elaine Atkins, Jill Kerr and Emily Goodlad continue to advance the field of orthopaedic medicine. Always inspired by the work of Dr James Cyriax, this edition, renamed A Practical Approach to Orthopaedic Medicine, updates techniques and incorporates recent research discoveries into the text. There are also self assessment tasks to test your understanding of orthopaedic medicine on EVOLVE, an online electronic learning solution site designed to work alongside textbooks to stimulate clinical reasoning and to enhance learning. The introductory chapters deal with the principles of orthopaedic medicine, with the following chapters taking the clinician through the practice of orthopaedic medicine joint by joint. This edition includes: Substantially revised chapters Extended evidence-based commentaries underpinning indications and contraindications to treatment of spinal lesions Expanded critique of the treatment of peripheral joints including recent advances in the approach to tendinopathy Clearly described and illustrated injection and manual techniques New page layout for easy navigation Foreword by Monica Kesson A Practical Approach to Orthopaedic Medicine is a complete reference source that provides the most up-to-date principles and practice for students and postgraduate medical practitioners, physiotherapists and other allied health professionals, including podiatrists and osteopaths. It is essential reading. Substantially revised chapters Extended evidence based commentaries underpinning indications and contraindications to treatment of spinal lesions and expanded critique of the treatment of peripheral joints including recent advances in the approach to tendinopathy Clearly described and illustrated injection and manual techniques Fresh new format for easier reading Foreword by Monica Kesson