The Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization provides general cardiology fellows, nurses, and technicians entering the cardiac catheterization laboratory a practical guide addressing key aspects of left and right heart catheterization, selective coronary angiography, and the utilization of other invasive cardiology procedures for diagnostic purposes.
Learn all you need to know about gastrointestinal drugs and their clinical use with this one-stop, rapid reference pocket guide.
This book has excellent pictures and descriptions. Not for a novice reader. It is expensive for a paperback, but the information is very accurate and useful.
A quick-reference guide to neuromusculoskeletal evaluations. This handy, pocket-sized reference provides critical information on the physical examination, special tests, and basic treatment options for common conditions in an outline format for every body area. Includes at-a-glance tables containing indications and contraindications for specific physical therapy modalities.
Practicing physical medicine and rehabilitation physician Grant Cooper, MD, provides a concise step-by-step approach to confidently establishing a working clinical diagnosis and finding appropriate treatment options for the most common musculoskeletal ailments. Organized by body region and written with superb clarity, this guide details the important questions to ask in history taking, the physical examination maneuvers appropriate for each pathology, the possible explanations and additional tests needed to diagnose the condition, and the most up-to-date treatment options available. The author offers clear explanations why each step in the history and physical examination is performed and discusses the basic pathophysiological processes involved. The ailments covered include neck and shooting arm pain; shoulder pain; elbow pain; wrist and hand pain; low back, hip, and shooting leg pain; knee pain, ankle pain, and foot pain. Numerous photographs demonstrate the correct hands-on methods for physical examination of the patient.
I am a family doctor and have used this book for 25 years. My medical school gave me one and I have not been without. It keeps me always thinking. I think every doctor should have one.
This new edition is a comprehensive, yet concise text that provides current treatment protocols and practical pharmacological information for GI Disease. Each chapter addresses a specific GI disease or condition and provides a list of all agents available for that condition, including all brand and generic names, indications, contraindications, lactation and pregnancy information, doses, routes of administration, duration, and relative cost. The text is also supplemented with tables, algorithms, and key references.
Extremely helpful for my medicine clerkship, and will likely be helpful on sub-i. Nevertheless, I’m not sure it will be worth its weight as an intern. It’s somewhat difficult to reference compared to digital resources, and you need to half-remember what you’re looking up just to understand all of the abbreviations. Would highly recommend including a digital app that is less abbreviated. Personally, I may try to keep using it, but may end up relying on Washington Manual, Epocrates, and Sanford guide apps as an intern instead.
The revised, updated Fifth Edition of this pocket book is a handy reference to consult when making bedside interpretations of clinical data. Remarkably complete for its small size, the book lists nearly 200 symptoms, physical signs, laboratory test results, and radiologic findings and their differential diagnoses.
my husband was using ” pocket medicine ” for a years.. and i have been waiting for OBGYN edition. i was soooo excited . and i was not disappointed,,,, for a week now every time i got the answer i need from my pocket. thank you for everyone who make my dream true.
I have been using Pocket Medicine since being a wee little OMS-3. I can tell you that this thing has been the most amazing reference book in my life. I’ve seen them all (Washington Manual, UCSF’s hospitalist handbook, the ICU book, etc). I’ll be honest, being an attending, I’ve been using uptodate more now than this book but as a medical student/resident, this book is amazing. What makes this book such an amazing reference is that they actually write down the article/journal that they are referencing to if you wish to expand your knowledge base with the original research. I’ve known the details of this series for many years. See my older reviews on Pocket Medicine to see what I think about the series. Again, for the newcomers, welcome to medicine and if you’re looking for a reference book, this shall be your bible. The style is that same Pocket Medicine style with lots of abbreviations, and references. If you are having trouble figuring out what that abbreviation is in the book, check the back of the book. If you can get a copy off your colleague, I recommend taking a look first before jumping the gun and buying it without looking at how this is written. I’ve seen people be put off by the style and so I recommend doing this first if you’re completely unfamiliar with the series. Before, I would be searching things very fast on this book. But given the speed of the uptodate app on my phone, I’ll admit I haven’t been using this little buddy as much. The pocket book fits in any white coat. Now I will present changes/differences: New sections (not all inclusive): Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices, Toxicology, Lung Transplant, Dysmotility and Nutrition, Disorders of Colon, Intestinal Ischemia. Some of these were renamed sections. I haven’t used the book enough to tell you if these changes make a difference if you’re thinking about upgrading from purple. New references: qSOFA for sepsis, cardiac risk assessment tables has been slightly simplified (although the basics are the same), JNC 8 is in the book. The controversial lipid guidelines from AHA are in the book now. Ophthalmic issues section has been changed a lot (I liked the purple version better but maybe its because I’m just used to it). Dislikes: the book I bought uses a more similar flimsy paper as in the purple version. I miss the paper they used in green. But what I was really MAD about is that the publisher didn’t do a good job at screening the hole punches and it was hole punched slightly off and now the first couple pages have already ripped out. I’m very unhappy about this but I did not subtract a star as the rating is about the content. Bottomline: it’s the same old pocket medicine you love and see your colleagues use. Is it worth upgrading? absolutely not. Will I stop buying future issues? I’m thinking this may be the last one I upgrade as I probably use uptodate more often now as an attending but I can appreciate all of the information that is needed to update this little book. Again, borrow one to see if you like the style before buying this. Again, like all of my previous reviews: I didn’t get paid by Dr Sabatine or Wolters Kluwer for this review. Also a moment of silence for my purple version. RIP my battered and time tested purple version, RIP.
This was only my second pocket series book, I used the pocket obstretrics and gynecology first and it was excellent. Thus, I was expecting the same from this pocket pediatrics book. Sadly, the appendix is not good at all so in a pinch on my clinicals it was useless for me to pull this out and try to find things quickly. If you have time to read it in advance and tab important, high yield subjects in advance it would be fine. However, I ended up buying the Harriet Lane Handbook and love it. If the appendix hadn’t been so bad I would have rated this book 4.5 stars as it has good info (esp. for ambulatory peds) but when you don’t have time to read/preview it before rotations start then you can skip it and go to the Harriet Lane Handbook in my opinion.
The newest addition to the indispensable Pocket Medicine series offers a range of vital clinical data on obstetrics and gynecology care. Pocket Obstetrics and Gynecology is the definitive on-the-spot, real-world guide, written by residents and packed with need to know information. Perfect for forming initial care plans during rounds. Prepare yourself today!
love this book. I am only 8weeks into my degree and it has been thoroughly used and studied. great for lectures and quick reference without the huge text books. good starting place for basic research and anatomy.
Prepared by residents and attending physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital, this pocket-sized loose leaf binder is created in the style of Pocket Medicine, one of the best-selling references for medical students, interns, and residents, and focuses on Pediatrics. This product can be used on the wards and for candidates reviewing for pediatric board exams.
Clear, Concise evidence based information. Lots of pictures, diagrams and text boxes with clinical tips and concepts.
Functional Anatomy gives you all the essentials of examination and diagnosis in a convenient, user-friendly format. With the emphasis on practical, step-by-step guidance, this handy volume is specially designed to include helpful diagrams, tables, tips and summary boxes to give you quick access to key information with the minimum of fuss.
This is an excellent, concise review book. I’ve been working as a Hospitalist for the past 2 years. I’ve recently transioned to outpatient medicine. I felt a little rusty on certain topics such as health maintenance, women’s health, pharyngitis etc. This little book has been extremely helpful. It’s small enough to carry in my white coat everyday. I love that the references are next to the guidelines. I have used this book almost daily. There are a lot of abbreviations, but there’s a legend in the back of the book so it’s really not a big deal. I would recommend this book without reservation!
