Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2006 & FIRST Consult Textbook, CD-ROM & PocketConsult Handheld Software with 1 year access to FIRST Consult Hardcover - 2005

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Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2006 is a fast, effective way to access important diagnostic and therapeutic information. Its "5 books in 1" format offers key information on diseases and disorders . differential diagnosis . clinical algorithms . laboratory evaluations . and clinical preventive services. Covering over 1,000 current topics, this resource is a must-have, all-in-one guide to accessing clinical information quickly and efficiently.

• Features annual revisions for up-to-the minute patient care information.
• Presents cross-references, outlines, bulleted text, tables, boxes, and algorithms for rapid access to key information.
• Provides cost-effective referral and consultation guidelines.
• Includes more than 200 lab tests with normal values and interpretation of results.
• Incorporates the most common childhood diseases in the Diseases and Disorders section.
• Provides billing codes, including ICD-9-CM codes to expedite insurance claims and reimbursements.
• Offers website addresses for additional resources and support.
• Contains 51 new entries in the Differential Diagnosis section, such as anion gap increase, dry eye, leukocoria, and others.
• Includes an expanded Clinical Algorithms section with more than 37 new algorithms, including gout, pain control, and stroke.
• Presents 26 never-before covered topics to the Diseases and Disorders section, such as encephalopathy, progressive supranuclear palsy, spinocerebellar ataxias, and many more.
• Features a new section editor, Mitchell Feldman, who incorporates his expertise of psychiatric and behavioral medicine into the Diseases and Disorders section.
• Discusses timely topics, including diabetic polyneuropathy . neuropathic pain . neuropathy, peripheral hereditary . panic disorder . body dismorphic disorder . narcissistic personality disorder . and many more.