Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2006 Instant Diagnosis and Treatment, Textbook, CD-ROM & PocketConsult Handheld Software (Clinical Advisor) Hardcover - 2005

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Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2006 is a fast, effective way to access important diagnostic and therapeutic information. Includes 534 PTGs in English and Spanish, 675 diseases and disorders - 25 of them are new, 231 Algorithms and much more. Plus you get five books in one...plus a BONUS CD-ROM and handheld PDA software. This complete package provides you with an all-in-one guide to accessing clinical information quickly and efficiently.

• Complete package includes a BONUS CD-ROM and handheld PDA software.
• 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.