Portable and easy to use, Essentials of Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine, 8th Edition, provides essential information for students and clinicians based on Kumar & Clark’s Clinical Medicine:the highly respected, gold-standard textbook on the treatment and management of medical conditions. This bestselling, BMA award-winning pocket guide is a practical revision reference for doctors on the ward, including normal values, medical emergencies, useful websites, abbreviations, and a dictionary of terms. Now fully up to date, this new edition is accessible and concise, making it an essential companion for medical students, doctors, and health professionals in the UK and around the world.
- New MLA index for easy navigation of content related to the MLA exam
- New chapters on Radiology and Stroke Medicine, as well as a new section on organophosphate poisoning
- Logical and easy to follow, highlighted by illustrations and tables that enhance understanding
- Includes an emergency guide for quick reference
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Table of Contents
1. Infectious Diseases2. Gastroenterology and Nutrition
3. Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreatic Disease
4. Haematological Disease
5. Malignant Disease
6. Rheumatology
7. Water, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balance
8. Renal Disease
9. Cardiovascular Disease
10. Respiratory Disease
11. Critical Care Medicine
12. Radiology (NEW)
13. Toxicology
14. Endocrine Disease
15. Diabetes Mellitus and Other Disorders of Metabolism
16. The Special Senses
17. Neurology
18 Stroke (NEW)
19. Dermatology
20. Elderly Medicine and Frailty
Authors
Nicola Zammitt Consultant Physician and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer; Clinical Director Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes (ECED);Clinical Lead Diabetes Managed Clinical Network; Foundation Programme Director (S11), Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Euan Sandilands Consultant Physician, Clinical Toxicology & Acute Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
