Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2013,5 Books in 1, Expert Consult - Online and Print,1: Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2013

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Elsevier Health Sciences, Jan 1, 2012 - Medical - 1656 pages

With the 2013 edition of Ferri's Clinical Advisor, you can access current diagnostic and therapeutic information on more than 700 common medical conditions faster and more effectively than ever before. Dr. Ferri's popular "5 books in 1" format provides quick guidance on vitamin-D deficiency, statin-induced muscle syndrome, postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS), and much more. With Expert Consult online access, you can search the complete contents, review 40 online-only topics, and download patient teaching guides.



Rapidly find the answers you need with separate sections on diseases and disorders, differential diagnosis, clinical algorithms, laboratory results, and clinical preventive services, plus an at-a-glance format that uses cross-references, outlines, bullets, tables, boxes, and algorithms to expedite reference.

Review

 normal values and interpret results for more than 200 lab tests.

Get the insurance billing codes you require

, including ICD-9-CM codes, to expedite insurance reimbursements.

Improve your practice's efficiency

 with cost-effective referral and consultation guidelines.

Access an abundance of online-only material at

www.expertconsult.com, including EMBs, Suggested Reading, and Patient Teaching Guides, as well as additional algorithms to accompany those in the print version.

Identify and treat a broader range of disorders with 25 new topics in the Diseases & Disorders section, including vitamin-D deficiency, oral cancer, hypovitaminosis, sarcoma, hyperemesis in pregnancy, androgen deficiency in the elderly male, statin-induced muscle syndrome, and more.

Improve your interpretation of presenting symptoms

 with 41 new topics and 7 new references in the Differential Diagnosis section.

Access current diagnostic and therapeutic information on more than 700 common medical conditions.

 

Contents

Section II Differential diagnosis
1182
Section III Clinical algorithms
1287
Section IV Laboratory tests and interpretation of results
1443
Section V Clinical preventive services
1489
Appendix
1543
Index
1559
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About the author (2012)

Fred Ferri is a Clinical Professor of Community Health at the Alpert Medical School, Brown University and author of over 30 medical books. He has been the best-selling medical author in the United States over the past 25 years and is also well known and respected internationally. He has been a visiting Professor at other medical schools and many of his books have been translated in several languages. In addition to his numerous publications, he has had a distinguished academic career at Brown University where he has received several awards for his dedication to teaching including the Brown University Excellence in Teaching award and Dean's teaching Award, and with the American College of Physicians where he was inducted as a Fellow in the ACP and has been a recipient of the Irving Addison Beck Award from the Rhode Island Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Ferri is a practicing physician at Ocean State Medical, a group primary care practice that he established in 1984 and still runs along with two other partners and his two sons.

Bibliographic information

TitleFerri's Clinical Advisor 2013,5 Books in 1, Expert Consult - Online and Print,1: Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2013
ClinicalKey 2012
Ferri's Clinical Advisor
Ferri's Medical Solutions Series
AuthorFred F. Ferri
Editionillustrated
PublisherElsevier Health Sciences, 2012
ISBN0323083730, 9780323083737
Length1656 pages
Subjects › 

Medical / Clinical Medicine
Medical / Diagnosis
Medical / Family & General Practice
Medical / Health Care Delivery
Medical / Practice Management & Reimbursement
  
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