Internal Medicine: Handbook for Clinicians

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Summary: A quick yet thorough reference
Review: An broad and impressive array of medical information and pearls; complete with comprehensive tables for quick and easy recall and references to primary literature sources for more in depth study. A must for the medical student/house staff looking to practice truly evidenced-based medicine.

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Summary: Perfect Pocket Book
Review: As a health care professional (not a medical student or resident), I found this book extremely informative. The information is current in dealing with today's primary care issues. The book's format is easy to access. Information is organized and concise. It provides a quick look at guidelines for clinical care. I would recommend this reference book for anyone who is dealing with general medicine.

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Summary: A pre-med student's review
Review: Even as a pre-med student with basic medical knowledge from biology and biochemistry, I was able to easily follow the flow charts, diagrams and explanations. The book greatly added to my basic understanding of the body's systems and I'm sure will be a "hot commodity" in my years to come.

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Summary: BWH resident opinion
Review: Ever since I started carrying this book around, I have had no use for all the other cards and books I used to carry. In fact this book and the palm pilot with epocrates are the only things a medical resident should ever need. The information is complete, concise and up to date with full references. The book is well written, perfectly layed out and easy to navigate. And of importance to any housestaff/medical student, it's small and light and fits in any coat pocket...

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Summary: Lighter Coat Pockets...
Review: Ever since I started carrying this book around, I have had no use for all the other cards and books I used to carry. In fact this book and the palm pilot with epocrates are the only things a medical resident should ever need. The information is complete, concise and up to date with full references. The book is well written, perfectly layed out and easy to navigate. And of importance to any housestaff/medical student, it's small and light and fits in any coat pocket...

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Summary: An MGH medical resident's perspective
Review: This book is now literally the only book (besides my Palm Pilot) I carry on the wards. It has an amazing wealth of information from ECG criteria for the diagnosis of wide complex tachycardia, to Coumadin dosing algorithms, to guidelines for thyroid nodule evaluations. All guidelines/recomendations are extensively refrenced to the primary literature. Ounce for ounce, the best and most comprehensive medical handbook!

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Summary: Very handy, concise supplement to Ferri's Guide
Review: This handbook is a perfect complement to Washington Manual and Ferri's Guide. It probably could not, and should not, be used as a stand-alone guide but as a peripheral brain it is just small enough, light enough and packed with enough information about the more common conditions to be considered as yet another weight to add to your coat pocket.

It has some strong chapters, such as Infectious Disease and Cardiology but hardly anything on Oncology and Endocrinology. In the effort to contain topics to 1 or 2 pages, the authors obviously could not pack as much information as one would want, but then that's what textbooks and PDAs are for.

Overall, very useful during rounds and when on house officer call.

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Summary: BWH resident opinion
Review: This is the best handbook out there. In the past I have used the MGH manual, Ferri and the Washington manual, as well as one I made myself. There is no question that this is the only book, aside from Sanford, that I use on a daily basis. I use it for calculations, quick reviews, and even for teaching. On more than one occasion I have based a lecture on the format used in this handbook.