Clinical Handbook of Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders

Written primarily for medical students on otolaryngology rotation, and for residents and primary care physicians who are not specialists in this area, The Clinical Handbook of Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders serves as a ready-reference clinical handbook of current diagnostic and therapeutic management of ear, nose, and throat disorders. The book takes a symptom-oriented approach that provides practical algorithms for diagnosis and management that make it an ideal quick reference. The appendixes describe pharmaceuticals commonly used in otolaryngologic practices and instruments that are necessary for a complete otolaryngologic examination.

Authors William R. Wilson and Joseph B. Nadol, Jr., are chiefs of their divisions of otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery and otolaryngology, respectively, at major American medical centers. The authors include the basic information non-otolaryngologists need to diagnose and treat ear, nose, and throat disorders, and provide lists of recommended readings and a comprehensive index. The Clinical Handbook of Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders serves, as its title implies, as a handbook and quick reference of current diagnostic and therapeutic management of ear, nose, and throat disorders.

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Reviewer:David B. Conley, MD(Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)
Description:This handbook covers the major topics of clinical otolaryngology and the topics are well organized by clinical disorders, a format that facilitates its use as a reference in active patient care. In addition, the reference is readable, making it an excellent introductory text for students or even beginning residents.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide medical students, primary care physicians, and emergency room physicians with an easy to use reference for clinically based diagnosis and management of common ENT disorders. Concise and up-to-date, this handbook meets these worthy objectives. It is an excellent reference for medical students.
Audience:The anticipated audience is medical students, primary care physicians, and emergency room physicians, both in practice and in training. This is an appropriate audience for the level of complexity in this book. The authors are well respected leaders in their specialty.
Features:The handbook covers all common disorders of the ear, nose, and throat that would typically be encountered in the general clinical setting. Appendixes cover common medications and office instruments. The overall organization of chapters is by symptom, facilitating active use of the handbook in the initial evaluation of patients.
Assessment:This is a highly refined collection of clinical disorders centered around primary symptoms in the head and neck region. Both affordable and reasonably portable, this book should prove to be very useful to those in primary care, emergency care, and to medical students and starting otolaryngology residents.

Wilson, W. R. (George Washington Univ Medical Center); Nadol, J. B. Jr. (Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary)