Consultation in Internal Medicine

Sholeh Vaziri

This is a spiral-bound, pocket-sized reference guideaddressing common topics in hospital and outpatient medicine. Thissecond edition updates the original 1990 text and contains several newchapters. The purpose is to review issues in medicine for whichinternists are frequently asked to consult. The book is written toprovide a concise, practical bedside approach to these issues. Thetopics addressed are indeed commonly encountered and I believe this isa worthwhile objective well met by the authors. The book is writtenmainly for internal medicine residents, but medical students, surgicalresidents, and even young practicing primary care physicians will findthis a useful resource. The contributors are very credible,representing medical subspecialties mostly from academic hospitals anduniversities in the United States, including Tufts, Harvard, and BostonUniversity. The book contains black-and-white illustrations andtables. The references have been updated since the 1990 edition andare pertinent and appropriate. The book is organized into seven majorparts, each of which represents a medical subspecialty includingcardiology, infectious diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, renal,pulmonary, hematologic disease, and chronic diseases. Each sectionthen addresses several common topics for which the specialists arefrequently asked to consult in the inpatient setting. This is a wellwritten, easily readable, portable book which I believe medicalresidents and students alike will find handy to carry with them onrounds.

From The Critics

Reviewer:Sholeh Vaziri, MD(University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine)
Description:This is a spiral-bound, pocket-sized reference guide addressing common topics in hospital and outpatient medicine. This second edition updates the original 1990 text and contains several new chapters.
Purpose:The purpose is to review issues in medicine for which internists are frequently asked to consult. The book is written to provide a concise, practical bedside approach to these issues. The topics addressed are indeed commonly encountered and I believe this is a worthwhile objective well met by the authors.
Audience:The book is written mainly for internal medicine residents, but medical students, surgical residents, and even young practicing primary care physicians will find this a useful resource. The contributors are very credible, representing medical subspecialties mostly from academic hospitals and universities in the United States, including Tufts, Harvard, and Boston University.
Features:The book contains black-and-white illustrations and tables. The references have been updated since the 1990 edition and are pertinent and appropriate. The book is organized into seven major parts, each of which represents a medical subspecialty including cardiology, infectious diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, renal, pulmonary, hematologic disease, and chronic diseases. Each section then addresses several common topics for which the specialists are frequently asked to consult in the inpatient setting.
Assessment:This is a well written, easily readable, portable book which I believe medical residents and studentsalike will find handy to carry with them on rounds.

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