Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine E-Book

Brian R. Walker, Nicki R Colledge

Description

More than two million medical students, doctors and other health professionals from around the globe have owned a copy of Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine since it was first published. Today’s readers rely on this beautifully illustrated text to provide up-to-date detail of contemporary medical practice, presented in a style that is concise and yet easy to read. Davidson’s provides the factual knowledge required to practise medicine, explaining it in the context of underlying principles, basic science and research evidence, and shows how to apply this knowledge to the management of patients who present with problems rather than specific diseases. The book has won numerous prizes including being highly commended in the British Medical Association book awards.

Davidson’s global perspective is enhanced by the input of an international team of authors and a distinguished International Advisory Board from 17 countries. Building on the foundations laid down by its original editor, Davidson’s remains one of the world’s leading and most respected textbooks of medicine.

• The underlying principles of medicine are described concisely in the first part of the book, and the detailed practice of medicine within each sub-specialty is described in later system-based chapters.
• Most chapters begin with a two-page overview of the important elements of the clinical examination, including a manikin to illustrate the key steps in the examination of the relevant system.
• A practical, problem-based clinical approach is described in the ‘Presenting Problems’ sections, to complement the detailed descriptions of each disease.
• The text is extensively illustrated, with over 1000 diagrams, clinical photographs, and radiology and pathology images.
• 1350 text boxes present information in a way suitable for revision, including 150 clinical evidence boxes summarising the results of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials and 65 ’In Old Age’ boxes highlighting important aspects of medical practice in the older population.
• A combined index and glossary of medical acronyms contains over 10 000 subject entries. The contents can also be searched comprehensively as part of the online access to the whole book on the StudentConsult platform.
• Access over 500 self-testing questions with answers linked to the book’s content for further reading.
• The text uses both SI and non-SI units to make it suitable for readers throughout the globe.

• A new chapter specifically on Stroke Disease recognises the emergence of Stroke Medicine as a distinct clinical and academic discipline.
• A rationalisation of the 1350 boxes used throughout the book gives a simpler and clearer presentation of the various categories.
• New ‘In Adolescence’ boxes recognise the fact that many chronic disorders begin in childhood and become the responsibility of physicians practising adult medicine. These boxes acknowledge the overlap ‘transitional’ phase and highlight the key points of importance when looking after young people.
• The regular introduction of new authors and editors maintains the freshness of each new edition. On this occasion Dr Ian Penman has joined the editorial team and 18 new authors bring new experience and ideas to the content and presentation of the textbook.
• An expanded International Advisory Board of 38 members includes new members from several different countries.

Informations

• Publié par: Churchill Livingstone
• Date de parution: 06 décembre 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9780702051036
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 77 Mo

Extrait

Davidson's Principles and
Practice of Medicine
22ND EDITION
Edited by
Brian R. Walker BSc MD FRCPE FRSE
Professor of Endocrinology, University of Edinburgh;
Honorary Consultant Physician, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK
Nicki R. Colledge BSc FRCPE
Consultant Physician in Medicine for the Elderly, Liberton Hospital, Edinburgh, and Royal
Infirmary of Edinburgh;
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, UK
Stuart H. Ralston MD FRCP FMedSci FRSE
Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology, University of Edinburgh; Honorary
Consultant Rheumatologist, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
Ian D. Penman BSc MD FRCPE
Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh;
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, UK
Illustrations by
Robert BrittonEdinburgh London New York Oxford Philadelphia St Louis Sydney Toronto 2014
Content Strategist: Laurence Hunter
Content Development Specialist: Wendy Lee
Project Manager: Louisa Talbott
Designer/Design Direction: Miles Hitchen
Illustration Manager: Jennifer RoseD i s c l a i m e r
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digital book edition, media content may not be included.Table of Contents
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Title Page
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Sir Stanley Davidson (1894–1981)
Copyright
Preface
List of presenting problems
Contributors
International Advisory Board
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Figure acknowledgements
Part 1 Principles of Medicine
1 Good medical practice
Medical practice
Personal and professional development
Complementary and alternative medicine
Further information and acknowledgements2 Therapeutics and good prescribing
Principles of clinical pharmacology
Adverse outcomes of drug therapy
Drug regulation and management
Prescribing in practice
Further information
3 Molecular and genetic factors in disease
Functional anatomy and physiology
Genetic disease and inheritance
Investigation of genetic disease
Presenting problems in genetic disease
Major categories of genetic disease
Genetic counselling
Genetics of common diseases
Research frontiers in molecular medicine
Further information
4 Immunological factors in disease
Functional anatomy and physiology of the immune system
Immune deficiency
The inflammatory response
Autoimmune disease
Allergy
Transplantation Immunology
Further information and acknowledgements
5 Environmental and nutritional factors in disease
Principles and investigation of environmental factors in disease
Environmental diseases
Nutritional factors and disease
Disorders of altered energy balanceMicronutrients, minerals and their diseases
Further information and acknowledgements
Telephone numbers
6 Principles of infectious disease
Infectious agents
Normal flora
Host–pathogen interactions
Investigation of infection
Epidemiology of infection
Infection prevention and control
Treatment of infectious diseases
Further information and acknowledgements
7 Ageing and disease
Comprehensive geriatric assessment
Demography
Functional anatomy and physiology
Investigations
Presenting problems in geriatric medicine
Rehabilitation
Further information and acknowledgements
Part 2 Practice of Medicine
8 Critical illness
Clinical examination of the critically ill patient
Physiology of critical illness
Monitoring
Recognition of critical illness
Presenting problems/Management of major organ failure
General principles of critical care management
Discharge from intensive careOutcome of intensive care
Further information
9 Poisoning
Comprehensive evaluation of the poisoned patient
Evaluation of the envenomed patient
General approach to the poisoned patient
Poisoning by specific pharmaceutical agents
Drugs of misuse
Chemicals and pesticides
Environmental poisoning and illness
Substances less commonly taken in overdose
Envenoming
Further information and acknowledgements
Figure acknowledgements
10 Medical psychiatry
Classification of psychiatric disorders
Epidemiology of psychiatric disorders
Aetiology of psychiatric disorders
Diagnosing psychiatric disorders
Presenting problems in psychiatric illness
Treating psychiatric disorders
Psychiatric disorders
Psychiatry and the law
Further information
11 Oncology
Clinical examination of the cancer patient
The ten hallmarks of cancer
Environmental and genetic determinants of cancer
InvestigationsPresenting problems in oncology
Emergency complications of cancer
Metastatic disease
Therapeutics in oncology
Specific cancers
Further information
12 Palliative care and pain
Principles of palliative care
Presenting problems in palliative care
Death and dying
Further information and acknowledgements
Figure acknowledgements
13 Infectious disease
Clinical examination of patients with infectious disease
Presenting problems in infectious diseases
Viral infections
Prion diseases
Bacterial infections
Protozoal infections
Infections caused by helminths
Ectoparasites
Fungal infections
Further information and acknowledgements
Figure acknowledgements
14 HIV infection and AIDS
Clinical examination in HIV disease
Epidemiology
Virology and immunology
Diagnosis and investigationsNatural history and staging of HIV
Presenting problems in HIV infection
Prevention of opportunistic infections
Antiretroviral therapy
Further information
15 Sexually transmitted infections
Clinical examination in men
Clinical examination in women
Approach to patients with a suspected STI
Presenting problems in men
Presenting problems in women
Prevention of STI
Sexually transmitted bacterial infections
Sexually transmitted viral infections
Further information and acknowledgements
Figure acknowledgements
16 Clinical biochemistry and metabolism
Biochemical investigations
Integrated water and electrolyte balance
Disorders of sodium balance
Disorders of water balance
Disorders of potassium balance
Disorders of acid–base balance
Disorders of divalent ion metabolism
Disorders of amino acid metabolism
Disorders of carbohydrate metabolism
Disorders of complex lipid metabolism
Disorders of blood lipids and lipoproteins
Disorders of haem synthesis – the porphyrias
Further information17 Kidney and urinary tract disease
Clinical examination of the kidney and urinary tract
Functional anatomy and physiology
Investigation of renal and urinary tract disease
Presenting problems in renal and urinary tract disease
Acute kidney injury
Chronic kidney disease
Renal replacement therapy
Renal vascular diseases
Glomerular diseases
Tubulo-interstitial diseases
Cystic diseases of the kidney
Renal stone disease
Isolated defects of tubular function
Diseases of the collecting system and ureters
Infections of the urinary tract
Benign prostatic enlargement
Tumours of the kidney and urinary tract
Renal involvement in systemic conditions
Pregnancy and renal disease
Kidney disease in adolescence
Drugs and the kidney
Further information and acknowledgements
Figure acknowledgements
18 Cardiovascular disease
Clinical examination of the cardiovascular system
Functional anatomy and physiology
Investigation of cardiovascular disease
Presenting problems in cardiovascular disease
Disorders of heart rate, rhythm and conductionAtherosclerosis
Coronary artery disease
Vascular disease
Diseases of the heart valves
Congenital heart disease
Diseases of the myocardium
Diseases of the pericardium
Further information and acknowledgements
Figure acknowledgements
19 Respiratory disease
Clinical examination of the respiratory system
Functional anatomy and physiology
Investigation of respiratory disease
Presenting problems in respiratory disease
Obstructive pulmonary diseases
Infections of the respiratory system
Tumours of the bronchus and lung
Interstitial and infiltrative pulmonary diseases
Occupational and environmental lung disease
Pulmonary vascular disease
Diseases of the upper airway
Pleural disease
Diseases of the diaphragm and chest wall
Further information and acknowledgements
Figure acknowledgements
20 Endocrine disease
Clinical examination in endocrine disease
An overview of endocrinology
The thyroid gland
The reproductive systemThe parathyroid glands
The adrenal glands
The endocrine pancreas and gastrointestinal tract
The hypothalamus and the pituitary gland
Disorders affecting multiple endocrine glands
Further information
21 Diabetes mellitus
Clinical examination of the patient with diabetes
Functional anatomy and physiology
Investigations
Presenting problems in diabetes mellitus
Management of diabetes
Complications of diabetes
Further information and acknowledgements
Figure acknowledgements
22 Alimentary tract and pancreatic disease
Clinic