Medical Therapeutics

The Third Edition of this easy-to-use therapeutics manual provides readers with up-to-date, evidence-based therapies for a wide range of medical disorders. Organized in a convenient outline format, it offers treatment guidelines for all settings--inpatient, outpatient, and long-term care. Readers will find completely revised and updated coverage on the treatment of HIV, myocardial infarction, cancer, herpes virus infections, fungal infections, headache, Parkinson's disease, and ulcer disorders.Offers descriptions of common and important problems in medical therapeutics, and advises on how to handle complications from the primary condition. Features up-to-date descriptions of drug therapies, including proper doses, schedules, and adverse effects, to help readers choose among alternatives.Provides algorithms throughout the text to help readers quickly determine the best treatment approach. Uses tables to differentiate between multiple pharmaceutical agents by comparing therapeutic features and usual doses, and offering salient comments.Lists toxicities of chemotherapy drugs and other complex treatments in convenient, at-a-glance tables.Presents concise, easy-to-understand descriptions of important functional measures to help readers understand the results of commonly used tests.Recommended by the American College of Physicians in The Library for Internists IX.