Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment

Edited by Lawrence Tierney, Steven Mc Phee, and Maxine Papadakis. New York: McGraw Hill/Appleton & Lange, 1,818 pp, $59.95

NPs can use this comprehensive book as a primary medical reference for their clinical practice. The 44 chapters broadly and completely cover all topics and problems related to ill health and disease including a chapter devoted to each of the following: common symptoms; preoperative care; geriatric medicine; care at the end of life; eye, ear, nose, throat, hair, skin and nail conditions; heart, lung, blood vessel and lymph conditions; alimentary tract, liver, biliary tract and pancreas conditions; breast, gynecology and obstetric conditions; allergic, immunologic, arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders; fluid, electrolyte, kidney and urologic conditions; nervous system and psychiatric conditions; endocrinology; diabetes mellitus, hypoglycemia and liver conditions; nutritional conditions; infections of all types; disorders due to physical agents; poisoning; cancer; and medical genetics.

The book divides the broad topic of infections into subtopics that uniquely assist clinicians in their diagnostic and therapeutic handling of infections, namely: general problems in infectious disease; HIV infection; viral and rickettsial infections; bacterial and chlamydial infections; spirochetal infections; protozoal and helminthic infections; mycotic infections; and anti-infective, chemotherapeutic and antibiotic agents.

Clinicians will find that this book provides them a convenient, economical, up-to-date reference for state-of-the-art and new developments, research, and material related to all aspects of medical care including an easy access to drug dosages, prices, and trade names.