Netters Integrated Review Of Medicine

Netter's Integrated Review of Medicine: Pathogenesis to Treatment provides concise, visual overviews of the basic science and mechanisms of disease most relevant to diagnosis and treatment. This integrated approach to underlying principles is your helpful companion on wards providing an understanding of why best practices, evidence, and guidelines make sense in the context of clinical decision making. Short, to-the-point chapters focus on common clinical situations and bridge the gap between basic sciences and the clinical thought process. Reviews foundational science in the context of frequently encountered point-of-care situations, offering an excellent review. Presents 400 full-color Netter images alongside diagnostic images, providing a memorable, highly visual approach. Offers readable, practical content organized by clinical topic, covering the basic sciences that are most relevant to each disease or condition. Provides readers with a detailed, logically organized framework for approaching patient care: the first part focuses on evaluating a new patient, moving from history and physical exam findings to integration of objective data used to formulate a diagnosis; the second part proceeds from this diagnosis to review its implications, further evaluation, and treatment. Expert ConsultT eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices. FEATURE: Netter images alongside modern diagnostic images WHY:students often spend hours reading about a disease but still struggle to "get it," to have the concepts click in a way that feels intuitive. Almost always, the solution is a picture - whether scribbled on the back of a patient's chart or retrieved from some memorable review article - so that the student can actually see the key processes rather than just hear about them. FEATURE: In the eBook, complex figures are presented--- not as static, monolithic images---but rather as simple pictures onto which the reader can interactively add layers of information. WHY: staged figures create a kind of tutorial building the layers of complexity in pieces that make sense FEATURE: readable and practical, providing detailed frameworks for understanding not only diseases but also problems. The entire first half focuses on how to get from a symptom or laboratory test to a diagnosis. The second half takes the reader from an established diagnosis to its implications and treatments. WHY: This book does not aim to cover all that is known about internal medicine. Other, much heavier books already do that well. Instead, the goal is to provide thousands of "a-ha" moments, to relate all of the information a medical student or junior house officer would need to thrive in a hospital setting, and to do so in a way that is accessible, interactive, and perhaps even enjoyable. FEATURE: Throughout, self-assessment modules reinforce key points and provide additional nuance. WHY: One thing that students consistently report as much-wanted enhancements to their content is questions. It helps reinforce learning and confirm for the student that she/he has understood what's been presented.