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Decision making in medicine : an algorithmic approach /

This popular reference facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic decision making for a wide range of common and often complex problems faced in outpatient and inpatient medicine. Comprehensive algorithmic decision trees guide you through more than 250 disorders organized by sign, symptom, problem, or l...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Mushlin, Stuart B., Greene, Harry L. (Harry Lemoine), 1942-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Philadelphia : Mosby/Elsevier, ©2009.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Medical protocols.
Medicine > Decision making.
Diagnosis.
Decision making.
Therapeutics.
Diagnosis
Clinical Protocols
Algorithms
Decision Making
Therapeutics
Protocoles médicaux.
Médecine > Prise de décision.
Diagnostics.
Algorithmes.
Prise de décision.
Thérapeutique.
diagnosis.
algorithms.
decision making.
treating (health care function)
Decision making
Medical protocols
Medicine > Decision making
Entscheidungsfindung
Symptom
Diagnose
Electronic books.
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This popular reference facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic decision making for a wide range of common and often complex problems faced in outpatient and inpatient medicine. Comprehensive algorithmic decision trees guide you through more than 250 disorders organized by sign, symptom, problem, or laboratory abnormality. The brief text accompanying each algorithm explains the key steps of the decision making process, giving you the clear, clinical guidelines you need to successfully manage even your toughest cases. An algorithmic format makes it easy to apply the practical, decision-making approaches used by seasoned clinicians in daily practice. Comprehensive coverage of general and internal medicine helps you successfully diagnose and manage a full range of diseases and disorders related to women's health, emergency medicine, urology, behavioral medicine, pharmacology, and much more. A Table of Contents arranged by organ system helps you to quickly and easily zero in on the information you need.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780323041072
0323041078
0323070760
9780323070768