The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2009 (GRIFFITH'S 5 MINUTE CLINICAL CONSULT) - Hardcover

Completely updated and revised, The 5-Minute Clinical Consult, 2009 provides rapid-access information on the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of 704 medical conditions. This best-selling clinical reference is now packaged with a new, enhanced, quarterly-updated Website to ensure instant access to information at the point of care.

This edition has three new Associate Editors and includes over 25 new topics. Other new highlights include more evidence-based medicine ratings (about 75% coverage); additional complementary and alternative medicine material; and updated ICD-9 codes highlighted within the text.

A companion Website with a new, improved platform and search capabilities includes the fully searchable content of the book, with links to PubMed and additional topics not covered in the print book. The Website also offers over 1,000 English and Spanish patient handouts from AAFP; full-color images from Goodheart's Photoguide of Common Skin Disorders, Second Edition; videos of medical procedures; and Facts & Comparisons A to Z Drug Facts monographs with monthly updates. The Website will be updated quarterly with new content, new medical procedure videos, more diagnostic images, e-mail alerts, drug images and drug interactions, EBM pearl of the week, new lectures on medical updates, and more.

Over 25 NEW Topics Covered in the 2009 Edition, Including:

• ACL Injury
• Alcohol Withdrawal
• Alport Syndrome
• Anemia, Chronic Disease
• Autonomic Dysreflexia
• Bipolar II Disorder
• Bunion
• Corns and Calluses
• Counseling Types
• Gambling Addiction
• Geriatric Depression and Anxiety
• Glucose Intolerance
• Hypertension, Secondary
• Ingrown Toenails
• Knee Pain
• Meniscal Injury
• Preoperative Evaluation of the Non-Cardiac Surgical Patient
• Shoulder Pain
• Sprain, Ankle
• Testosterone Deficiency
• Thrombophilia
• Tobacco Use and Smoking Cessation
• Transient Stress Cardiomyopathy
• Vasculitis
• Vitamin B12 Deficiency