CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020 59th Edition PDF Free Download
Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2020 (CMDT 2020) is the 59th edition of this single-source reference for practitioners in both hospital and ambulatory settings. The book emphasizes the practical features of clinical diagnosis and patient management in all fields of internal medicine and in specialties of interest to primary care practitioners and to subspecialists who provide general care. Our students have inspired us to look at issues of race and justice, which surely impact people’s health. We have therefore reviewed the content of our work to ensure that it contains the dignity and equality that every patient deserves. INTENDED AUDIENCE FOR CMDT House officers, medical students, and all other health professions students will find the descriptions of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, with citations to the current literature, of everyday usefulness in patient care. Internists, family physicians, hospitalists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and all primary care providers will appreciate CMDT as a ready reference and refresher text. Physicians in other specialties, pharmacists, and dentists will find the book a useful basic medical reference text. Nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants will welcome the format and scope of the book as a means of referencing medical diagnosis and treatment. Patients and their family members who seek information about the nature of specific diseases and their diagnosis and treatment may also find this book to be a valuable resource. NEW IN THIS EDITION OF CMDT • Extensive updating of images • FDA designates esketamine as breakthrough medication for resistant depression • New FDA-approved medication for multiple sclerosis • Extensive revision of Viral & Rickettsial Infections chapter, including updates on measles, polio, and acute flaccid paralysis outbreaks; immunizations; as well as preventing and treating Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus infections in transplant patients