Conn's Current Therapy 2001: Latest Approved Methods of Treatment for the Practicing PhysicianRobert E. Rakel, Robert E.. Rakel, Howard Franklin Conn, Edward T. Bope For more than 50 years, Conn's Current Therapy has been a source for recent advances in therapeutics. The 2001 volume continues this tradition with management advice on disorders affecting every organ system. This book should provide any busy practitioner with a useful, highly clinical guide to current therapies. It describes up to 6 different therapies for each condition and examines the full range of conditions seen in practice, including chronic fatigue syndrome, hypertension, obesity, asthma in children, common sports injuries, bulimia, and panic disorders. It includes treatment therapies for AIDS and other diseases and describes recently approved and soon-to-be-approved drugs for osteoporosis, erectile dysfunction, tyrotoxicosis, breast cancer, uterine leiomyoma, and high altitude sickness. as well as information on vaccines for chicken pox, hepatitis C, and other disease entities. There are reference values for commonly used laboratory tests, plus an section on poisoning. The book is organized into body-systems, with a consistent chapter format. |
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SYMPTOMATIC CARE PENDING DIAGNOSIS | 1 |
Gaseousness and Indigestion | 9 |
Polycythemia Vera | 33 |
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