Essentials of Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine
- 7th Edition - July 1, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Nicola Zammitt, Euan Sandilands
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 8 2 8 0 - 1
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 8 2 7 9 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 8 2 8 3 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 8 2 8 1 - 8
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Request a sales quoteThe seventh edition of this BMA award-winning pocket guide provides essential information for doctors based on the comprehensive Kumar & Clark’s Clinical Medicine – the highly respected, gold-standard textbook on the treatment and management of medical conditions.
Essentials
is intended as an easy-to-access revision reference that provides important information for doctors on the ward, including normal values, medical emergencies, useful websites, abbreviations and a dictionary of terms.This best-selling book has been fully updated and is accessible, coherent and concise, making it an essential companion for medical students, doctors and health professionals in the UK and around the world.
- Small and compact – can be taken anywhere
- Clearly laid out, logical and easy to follow
- Emergency guide for quick reference
- Illustrations and tables to enhance understanding
- New section on COVID-19
- New chapter on Elderly Medicine and Frailty
- Winner of the Internal Medicine category at the 2018 BMA Medical Book Awards
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Any screen, Any time, Anywhere
- Copyright
- Preface
- Medical emergencies
- Symptom Based
- System Based
- Abbreviations
- Significant websites
- General websites
- Guidelines and evidence-based medicine
- Medical calculators
- Chapter-specific websites
- 1. Ethics and communication
- Legally Valid Consent
- Confidentiality
- Communication
- 2. Infectious diseases
- Common Viral Infections
- Bacterial Infections
- Fever in the Returned Traveller
- Miscellaneous Viral Infections
- Gastroenteritis and Food Poisoningnd
- Helminthic Infections
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Human Immuodeficiency Virus
- Therapeutics
- 3. Gastroenterology and nutrition
- Gastroenterology
- Symptoms of Gastrointestinal Disease
- Investigation of Gastrointestinal Disease
- The Mouth
- The Oesophagus
- The Stomach and Duodenum
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- The Small Intestine
- Miscellaneous Small Intestinal Conditions
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- The Colon and Rectum
- Diarrhoea
- Functional Bowel Disorders
- The Acute Abdomen
- The Peritoneum
- Nutrition
- Nutritional Support
- Disorders of Body Weight
- Therapeutics
- 4. Liver, biliary tract and pancreatic disease
- Liver Biochemistry and Liver Function Tests
- Other Investigations in Liver and Biliary Disease
- Symptoms and Signs of Liver Disease
- Jaundice
- Hepatitis
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Cirrhosis
- Complications and Effects of Cirrhosis (Table 4.7)
- Liver Transplantation
- Types of Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Budd–Chiari Syndrome
- Liver Abscess
- Liver Disease in Pregnancy
- Liver Tumours
- Gallstones
- The Pancreas
- Carcinoma of the Pancreas
- Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Pancreas
- 5. Haematological disease
- Anaemia
- Haemolytic Anaemia
- Inherited Haemolytic Anaemias
- Acquired Haemolytic Anaemia
- Myeloproliferative Disorders
- The Spleen
- Blood Transfusion
- The White Cell
- Haemostasis and Thrombosis
- Thrombosis
- Therapeutics
- 6. Malignant disease
- Diagnosis of Malignancy
- Myeloablative Therapy and Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT)
- The Lymphomas
- The Paraproteinaemias
- Palliative Medicine and Symptom Control
- 7. Rheumatology
- The Normal Joint
- Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Common Investigations in Musculoskeletal Disease
- Common Regional Musculoskeletal Problems
- Back Pain
- Intervertebral Disc Disease
- Osteoarthritis
- Inflammatory Arthritis
- The Seronegative Spondyloarthritis
- Crystal Arthritis
- Infection of Bones and Joints
- Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
- Systemic Inflammatory Vasculitis
- Diseases of Bone
- Therapeutics
- 8. Water, electrolytes and acid–base balance
- Water and Electrolyte Requirements
- Body Fluid Compartments
- Regulation of Body Fluid Homeostasis
- Plasma Osmolality and Disorders of Sodium Regulation
- Disorders of Potassium Regulation
- Disorders of Magnesium Regulation
- Disorders of Acid–Base Balance
- Therapeutics
- 9. Renal disease
- Presenting Features of Renal Disease
- Investigation of Renal Disease
- Glomerular Diseases
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Tubulointerstitial Nephritis
- Hypertension and the Kidney
- Renal Calculi and Nephrocalcinosis
- Urinary Tract Obstruction
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Renal Replacement Therapy
- Cystic Renal Disease
- Tumours of the Kidney and Genitourinary Tract
- Diseases of the Prostate Gland
- Testicular Tumour
- Urinary Incontinence
- 10. Cardiovascular disease
- Common Presenting Symptoms of Heart Disease
- Investigations in Cardiac Disease
- The Electrocardiogram
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Heart Failure
- Ischaemic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Fever
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Myocardial Disease
- Cardiomyopathy
- Pericardial Disease
- Systemic Hypertension
- Arterial and Venous Disease
- Therapeutics for the Cardiovascular System
- Drugs for Arrhythmias
- Drugs for Heart Failure
- Drugs Affecting the Renin–Angiotensin System
- Nitrates, Calcium-Channel Blockers and Potassium-Channel Activators
- 11. Respiratory disease
- Basic Structure of the Respiratory System
- Function of the Respiratory System
- Symptoms of Respiratory Disease
- Investigation of Respiratory Disease
- Smoking
- Diseases of the Upper Respiratory Tract
- Diseases of the Lower Respiratory Tract
- Asthma
- Pneumonia
- Tuberculosis
- Diffuse Diseases of the Lung Parenchyma
- Occupational Lung Disease
- Carcinoma of the Lung
- Diseases of the Chest Wall and Pleura
- Disorders of the Diaphragm
- Therapeutics
- 12. Critical care medicine
- Acute Disturbances of Haemodynamic Function (Shock)
- Respiratory Failure
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- 13. Clinical pharmacology and toxicology
- Drug Prescribing
- Clinical Toxicology and the Poisoned Patient
- Specific Drug Problems
- Recreational Drugs
- 14. Endocrine disease
- Common Presenting Symptoms in Endocrine Disease
- Pituitary Hypersecretion Syndromes
- The Thyroid Axis
- Male Reproduction and Sex
- Female Reproduction and Sex
- The Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis
- Endocrinology of Blood Pressure Control
- The Thirst Axis
- Disorders of Calcium Metabolism
- Disorders of Phosphate Concentration
- Disorders of Temperature Regulation
- Therapeutics
- 15. Diabetes mellitus and other disorders of metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Diabetic Metabolic Emergencies
- Complications of Diabetes
- Special Situations
- Hypoglycaemia in the Non-Diabetic
- Disorders of Lipid Metabolism
- The Porphyrias
- Amyloidosis
- 16. The special senses
- The Ear
- The Nose and Nasal Cavity
- The Throat
- The Eye
- 17. Neurology
- Common Neurological Symptoms
- Coordination of Movement
- The Cranial Nerves
- Common Investigations in Neurological Disease
- Unconsciousness and Coma
- Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease
- Epilepsy and Loss of Consciousness
- Movement Disorders
- Nervous System Infection and Inflammation
- Brain Tumours
- Hydrocephalus
- Headache, Migraine and Facial Pain
- Spinal Cord Disease
- Degenerative Neuronal Diseases
- Diseases of the Peripheral Nerves
- Muscle Diseases
- Myotonias
- Therapeutics
- 18. Dermatology
- Introduction
- Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
- Cellulitis and Erysipelas
- Common Skin Conditions
- Cutaneous Signs of Systemic Disease
- Other Diseases Affecting the Skin
- Bullous Disease
- Malignant Skin Tumours
- 19. Elderly medicine and frailty
- General Principles
- Multimorbidity, Sarcopenia and Frailty
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
- Advance Care Planning
- The Most Common Issues in Older People
- Normal values
- Haematology
- Coagulation
- LIPIDS and Lipoproteins
- Biochemistry (SERUM/PLASMA)
- Blood gases (ARTERIAL)
- Dictionary of terms
- Index
- Edition: 7
- Published: July 1, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 992
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702082801
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702082795
- eBook ISBN: 9780702082832
- eBook ISBN: 9780702082818
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Nicola Zammitt
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Physician and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer; Clinical Director Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes (ECED);
Clinical Lead Diabetes Managed Clinical Network; Foundation Programme Director (S11), Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKES
Euan Sandilands
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Physician, Clinical Toxicology & Acute Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK