CURRENT Med Diag & Treatment

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HERE IS WHY CMDT IS THE ULTIMATE CLINICAL COMPANION:
- Medical advances up to time of annual publication
- Detailed presentation of primary care topics, including gynecology, obstetrics, dermatology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, psychiatry, neurology, toxicology, urology, geriatrics, orthopedics, women’s health, preventive medicine, and palliative care
- Concise format, facilitating efficient use in any practice setting
- More than 1000 diseases and disorders
- Annual update on HIV/AIDS and other newly emerging infections.
- Specific disease prevention information
- Easy access to medication dosages, with trade names indexed and costs updated in each edition
- Recent references, with unique identifiers (PubMed, PMID numbers) for rapid downloading of article abstracts and, in some instances, full-text reference articles

NEW TO THIS EDITION OF CMDT :
- Substantial revision of acute and chronic (cancer and noncancer) pain management and benefits and risks of opioid use
- New chapter on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Health
- New recommendations for initial empiric antibiotic treatment for hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia
- New discussion of physician-assisted death
- New Table outlining criteria to rule out pulmonary embolism
- 2016 CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report detailing anticoagulation treatment recommendations in patients with cancer and noncancer diagnoses
- New categorization of pressure injuries (formerly pressure ulcers)
- New treatment recommendations from American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology for patients who have heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
- Rewritten section on occlusive cerebrovascular disease
- Rewritten section on shock
- New information on treatments for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and Hodgkin lymphoma
- Updated treatment options for plasma cell myeloma (formerly multiple myeloma)
- New FDA-approved medication for Clostridium difficile infection
- Updated treatment options for hepatitis C infection
- New FDA-approved medications for ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease
- New pharmacologic treatment for hormone receptor–positive breast cancer
- Rewritten section on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- New section on autism spectrum disorder
- Extensive revision of Endocrine Disorders chapter
- Updated recommendations for preexposure prophylaxis of HIV infection
- Substantial revision of the Viral & Rickettsial Infections chapter
New antiemetic combination medication for chemotherapy-induced nausea
- New therapy options for castration-resistant prostate cancer
- New FDA-approved medication for bladder cancer

About the Authors:
Maxine A. Papadakis, MD
Professor of Medicine, Emeritus
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Stephen J. McPhee, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Emeritus
Division of General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco