As an added bonus, this is the first edition to offer additional material online at no additional cost. Chapters on anti-infective chemotherapeutic and antibiotic agents, diagnostic testing and medical decision making, basic genetics, and information technology in patient care care be found at www.AccessMedicine.com/CMDT!

More information on patient care in less text:

- A strong focus on the clinical diagnosis and patient management tools essential to daily practice
- Broad range of internal medicine and primary care topics, including gynecology and obstetrics, dermatology, neurology, and ophthalmology
- The only text with an annual HIV infection update
- Hundreds of drug treatment tables, with indexed trade names and updated prices — plus helpful diagnostic and treatment algorithms
- Recent references with PMID numbers for fast access to abstracts or full-text articles
- ICD-9 codes are listed on the inside covers

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

- New topics include H1N1 influenza A, acute knee pain, vaccine safety, neuromyelitis optica, and Chikungunya fever
- Expanded 24-page color insert
- Rewritten Cancer chapter by new authors
- New ACC/AHA Task Force Guidelines for management of congenital heart disease in pregnant women
- Major revision of antithrombotic therapy