Clinical Investigations at a Glance

Clinical Investigations at a GlanceCondition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781118759325 Year: 2016 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK) Pages: 384 Description: Clinical Investigations at a Glance The market leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners, for its concise and simple approach and excellent illustrations. Each bite sized chapter is covered in a double page spread with clear, easy to follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781118759325
Year: 2016
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 384


Description:
Clinical Investigations at a Glance


The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners, for its concise and simple approach and excellent illustrations.


Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text.


Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond.


Everything you need to know about Clinical Investigations... at a Glance!


Clinical Investigations at a Glance provides an up-to-date, evidence-based overview of diagnostic investigations, looking at their choice, importance and interpretation for commonly presenting symptoms and conditions.


Designed to help develop the evidence-based use of investigations and interpret results properly, the book provides a unique perspective on many critical issues in medical testing, with the aim of improving diagnostic accuracy and reducing unnecessary tests or harm.


Clinical Investigations at a Glance is structured in three parts: an overview of tests; common presentations (such as chest pain, nausea and vomiting, weight loss and anaemia); and conditions organized by body system, such as cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and nephrology.


Key features include:

How to interpret investigations, using high quality illustrations to compare ?normal? and ?diseased? results

Evidence-based, including references

How to select the mos