Standard Treatment Guidelines: A Manual of Medical Therapeutics , 5/e            


Author: Sharma
Edition: 5/e
ISBN: 9789387506398
Language: English
Published: 2018
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

This clinically oriented text covers around 330 priority diseases in 11 specialties, focusing on clinical manifestations, patient management and patient education.

Standard Treatment Guidelines: 

                    A Manual of Medical Therapeutics , 5/e                   

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This clinically oriented text covers around 330 priority diseases in 11 specialties, focusing on clinical manifestations, patient management and patient education. In this edition, many more priority diseases have been added, besides substantive revision reflecting therapeutic advances. Dermatology section has colour photographs. A large number of experts have contributed in this book to help solve the problems you encounter in everyday practice. The book is user friendly and provides a stepwise up-to-date treatment approach for busy practitioners as well as interns and residents, leaving more time to establish accurate diagnosis and communication with the patient. This book offers expert information you can use immediately in your clinical practice. A busy clinician can thus make an informed, effective patient management decision for different levels of health care, from primary health care to detailed protocols for tertiary care health centres.

Key Features

  • Simplicity- The number of health problems is limited and for each health problem a few key diagnostic criteria are listed. Drug and dosage information is clear Key features- Simplicity- The number of health problems is limited and for each health problem a few key diagnostic criteria are listed. Drug and dosage information is clear and concise. Credibility- Guidelines developed by the most respected clinicians in the country and revisions based on actual experience.
  • Use of the same standard for all levels of health care- Doctors and other healthcare providers use the same standard treatment as it is a referral criterion which differs, and the first-choice treatment for a patient depends on the patient’s diagnosis and condition – not on the prescriber.
  • Provision of standards to drug supply- Most importantly, drug supply should be matched to the recommended treatments and drugs on the list of essential drugs.
  • Regular updating- As bacterial resistance patterns change or other factors alter therapeutic preferences, the standards are revised to reflect current recommendations and concise. Credibility- Guidelines developed by the most respected clinicians in the country and revisions based on actual experience.
  • Use of the same standard for all levels of health care- Doctors and other healthcare providers use the same standard treatment as it is a referral criterion which differs, and the first-choice treatment for a patient depends on the patient’s diagnosis and condition – not on the prescriber.
  • Provision of standards to drug supply- Most importantly, drug supply should be matched to the recommended treatments and drugs on the list of essential drugs. Regular updating- As bacterial resistance patterns change or other factors alter therapeutic preferences, the standards are revised to reflect current recommendations

Table of Contents

1. Common Diseases

2. Emergencies

3. Cardiovascular Diseases

4. Blood Diseases

5. Respiratory Diseases

6. Gastrointestinal Diseases

7. Infections – Bacterial, Viral and Opportunistic

8. Parasitic Infections

9. Central Nervous System Diseases

10. Genitourinary Diseases

11. Hormonal Disorders

12. ENT Diseases

13. Eye Diseases

14. Skin Diseases

15. Obstetrics and Gynecology

16. Psychiatric Conditions

17. Bone and Joint Diseases

18. Surgery

19. Pediatric Conditions

20. Dental Conditions