Featured Library Book: Cecil Medicine

The Montgomery Hospital Auxiliary generously donated the new edition of Cecil Medicine to the Medical Library.

Cecil's is one of the essential texts of Internal Medicine--by well respected editors, it has been in publication over 75 years. Each chapter indicates which management recommendations are supported by Grade A clinical evidence.

Lots of useful charts, color photos, and color coded sections for easy browsing.

Find it in the Ready Reference section, by the animal crackers, classification/call number WB 100 C38888 2008.

A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine

Dr. Charlie Goldberg, of the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, has put together A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine. Although the original audience was third year medical students, this guide has relevant information for anyone who needs to do physical exams. Dr. Goldberg's goal is to provide practical information with clinical relevance, and includes review of systems with photos, tips on logistics, presenting, and clinical decision making.

Suturing Video from University of Wisconsin Dept. of Family Medicine

UpToDate Links to Swine Flu Information

Here are some links to UpToDate's sections on Swine Flu, which are available from any networked pc at Montgomery Hospital:
Epidemiology & Diagnosis
Treatment & Prevention
Patient Information

DynaMed has Swine Flu Info

DynaMed is providing Swine Flu Clinical Info free of charge as a public service, and is available even though we no longer have a subscription.

ClinLabNavigator: Lab Test Info

Clinical Lab Navigator is an online manual of test interpretations and transfusion guidelines, created by Dr. Fred Plapp, author of a book on transfusion medicine.

The primary purpose of this web site is to provide a comprehensive, yet practical, resource of clinical laboratory information for patients, physicians and laboratory professionals. More than 500 laboratory test interpretations, 40 transfusion guidelines, method evaluation protocols, test utilization guidelines and algorithms are provided. The test interpretations and transfusion guidelines were written to help medical students, residents and physicians stay abreast of advancements in laboratory medicine.

For your patients, Lab Tests Online, created by a nonprofit consortium of associations, provides educational information such as:

Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety
Test Preparation: Your Role
Deciphering Your Lab Report
Follow That Sample: A Short Lab Tour

Tips on Prescribing for Wal*Mart

RookieDoc has an interesting post about his frustrating and disheartening experience waiting in line to get a prescription filled at Wal*Mart. Here's a link to his observations about making it easier for your elderly patients to get their prescriptions filled:
http://rookiedoctor.net/2008/12/residency-pearls-tips-walmart-pharmacy/

Wal*Mart's $4 prescription plan.

Target's $4 prescription plan.

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