The Physician Assistant Medical Handbook. Este artículo no está disponible.The Physician Assistant Medical Handbook

Now, physician assistants can turn to an easy-to-use, portable source for thorough, yet concise descriptions of the most commonly enncountered diseases and disorders. The first handbook ever to be written by and for physician assistants eliminates the need for readers to search through large texts for specific information. It uses a disease-oriented approach and covers all of the major subspecialties of medicine. In outline form, the book presents the key information physician assistants must know for each disease such as symptoms, pathophysiology, laboratory studies, differential diagnosis, treatment, and more.

This all-inclusive pocket reference provides an overview of the most commonly encountered medical conditions in an easily readable outline format. Each chapter is devoted to a major medical subspecialty, and each specific condition is categorized according to history, physical examination, pathophysiology, diagnostic studies, differential diagnosis, treatment, and pediatric considerations. Includes a special category that highlights the important features of each condition for the physician assistant.