Customer Reviews

Clinician's Pocket Reference (LANGE Clinical Science)

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I really have found this book useful, but it will weigh you down and hurt your aerodynamics. I liked the sections on labs and differentials as a 3rd year, and found the procedure walkthroughs to be useful as a 4th year. For residency I plan to go completely with the PDA.

I found out about this book my second month as an intern. I wish I had known about it when I was a med student. It has basic review of disease processes, lab interpretation, procedures, and a drug reference. The procedure descriptions and illustrations are probably the best of any reference I have seen. The only problem is that it's a little too big to use as a pocket reference. I keep it in my on-call bag.

this book is absolutely wonderful to have on hand as a quick reference. I recommend this to everyone....thanks

Third year can be really hard and I didn't realize that students are expected to sort of figure things out for themselves. That can be hard if you aren't even sure what you don't know. I am a smart person, but I was at a loss for some really basic things. It looked bad. Then! I found this book and let me tell you I felt like I had found the key to the magic garden. Or more acurately, that I had found a buoy on a dark and stormy night. I honestly had thought I was going to drown.

I learned my notes/h&p's, differential diagnoses, medications, ekg's, chest x-rays, ICU vent settings and devices, surgical knots, fluids and electrolytes, laboratory diagnosis, micro - ok, you get the picture. It completely changed how I learned and did things. I carried it everywhere, and proudly too. A good book is like your best friend, solid, reliable and full of good advice. This book is the best, and I absolutely love it. I expect to carry it with me for the next few years.