Pocket Medicine (Pocket Notebook) [Ring-bound]

Marc S. Sabatine (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781716497 | ISBN-13: 978-0781716499 | Publication Date: February 15, 2000 | Edition: Ringbound

Most medical students in clerkships and interns carry a small pocket notebook in which to record patient notes and other essential facts. Pocket Medicine is a handy summary of key clinical information, designed to form the basis of an individual's pocket notebook or be integrated into one's own notebook. Prepared by residents and attending physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital, this looseleaf notebook covers the major topics in the basic areas of internal medicine

Product Details

• Ring-bound: 256 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Ringbound edition (February 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781716497
• ISBN-13: 978-0781716499
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,549,951 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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148 of 168 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Standard of Care, June 12, 2001

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Mitch (El Paso, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pocket Medicine (Pocket Notebook) (Ring-bound)

Unfortunately, the previous reviews have failed to adequately address the role and purpose of this publication. Pocket Medicine, at least as I have used it, is the most concise and accurate reference for the practice of Internal Medicine in the United States as conducted at most teaching institutions today. It essentially covers all the major organ systems and disease processes as the most recent literature and textbooks recommend. Possession of this book will allow students, residents and staff to give patients the best care possible from evidence based medicine. You will shine on the wards and at morning report with this material. In fact, you could easily pass the Internal Medicine board certification exam if you knew everything in this book. For those practicing internal medicine from med students on up, it renders Scut Monkey, Ferre, Wash Manual, tarascon ICU books etc, all obsolete. Just look at the section about Swan Ganz monitoring -it's all there. Look at microscopic polyangiitis- it's all there. These are all real patients I've treated and this book works. More than half of the residents, students and staff in my hospital use it. Even surgeons own it. As medicine becomes more complex and scientifically based, publications such as this will be the only way to keep up. In fact, it's very inexpensive for what you get. One caution is that it may be too advanced for 3rd year med students with a poor knowledge base. A wash manual may be a simpler way to start. Unfortunately, those people who gave it a poor review have simply demonstrated their complete ignorance of the modern scientific practice of medicine. I simply hope they never treat any of my relatives!

36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a "balanced" view from a former MGH housestaff..., January 6, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Pocket Medicine (Pocket Notebook) (Ring-bound)

As a former Mass General resident, I got a kick out of seeing our humble housestaff manual transformed into a glamorous pocket notebook. And apparently a somewhat controversial transformation, given some of the extremely negative reviews that have been posted. Ignoring the commercial aspects of this debate for a moment, I think the manual contains solid and comprehensive information that should serve any housestaff well (it certainly did for me for 3 years!). It probably does not contain enough explanation for most 3rd and 4th year medical students and, as such, should be used to supplement another manual (such as Washington or Ferri).

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The ONLY Book you need on the wards, August 11, 2003

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N.A. (Delaware USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pocket Medicine (Pocket Notebook) (Ring-bound)

I agree w/ many of the other reviews. This is a fantastic book for RESIDENTS, not medical students. It tends to gloss over basic information that any resident should already know. For that reason , the book is concise and has all the relevant info in order to manage patients. I also like the small notebook format, so I can add additional pages of info. I agree that this book does need a neuro/psych section to cover CVA/Seizures, delirium/dementia and ETOH withdrawal management. I've already worn my book out in the past two years and look forward to future editions. I have recommended this book to every intern I have supervised on the Wards...It is the only reference book I carry.