Customer Reviews

Tarascon Internal Medicine & Critical Care Pocketbook (Whinshall, Tarascon Internal Medicine & Critical Care)

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I've used this handbook every day for almost a year now, and i have recommended it to my collegues. I work in a 800 bed-hospital for a population of more than a million chileans, in the internal Medicine Station and in the E.R.
A thorough job, this little book contains algorithms, differential diagnosis charts, updated scores, formulas and tips, quite everything you need to have at hand.
Noticeable is that for every table or fact stated, there is the reference in the medical literature given, so you can study it.
I love the last section, "Groovy Drugs", where you can check the recommended dosage, posology, how to build the infusion, interactions, etc. for all those 'obscure' drugs (i.e. Amiodarone, Levophed, Labetalol, and many more).
The book itself is simply built, just paper, as the next one. Take care of it and it will take care of you (haven't lost any page 'till now; wanted to say it because of the other review).
"It's not how much you know, it's how fast you can find the answer". Clever sentence. Doesn't mean we may stop studying, but it definitely helps having my Tarascon around.
Let me recommend this book to you, you won't regret it. For 33 dollars I got it in my mail in 2 weeks, in Chile (bought it again as a present).

A very useful, handy and to-the-point pocket reference with truly useful stuff!
All of our internal med. residents got one!

The primary competitor for this handbook is pocket medicine, which is an excellent resource for interns. Tarascon's is the pocket reference for the medical resident or a practicing MD. It's much lighter and provides plenty of information you need to find quickly. If I want to sit down and research a topic further then I would go to UpToDate.

Good stuff in here. Easy to carry around, not much else would be helpful in a pocketbook for such a wide range of possible ICU patients. Helpful cardiology stuff too. Definitely worth it.

A pretty nice little book. Although there is a lot of good info here, the authors try to pack a lot of different kinds of info, which limits its usefulness. There is a large section on drugs -- I already have my drug reference, though. There are small sections on big diseases, but functionally, there is just not a lot of tips that give me info I don't otherwise already have at the bedside. Pretty good on internal medicine, a little lacking in the critical care.

Had an older version of the pocket version in medical school and bought this as an update. Nice reference with great charts (ie; different brands of birth control, ideal PEF values for different heights, steroid by brand name and potency) that I reference almost daily and makes this more useful than other databases' phone apps.

This is a great pocket reference. I'm an ICU nurse, and it's great to have a little reference book that doesn't take up too much room in your bag. The labs and other tests are referenced and the book is broken down by systems. Those that have a hard time reading tiny print may find this book difficult to read.

The sender sent me the older edition of the book but I ordered and paid for the newer edition... hopefully they can correct this??

I have recently ordered a Tarascon Internal Medicine and Critical Care Pocketbook. I love the product. When I received the product I had to pay $2.79 to the post office to be able to get the product. I found this to be very inconvenient. I have sold many products at Amazon and I have not had the consumer COD. Thank you

Lizzette

When you're paying so much for so little paper one could expect binding last at least a month. Had to glue loose pages and cover when received... Content is good as usual. Better off using Pocket Medicine instead.