Customer Reviews

The Washington Manual® of Medical Therapeutics (Lippincott Manual Series (Formerly known as the Spiral Manual Series))

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This book is really useful and contains a great deal of information regarding everything an IM student/resident would like to know. It's very well written, clear and concise. It has a big drawback though: it is big and heavy enough for not being comfortably put in your pocket, since it is considered a pocket book. If this is not a disadvantage for you it is a perfect companion for quick refence in theoretical and some practical stuff

The Washington Manual is like a mini-DiPiro's. It is especially great because it is small enough to be carried in a backpack without the extra weight. The material inside is not too general yet not too overwhelming. Being a pharmacist that have been out of school for a few years, it is a great review of disease states. The book covers the pathophysiology and pharmacotherapy for each disease state.

I've had the PDA version of this book's 31st edition and I liked so much that when the 32nd edition came out I could not resist to buy the actual book. It is a great book for a quick review of many topics. I personally complement some of the topics with UptoDate and works great.

Pros:
- Conveniently sorted by disease state

Cons:
- Getting a little outdated
- Dosing information is not entirely complete (eg. duration of therapy for infection treatment)
- More dosing tables would have been handy to serve as a quicker reference, rather than having to dig through paragraphs.

Gives you information on the most common medical diagnoses with basic information their etiology, workup, symptoms, and treatment. I use this with PocketMedicine. WashU manual for syndromes I don't understand fully, and then PocketMedicine for syndromes I understand completely but just need to know dosages or confirmation.

A "must have" for the medical practitioner's library. An easily accessible source of reference at the doctor's office or while doing rounds at the hospital. The edition is very much updated.

I used this manual during my intern year of medicine. Very helpful with basics on almost everything I needed. There is also an electronic version for your PDA / iPhone, which reduces the amount of weight in your coat pockets....

i had to laminate the front and back myself bacause it was getting too much ware and tear...
great book though....

I'm a 4th year medical student, and needed apocket book to keep around in my internal medicine rotation, this is it!!! It's like internal medicine for dummies, just better!! I would recomend this to anyone in the field!

This book has always been one of my "must-have" books. It's the closest thing you have as an up-to-date resource especially when you're far from a computer.