This is the latest edition of the flagship volume in the best-selling On Call series. The book continues to serve as a reassuring second opinion for readers who are on call, alone, and faced with a patient problem in the middle of the night. It tells them what to do and how to do it quickly—from diagnosing a difficult or life-threatening situation to prescribing the right medication. The introduction of a new 2-color interior design allows readers to easily discriminate between instructions and protocols, rationales, and medications—which all appear in different typefaces.

Key Features

• Provides the background needed to diagnose and manage on-call problems, document situations, and assess and manage volume status.
• Guides readers through common patient problems and their symptoms and signs—from abdominal pain to transfusion reactions.
• Examines laboratory-related problems such as acid-base disorders, coagulation disorders, anemia, and other common electrolyte imbalances.
• Offers at-a-glance access to key data on medication dosages, indications, routes of administration, side effects, contradictions, and drug interactions.
• Includes SI Unit conversion tables.