• Provides key preventative information adapted from the US Preventative Health Task Force.
• Features billing codes, including ICD-9-CM codes to expedite insurance claims and reimbursements.
• Includes complete, bulleted information on every aspect of 711 diseases and disorders - 10 new in this update.
• Provides differential diagnoses for over 507 signs and symptoms - 14 newly added in this resource.
• Presents all of the information you need to interpret 214 laboratory tests.
• Includes at-a-glance algorithms for 331 conditions - 15 new to this edition, including anisocoria, granuloma, HIV detection, osteoporosis, and systemic sclerosis.
• Adds a new appendix on primary care procedures that discusses 25 commonly used, office-based procedures, presented in an illustrated, at-a-glance format for easy reference.
• Provides sweeping updates to the Clinical Preventive Services section with all new immunization guidelines from the CDC.
• Provides handheld software featuring the content from sections I, II, and IV and point-of-care information from other sections in the text.
• Presents graded evidence-based medical information throughout - the only reference of its kind!.
• Signs & Symptoms index allows you to select from a checklist of comprehensive symptoms to quickly see a list of matching diagnoses.

Additionally, you'll get valuable added features, available only from Skyscape:

• New interactive flowchart: Complex algorithm and protocol are transformed from static images into dynamic step-by-step decision support tools. This innovative feature can quickly and easily walk you through even the most intricate decision models.
• Built-in Medical Calculators: Provide instant access from within clinical topics to the
  • International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS)
  • Calculation of the Creatinine Clearance
  • Cockroft-Gault Formula for (CCR)
• Full Images: Vivid images that aid in diagnostic workup.
• Table Viewer: All the richness of extensive tables, easily viewable on the compact screen of your mobile device.