• Newly added sections - The special senses (ENT and Eyes) and Therapeutics.
• Ethics and communication sections expanded to include record keeping, assisted suicide and other important issues
• All sections made more uniform in the treatment of symptoms, signs, investigations and diseases.
• Section on Therapeutics covers:
  • The practical use of drugs, including introductory notes on how to prescribe, writing a prescription, opiates management and other issues.
  • A table of the most commonly used drugs, with information on dose and route; monitoring, interaction, contraindications.
  • Palliative care, with specific information on drugs and other therapies used to control symptons associated with pain control (e.g. intractable nausea).
  • OSCEs/case-history based exam questions.

Additionally, you''ll get valuable added feature, 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
  • Anion gap
  • Body Mass
  • Creatinine Clearance Using the Cockroft-Gault Equation
  • GFR MDRD
  • Glasgow Coma Scale
  • Plasma osmolality
  • QTc
  • Rockall Score for Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
  • Sad Persons Scale
  • Severity Assessment for Community-Acquired Pneumonia (Curb-65 Score)
  • The TIMI Risk Score in Acute Coronary Syndrome
• 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.