Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twenty-Second Edition (Vol.1 & Vol.2)

the acclaimed, landmark guide to internal medicineupdated to reflect the latest guidelines and recommendations  

the voice of clinical reason

For more than seven decades, harrisons principles of internal medicine has provided healthcare professionals with the informational foundation needed to provide optimal patient care. The worlds leading authority on applied pathophysiology and clinical medicine, this trusted resource has covered countless advances and developments across the full span of medicine. 

Fully updated, the new 22nd edition has been modified extensively in its structure and content and offers a standardized format for each disease chapter. The authors and editors have curated and synthesized the vast amount of information that comprises general internal medicine and each of the major specialties into a highly readable and informative resource. 

harrisons is world-renowned as the most authoritative source for: 

  Descriptions of disease mechanisms and how the clinician can apply that knowledge for the best patient care and optimal diagnosis and treatment of specific diseases 
    Clear, concise schemas that facilitate the generation of differential diagnoses to reason efficiently through complex real world clinical cases
    The physiologic and epidemiologic basis of signs and symptoms, which are covered through a wealth of unsurpassed expert guidance and linked to the disease-specific chapters that follow
    Updated clinical trial results and recommended guidelines
    Excellent and extensive visual support, including radiographs, clinical photos, schematics, and high-quality drawings
    Coverage of both therapeutic approaches and specific treatment regimens
    Practical clinical decision trees and algorithms
    Organ- and system-specific sections, with clinically relevant pathophysiology and practical clinical advice on the approach to the patient, strategies towards building a differential diagnosis, outstanding clinical algorithms and diagnostic schema, a wealth of clinical images and diagrams, current clinical guidelines, as well as general and specific approaches to therapy

This twenty-second edition features:

    Updated content that reflects new approved therapeutics and new practice-changing guidelines and evidence summaries
    More than 3,000, clinical, pathological, and radiographic photographs, diagnostic and therapeutic decision trees, and clear schematics and diagrams describing pathophysiologic processes
    Numerous atlases featuring curated collections of important visual aspects of diagnosis and management
    Brand new chapters, including The Value of the Physical Examination in Modern Medicine, Physician Well...