The 2010 volume of Ferri’s Clinical Advisor is simply the fastest, most effective way to access current diagnostic and therapeutic information on over 700 conditions. Its popular "5 books in 1" format provides quick reference to actionable guidance on diseases and disorders, differential diagnosis, clinical algorithms, laboratory evaluations, and clinical preventive services. Consult the user-friendly text or effortlessly search the thoroughly updated 2010 volume online, where you’ll also have unlimited access to downloadable illustrations, revised patient teaching guides in English and Spanish, links to PubMed, and so much more. Presents cross-references, outlines, bulleted text, tables, boxes, and algorithms for rapid access to key information. - Provides cost-effective referral and consultation guidelines. - Includes more than 200 lab tests covering normal values and interpretation of results. - Incorporates the most common childhood diseases into the Diseases and Disorders section. - Provides billing codes, including ICD-9-CM codes, to expedite insurance claims and reimbursements. - Features website addresses for additional resources and support. Includes step-by-step, how-to information on 60 procedures, including ICD-9 and CPT codes, indications and contraindications, and complications. - Features the thoroughly updated 2010 volume online where you’ll have unlimited access to downloadable illustrations, revised patient teaching guides in English and Spanish, links to PubMed, and more, for convenient accessibility to essential information. "This is an outstanding publication and a thorough reference book for GPs, nurse practitioners and advanced practice nurses. It really is five books in one." British Journal of Primary Care Nursing, October 2009 "This is an outstanding publication and will be a thorough reference book for GPs, nurse practitioners and advanced practice nurses, indeed it is better described as five books in one...A very useful publication which I wholeheartedly recommend." Education for Health, October 2009 Your fast-access resource for essential management answers Fred Ferri is a Clinical Professor of Community Health at the Alpert Medical School, Brown University and author of over 30 medical books. He has been the best-selling medical author in the United States over the past 25 years and is also well known and respected internationally. He has been a visiting Professor at other medical schools and many of his books have been translated in several languages. In addition to his numerous publications, he has had a distinguished academic career at Brown University where he has received several awards for his dedication to teaching including the Brown University Excellence in Teaching award and Dean’s teaching Award, and with the American College of Physicians where he was inducted as a Fellow in the ACP and has been a recipient of the Irving Addison Beck Award from the Rhode Island Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Ferri is a practicing physician at Ocean State Medical, a group primary care practice that he established in 1984 and still runs along with two other partners and his two sons.