FERRI'S CLINICAL ADVISOR 2008 offers a fast, effective way to access important diagnostic and therapeutic information on over 700 conditions. Its "5 books in 1" format offers key information on diseases and disorders · differential diagnosis · clinical algorithms · laboratory evaluations · and clinical preventive services. This package also includes access to a web site where you'll find all of the content from the book, as well as patient teaching guides in English and Spanish · and handheld software featuring the content from sections I, II, and IV and point-of-care information from other sections in the text. The result is a convenient, portable source for must-have guidance essential to everyday general practice. 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 701 diseases and disorders - 9 new in this edition. New approach to topics on "Seizures", revised and updated. Provides differential diagnoses for over 493 signs and symptoms - 25 new in this edition. Presents all of the information you need to interpret 214 laboratory tests. Includes at-a-glance algorithms for 331 conditions - 30 new to this edition. New recommendations for immunization and testing in Section V: Preventive Medicine. 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!. More than 60 new illustrations.