The Medical Abacus - Softcover

Rifkind, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1850700230 ISBN 13: 9781850700234

Publisher: CRC Press, 2000

Synopsis

Clinical practice is a unique blend of science and art. It draws upon a wide range of biological, physical, and sociological disciplines. Associated with many of these disciplines are mathematical formulas for the manipulation of specific data. But these formulas are distributed throughout each discipline's literature. The Medical Abacus brings together those formulas that are useful in clinical practice in a single reference. It includes key mathematical formulas, from acid-base balance to risk-evaluation statistics, with clear explanations of how to use them and interpret their results. Well organized and portable, this is the only book that brings all the essential formulas of medical practice together in one place, explains them in uncomplicated terms, and indexes them by disease. Only simple arithmetic and algebra are used, no advanced mathematics beyond the occasional logarithm, square root, or component is used. The data required for these formulas are readily available from the routine clinical laboratory. David Rifkind condenses a lifetime of clinical experience into this reference. The pocketsize format and easy layout make The Medical Abacus an essential companion for anyone involved in medical practice.

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Synopsis

This portable handbook explains how to use the mathematical formulas needed in clinical practice and interpret their data. Organized into 16 main sections, from acid-base balance to nutrition, each formula opens on a new page with explanatory notes on use and interpretation.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1850700230
• ISBN 13: 9781850700234
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 72