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THE MERCK MANUAL MEDICAL LIBRARY: The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
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Care of the Surgical Patient
Introduction
Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Outpatient Procedures
Perioperative Management
expand / collapsePostoperative Care
expand / collapsePreoperative Evaluation
Clinical Decision Making
Introduction
expand / collapseBayes' Theorem
Clinical Rules
Determining a Threshold for Performing a Test
Determining a Threshold for Treating
expand / collapseDiagnostic Testing
expand / collapseEconomic Analyses
Number Needed to Treat (NNT) or Harm
Reasoning with Probabilities
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Introduction
expand / collapseAlternative Medical Systems
expand / collapseBiologically Based Treatments
Energy Therapies
expand / collapseManipulative and Body-Based Methods
expand / collapseMind-Body Techniques
Dietary Supplements
Introduction
expand / collapseBlack Cohosh
expand / collapseChamomile
expand / collapseChondroitin Sulfate
expand / collapseChromium Picolinate
expand / collapseCoenzyme Q10
expand / collapseCreatine
expand / collapseDehydroepiandrosterone
expand / collapseEchinacea
expand / collapseFeverfew
expand / collapseFish Oil
expand / collapseGarlic
expand / collapseGinger
expand / collapseGinkgo
expand / collapseGinseng
expand / collapseGlucosamine Sulfate
expand / collapseGoldenseal
expand / collapseGreen Tea
expand / collapseKava
expand / collapseMelatonin
expand / collapseMilk Thistle
expand / collapse S-Adenosyl-l-Methionine
expand / collapseSaw Palmetto
expand / collapseSt. John's Wort
expand / collapseValerian
expand / collapseZinc
General Principles of Medical Genetics
expand / collapseIntroduction
expand / collapseClinical Uses of Genetics
Ethical Controversies
expand / collapseFactors Affecting Gene Expression
Genetic Diagnostic Technologies
Mitochondrial DNA Abnormalities
Multifactorial (Complex) Inheritance
expand / collapseSingle-Gene Defects
expand / collapseUnusual Aspects of Inheritance
Geriatric Medicine
expand / collapseIntroduction
expand / collapseHealth Care Delivery
Unusual Presentations in the Elderly
Medical Aspects of Travel
Introduction
expand / collapseAir Travel
expand / collapseForeign Travel
Medicolegal Issues
Introduction
expand / collapseAdvance Directives
expand / collapseCapacity (Competence) and Incapacity
expand / collapseConfidentiality and HIPAA
expand / collapseConsent and Surrogate Decision Making
Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Orders
Informed Consent
Medical Malpractice
Principles of Radiologic Imaging
expand / collapseIntroduction
expand / collapseAngiography
expand / collapseComputed Tomography
expand / collapseMagnetic Resonance Imaging
expand / collapseRadiography
expand / collapseRadionuclide Scanning