Cope's Early Diagnosis Acute Abdomen 15/E - Softcover

Zachary Cope

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195024567 ISBN 13: 9780195024562

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1979

Synopsis

Revised and updated by one of America's most distinguished gastrointestinal surgeons, this classic textbook presents the basic and unchanging principles of prompt, accurate diagnosis while incorporating many new observations drawn from the author's extensive experience. Cope's emphasis on clinical diagnosis by direct examination, his highly readable writing style, and the book's overall structure are all retained. The new edition contains a chapter on the use of laboratory and radiologic tests as well as many new illustrations.

About this title

About the Author:

William Silen, Johnson and Johnson Distinguished Professor of Surgery, and Dean, Faculty Development and Diversity, Harvard Medical School.

Review:

From reviews of the 18th Edition:

"If only one book about surgery could be made available to physicians from all specialties, it should probably be Silen's recent revision of Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen....It has remained the classic treatise on the initial approach to abdominal pain....The single best short treatise on acute abdominal pain in print." --The New England Journal of Medicine

"Anyone concerned with the early diagnosis of the acute abdomen, will find this text to be of most interest." --BIOSIS

"There is a lot of very usable information stuffed into these 290 pages, and very little has been left out. it succeeds because of its directness and practicality....The book is thorough, clear, concise, and has a definite point of view. It is a wonderful text for medical students and interns, especially primary care interns and residents who want a straightforward, clinically relevant resource....It would also make a useful review for practitioners who want to refresh their knowledge. This text should also be a must for emergency department physicians, and all family practice faculty who are confronted with ubiquitous questions from students and residents about patients with abdominal pain." --The Journal of Family Practice

"This latest revision of the Cope-Silen text on the acute abdomen nicely closes out the 20th-century information base on this subject....The healthcare providers of the 21st century will continue to profit from the important updating of this classic monograph"--Journal of the American Medical Association

"A classic treatise on the means by which clinical skills (history taking, physical examination, and interpretation of laboratory studies) can allow early diagnosis of acute abdominal pathology....Splendid book."Gastroenterology

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0195024567
• ISBN 13: 9780195024562
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 294