Pocket Medicine: The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine (Pocket Notebook) Fifth Edition

Buy this book! I don't think they change MUCH from edition to edition. I have the green version on my ipad and this one in person. I've noticed one or 2 changes. I used this during my 3rd year of medical school while on rounds. Its handy to look things up about your patient or patients on your team. It gives epidemiology, presentation, diagnostic techniques, and treatment for all of the things you're likely to see on the floors. It also fits nicely into a white coat pocket. I would highly recommend.

Are you on an internal medicine rotation/clerkship? Then you need this quick reference in your pocket. I used this and an iphone subscription to UpToDate and my preceptors gave me good reviews and I did well on the PA end-of-rotation exam. More importantly, however, I kept my head above water on the wards! I definitely used this resource more than anything else and the interns, residents and even my attending now and then would ask to borrow it to look something up on rounds. Know that it has very small print and uses a lot of abbreviations, but it does have a very useful table for abbreviations in the back. It is organized intuitively into sections like 'cardiovascular,' 'renal,' 'oncology,' etc, which make it easy to use. The information is pretty well updated and detailed. No complaints from me! I'll be keeping this book on hand for the next few years, I can tell.

I am a 4th year med student who put off getting this until 4th year due to financial issues. BIG mistake. Even if you cannot afford this book, put it on the credit card. This book is a MUST have for 3rd year, I don't know how I did it without this book. I got it during my ER rotation in 4th year and it helped even with that. It helps with whatever rotation you are on. It is an amazing guide, easy to use, and great when your at a hospital with slow computers. The best reference I have used all of medical school, I told my friend to get it for her husband who is a 2nd year medical student. There is no complaints about this book.

Great book, easy to read, easy to find what you need, and very helpful. If your attending was like mine he hated it when I used my phone too lookup anything, this book became my go to for quick info. Pros: Fits in my white coat Easy to find what you need. Cons: Wish it was easy to clean, after all that time in my pocket and placing it on many table tops, and desk tops it would be interesting to see what type of bacteria we could culture from it.

This is a great resource for medical students doing IM rotations. Just wanted to write this review to warn folks when buying this book from 3rd party sellers or other websites. Be especially wary if they are selling brand new books for $30 because they may be fake. It is a bit challenging to distinguish a real copy from a fake one but here are some differences I found: 1) The real copy's pages are plastic wrapped and separated from the cover which has rings. You have to open up the pages from the plastic and insert them into the book. The fake ones have the pages already in the rings. 2) The pages of fake copies are made with shinier paper while the real copy has rougher paper 3) Fake copies generally have blurry text almost as if you used your own household printer. The letters are very sharp in the real copy. 4) The cover's colors and fonts are different (but this is very difficult to distinguish unless you compare with the real one side by side) 5) Fake copies are slightly larger Well there you go. Apparently this is a very profitable book to counterfeit. Go figure.

I am a third year medical student and pocket medicine has been a great resource for me during my IM rotation. It literally puts what you need to know at your fingertips, easy to use and look information up. Good value too, many of the residents and attending physicians also carry a copy.

A must have for the IM shelf exam and IM rotation. I did not have it for my first 4 weeks of inpatient and SUFFERED for it. Just spend the money and commit to this little book; it simplifies everything you need to know (if you already have good base knowledge and know the pathophys, obviously), from diagnostic workup to first priorities of treatment to guidelines to classifications (ex. CHADS score, Light criteria, etc). A lot of these things are left out of other books like Step Up to Medicine or FA for Step2. Honestly, beyond testing, I feel like this book will benefit me beyond my third year too! It is really easy to access the info and handier than looking stuff up on Uptodate or online. It even contains dosing (especially helpful with a whole ICU meds page). The only topic I have noticed that should be added is Multiple Sclerosis.

I am a new NP, and I was was hesitant to purchase yet another pocket book. However, if you are new to working in an inpatient setting, this is an amazing resource. A few months into my new job, I realized several of my co-workers had the older (orange) edition of this book, and they still used it even a few years years later. It is very concise information on many critical care processes. I'm not sure why, but it is in a small binder, which could be better because it's almost too many pages to fit and turn well. Also, I can't imaging taking any pages out, so I'm not sure of the need for the binder aspect. Still, Not enough reason to take a star away.

Dopo aver superato lo scoglio delle sigle in inglese (peraltro non sempre spiegate nell'esiguo glossario delle sigle a fine libro) posso affermare che tutti i medici di medicina interna dovrebbero averlo nel camice. Lo consiglio caldamente. La versione con miniraccoglitore e fogli intercambiabili lascia un po' a desiderare. Dopo una manciata di volte che lo si apre le plastiche del raccoglitore cedono e a me ad es. si è staccata la copertina. Se si fosse fatto in brossura secondo me costava meno ed era più pratico, tanto nessuno si sognerebbe di togliere qlc foglio, sono tutti indispensabili!!

The entirety of clinical medicine in your pocket!

The information is american but still useful for canadian medical students when on the internal medicine wards and specialty clinics

Concis. Complet. Truché de références. A mettre dans la poche de blouse de n'importe quel médecin. Il faut simplement avoir des bases en anglais médical.

Great tool for your everyday practice, even in Germany can help you around when you feel you need that extra tip or push! One of the best pocket books for medicine if not the best.