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Bedside Diagnostic Examination

1989; Oxford University Press; Volume: 65; Issue: 760 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/pgmj.65.760.121-b

1469-0756

Peter Beck,

Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment

The 'Annual Review' series has been appearing since 1932.In each issue distinguished experts are invited to contribute critical articles reviewing significant developments within each major discipline.This year there are 42 papers on a wide variety of subjects.The authors are largely from the United States, but there are excellent chapters from the Hammers- mith on the supraventricular tachycardias and St Thomas' on antiphospholipid antibodies.Each article is heavily referenced mainly from the American literature.For example an instructive article on carotid artery disease and its surgical treatment has no less than 166 references.Most references date up to 1987 and have been selected carefully.This book is an ideal update on many disparate topics.An article on silent myocardial ischaemia is sandwiched between the transdermal delivery of drugs and a review of current views on thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.This is both the strength and weakness of this type of publication.The choice of subjects is so varied that one is not sure what sort of person would buy the book.Certainly libraries should have a copy.Although individuals might only be interested in a few of the topics discussed, physicians should read it, if only to discover their ignorance of important areas of medical practice and to read excellent updates on many of the clinical problems that they see in daily practice.