Standard Treatment Guidelines

About this book

Treatment guidelines for more than 350 priority conditions, prepared by the Delhi Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs to support rational prescribing. Twenty chapters open with common diseases and emergencies that every specialty meets, in adults and children, then cover cardiovascular, blood, respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases, infections, tumours, the nervous system, genitourinary and hormonal disorders, ENT, eye and skin diseases, obstetrics and gynaecology, psychiatry, bone and joint disease, surgery, paediatrics and, new to this edition, dental conditions. Each guideline gives the key clinical features, the essential investigations, non-drug and drug treatment with doses, and when to refer to a higher centre.