CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020

From common symptoms and preventive care to complex organ-system disorders, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020 brings a wide range of clinical topics into one reference. This 59th edition is designed around practical questions of diagnosis and management across outpatient and inpatient medicine.

Its breadth is part of the appeal: readers can move from a focused clinical topic to the wider landscape of general medicine, with chapters written by clinicians working across relevant specialties.

A wide-ranging clinical reference

The 42 chapters span disease prevention, common symptoms, preoperative evaluation, geriatrics, palliative care, and pain management, then proceed through specialties including cardiology, dermatology, gastroenterology, neurology, psychiatry, and infectious diseases. Further sections address cancer, genetic and genomic disorders, sports medicine, and other areas of care.

Practical focus across specialties

Rather than limiting its scope to a single discipline, this edition gathers diagnostic and treatment coverage across internal medicine and related fields. Medication tables, clinical references, and material on both ambulatory and hospital care support its role as a broad consultation text for clinicians, residents, and medical students.

Know which edition you are reading

This is the 2020 edition, a dated clinical reference rather than a source of current medical guidance. Clinical recommendations and drug information can change; readers should verify them against current authoritative sources and professional guidance.

For readers looking for a substantial snapshot of general medical diagnosis and treatment as covered in the 2020 edition, this volume offers an organized, specialty-spanning point of reference.