Pocket-sized and portable, Instant Work-ups: A Clinical Guide to Medicine offers all of the critical information physicians need to know in order to evaluate and diagnose a patient. The content is uniquely presented as a patient would present his or her case: with symptoms and abnormalities, as opposed to a diagnosis. Practical and easy to use, it provides clear work-up plans for the most commonly encountered medical conditions, providing quick, focused guidance with the flexibility to adapt to each unique patient. - Covers approximately 80 of the most commonly encountered medical conditions. - Chapters are alphabetically organized by topic for easy reference. - Topics are presented as a sign, symptom, or abnormal lab reading as a patient would present his or her case. - Every topic includes a brief background discussion, a list of important related materials, and a detailed list of the next lab or radiographic tests. - Describes each diagnostic test and includes algorithms for each topic to help guide diagnosis.

Dr. Ted O'Connell is a family physician, educator, author, innovator, and speaker. He served as the founding director of Kaiser Permanente's Napa-Solano family medicine residency program and serves as a clinical professor for UC San Francisco, UC Davis, and Drexel University's schools of medicine. He also founded Kaiser's community medicine and global health fellowship. has authored or edited over a dozen textbooks, written numerous textbook chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles. Among his most notable are USMLE Step 2 Secrets, USMLE Step 3 Secrets, Crush Step 1, and the Instant Workups series of books. He is the Editor-In-Chief for Elsevier's Clinical Key Meded education platform.