Research Guides: Clinical Professionals: Clinical Care Reference

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The Clinical Professionals guide contains general resources used by all clinicians. See also the following LibGuides:

uCentral This link opens in a new window
Collection of manuals, handbooks, and clinical information tools. Also available and searchable through mobile app.
Select "mobile" from top of uCentral page. Register for account. Follow download instructions in confirmation email.
UpToDate This link opens in a new window
An evidence-based resource covering multiple medical specialties. Includes topic monographs, patient education, practice updates, drug interactions, guidelines, and medical calculators. To obtain CME, create a personal profile and log in.
VisualDx This link opens in a new window
Clinical information tool with emphasis on dermatological and opthalmological disorders. Thousands of images of diseases and disorders on different locations and skin tones. Search by diagnosis or build a differential diagnosis.
Lab Tests Online This link opens in a new window
Quick reference tool and resource with information about lab tests in health care. Useful for keeping up with advances in laboratory science.
GIDEON This link opens in a new window
Database for diagnosing infectious diseases. Includes differential diagnosis tool, current information on disease outbreaks, and epidemiological data.
Diagnosaurus This link opens in a new window
Allows searching of over 1000 differential diagnoses by symptoms, diseases and organ systems. Link from Diagnosaurus directly into other books within AccessMedicine.

Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking by Lynn S. Bickley; Peter G. Szilagyi; Richard M. Hoffman; Rainier P. Soriano This highly regarded text includes fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline the correct performance of the physical examination and an easy-to-follow two-column format that correlates examination techniques on the left and abnormalities (clearly indicated in red) with differential diagnoses on the right.
ISBN: 9781496398178
Publication Date: 2020-08-26

Lexi-Comp This link opens in a new window
Monographs, ebooks and interactive tools covering over the counter and prescription drugs. Lexicomp supports safe, evidence-based medication and therapeutic with considerations for renal impairment, pharmacogenomics, obesity, pregnancy, and more
Facts and Comparisons E-Answers This link opens in a new window
Constantly updated drug monographs for prescription and over-the-counter drugs; drug interaction checker. Includes additional handbooks on specific aspects of drugs, such as Review of Natural Products.
Natural Medicines This link opens in a new window
Alternative and complementary therapies, including herbs, vitamins, dietary supplements, integrative therapies.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) This link opens in a new window Government resource including broad coverage of: health topics, Evidence-based Practice Center reports, US government programs, research tools, data and statistics, grants, consumer health.
ClinicalTrials.gov This link opens in a new window Registry and results database; includes information about publicly & privately funded studies including; completed & ongoing trials, research design, results, and contact information.
FacultyOpinions This link opens in a new window Provides a consensus view of important articles and trends across medicine. You can create an account, identify subjects of interest to you and have important new articles emailed to you. This resource has the potential to save time in your attempts to keep up with the medical literature.
Physician Data Query (PDQ) from National Cancer Institute This link opens in a new window National Cancer Institute website. The Physician's Data Query (PDQ) section is a very useful source of cancer diagnosis and treatment information for clinicians and patients.