Griffith's: 5 Minute Clinical Consult, the parent publication for the 5 Minute Consult Series, presents clinical information in a unique outline format. To facilitate quick, easy information retrieval each author writes to the same outline which emphasizes lists and a design avoiding lengthy text. The PDA version also contains all the 5-Minute text plus over 500 color illustrations.

The text is updated annually and addresses approximately 1000 topics (600 long and 400 short). The book's content addresses the practicing clinician, for whom the outline style provides a quick refresher of each topic.

The information for each long topic includes enough detail to enable the reader to review the:

• Basics. Genetics, incidence/prevalence, signs & symptoms, causes, risk factors
• Diagnosis. Differential diagnosis, laboratory, pathological findings, special test, imaging
• Treatment. Appropriate healthcare, general measures, surgical measures, activity, diet, patient education
• Medications. Drug(s) of choice, contraindications, precautions, interactions, alternative drugs/therapies
• Followup. Monitoring, prevention, complications, expected course/prognosis
• Miscellaneous. Associated conditions, age-related factors, notes, pregnancy, synonyms, ICD-9, references