This pocket reference and revision book is meant for medical students and junior doctors preparing for major exams in clinical medicine or needing review of essential facts. For this edition, Sam (Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, UK) and Teo (National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London) combine the first editions of Rapid Medicine and Rapid Differential Diagnosis and refer to about 200 common medical conditions and diseases and 350 commonly encountered signs and symptoms in clinics and exams. Information is presented by medical specialty then alphabetically by condition, with definitions, etiology, epidemiology, history, examination, investigations, management, complications, and prognosis. A separate section contains differential diagnoses for a range of symptoms, signs, and laboratory test results. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)