Acute Medicine is written for registrars, junior doctors and medical students working on the wards. It is a current and concise guide to hospital emergency medicine which provides:detailed management of acute medical and surgical emergencies, including in pregnancygeneral ward management issuesdescriptions of key proceduresnormal laboratory valuesdrug formulary covering the common drugs you will use every day.It is not just a list of instructions, but contains detailed pathophysiology and useful clinical pearls.It is designed to be carried round in a pocket for easy reference.