The six-volume edition of the Small Medical Encyclopedia (MME) covers topical issues of medicine, including information on diagnosis, research methods, treatment and prevention of diseases, emergency and emergency care, healthcare organization, descriptions of medicinal substances, resorts. The MME contains many illustrations almost every article in the encyclopedia has a bibliographic list. Despite the fact that the MME was published at the end of the last century, only a small part of the information contained in it is outdated. In general, the information placed in the encyclopedia remains relevant and up-to-date. It will be useful to a wide range of doctors working in all areas of practical medicine - clinicians of all specialties, epidemiologists, hygienists, radiologists, resort specialists, employees of various laboratories and prosektura, as well as other specialists in the field of health care. The MME presents information on almost all nosological forms that have practical significance in the structure of the morbidity of the population of our country. Issues of etiology, pathogenesis and pathomorphology of individual diseases are described to the extent sufficient to understand the essence and mechanisms of the development of the pathological process, as well as to substantiate the methodology of diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Information about the clinical picture of the disease and its complications are given in sufficient detail, with details of symptoms by forms and stages of development of the disease, taking into account the age characteristics of its course. Special attention is paid to the issues of diagnosis. Diagnostic methods available for outpatient and polyclinic doctors and general hospitals are described in detail, with a description of the research technique and the necessary equipment, as well as possible complications and measures of assistance with them. The relevant articles provide the principles for the selection of patients for examination in specialized hospitals and counseling centers . When presenting treatment issues, special attention is paid to the description of the principles and content of therapeutic measures, indicating the most modern schemes. Groups of used medicines , Recommendations for the regime , Diet, Physiotherapy , Physical Therapy , means and methods of inpatient and out-of-hospital rehabilitation, if necessary, indicate the means and methods of outpatient and inpatient treatment , Emergency and planned hospitalization . Methods of surgical treatment are described briefly with a statement of indications, the essence of the operation, the preparation of the operation and the patient for it, postoperative management of the patient. The technique of the operation is usually given only in case of urgent interventions. Clinical profile articles contain specific recommendations for identifying the initial forms of the disease and risk factors. Much attention is paid to recommendations for improving lifestyle - rational nutrition, physical activity, issues of medical control over physical education and sports, control over the physical development of children and adolescents, the fight against bad habits. Distribution of information by volume: Volume 1. A - Breast Child Volume 2. Chest Kummel disease Volume 3. Labyrinthitis - Nephrotic Syndrome Volume 4. Nephrotomy - Kidney Failure Volume 5. Renal stone disease - Toxicology Volume 6. Toxins - FMD Single file with Fragments with ifolder. ru