18th vs 19th of Harrison's principles of medicine updates

[thanhbuu]

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I am owning the 18th of Harrison's principles of medicine. Is there any summary of what is updated in the 19th ?
Your help is appreciated.
Thank you very much!

 

[gutonc]

Probably. But who cares? Get a subscription to UpToDate (or figure out how to log on to your institutions access remotely) and call it a day.

 

[Instatewaiter]

don't waste your money on the 19th edition.

There are usually very few additions/updates between editions.

 

[FutureInternist]

Only worry about the 0.05% difference b/w editions if you have the rest of the 99.95% memorised

 

[smartparts]

from the preface, the big changes are:
-(major?) changes to HIV/AIDS chapters
-new chapter on IgG4-related disease
-treatment of HCV

you can read about the more minor additions and changes here:
http://www.harrisonsim.com/preface.php