Completely updated for its Fifth Edition, this comprehensive text presents a practical approach to the office evaluation and management of every problem seen by primary care practitioners. In 239 problem-oriented chapters, the book provides essential information on medical diagnosis, lab tests, treatment options, and health maintenance and offers ...
Designed for advanced practice nursing students and novice clinicians, "Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care" is a practical resource that takes the readers to the 'next step' of health assessment-beyond basic history and physical examination and into diagnostic reasoning process. Accessible and concise, it focuses on ...
Written by and for nurse practitioners, this practical textbook focuses on what primary care providers need to learn and practice drug therapy. With an overall emphasis on patient teaching and health promotion, you will learn how to provide effective patient teaching about medications and how to gain patient compliance. Drug coverage focuses on ...
This fourth edition of "Pediatric Primary Care" is prepared to assist the pediatric healthcare provider to understand the wide spectrum of conditions seen in primary care of children. Written by experienced authors familiar with the scope of practice and knowledge base of pediatric nurse practitioners, it emphasizes prevention as well as ...
This comprehensive, "how-to" resource offers step-by-step strategies for nearly every outpatient procedure that can be performed in an office, hospital or emergency care facility. Designed for everyday practice, the outline format allows speedy reference while the detailed text and clear illustrations guide readers through each procedure. The new ...
The Second Edition of "Blueprints Family Medicine" covers the essentials of family medicine that students need to know during their rotation and while preparing for the USMLE. The thoroughly updated and extensively reorganized Second Edition provides coverage of the most common conditions encountered on the wards. This edition features new ...
The leading book on the full range of behavioral issues confronting primary care clinicians. This book covers the psychosocial problems commonly seen in primary care practice and presents clinically relevant approaches to their solution. With clinical vignettes included throughout, this text features strategies for building a strong physician ...
Featuring over 1,300 full-color illustrations, this atlas is a comprehensive, hands-on guide to more than 100 medical procedures most commonly performed in an office setting. This book presents step-by-step instructions and illustrations for each procedure and discusses strategies for avoiding common pitfalls. Each chapter includes ordering ...
"This 2nd edition of "Primary Care Geriatrics: A Case Based Approach" contains a practical approach to managing problems of the elderly presented through real cases, and textual review of the illness/syndrome identified in the case study. The case study format allows readers to involve themselves in clinical problems. The book is divided into five ...
This book aims to provide a theoretical framework, which is vital if health promoters are to be clear about their intentions and desired outcomes when they embark on interventions designed to promote health. It offers a foundation for practice, which encourages students and practitioners to see the potential for health promotion in their work. The ...
This new educational and clinical reference provides a comprehensive discussion of general medical conditions and associated pathologies confronting athletes, coaches, and athletic trainers of all levels. Featuring NATA Educational Competencies, it covers evaluation techniques and equipment, pharmacological principles, complete coverage of all ...
Comprehensively updated annually, "Ferri's Clinical Advisor" covers more than 1000 current topics in 5 handy sections. It's the fast, efficient way to access the important diagnostic and therapeutic information you need every day! Divided into five distinct sections dealing with over 1000 topics, this book offers basic information on over 600 ...
In collaboration with representatives of -American Academy of Family Physicians -American Academy of Pediatrics -American Board of Family Practice -American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists -American College of Physicians -American Medical Association -American Psychiatric Association -Association of Departments of Family Medicine ...
This book helps you utilize a sound evidence-based approach when initiating drug therapy. Using a standardized approach to therapeutic decision-making, this uniquely complete and impartial reference emphasizes the identification of variables that should influence initial drug therapy decision-making, and issues related to long-term monitoring, ...
Here's the new resource written by nurse practitioners for nurse practitioners meeting the primary health care needs of infants, children and adolescents! This comprehensive reference combines the authority of a textbook with the on-the-spot guidance of a handbook to cover the broad scope of pediatric primary health care. Written in clear, concise ...
Here's the guidance needed to evaluate and treat common fractures and to identify uncommon fractures that should be referred to a specialist. This book includes full chapter coverage of specific bones or joints and their fractures; details anatomic considerations, clinical symptoms and signs, radiographic findings, indications for orthopedic ...
Thoroughly revised and updated for its Second Edition, this comprehensive, practical reference is an essential resource for obstetrician-gynecologists who are increasingly responsible for primary care and need information on the diagnosis and management of non-gynecologic disorders. It offers all primary care practitioners invaluable guidance on ...
American medicine attracts some of the brightest and most motivated people the country has to offer, and it boasts the most advanced medical technology in the world, a wondrous parade of machines and techniques such as PET scans, MRI, angioplasty, endoscopy, bypasses, organ transplants, and much more besides. And yet, writes Eric Cassell, what ...
The first edition of Family-Oriented Primary Care helped bring the family approach to health care into the medical mainstream. This new edition, like the first, will provide the health care professional with a practical guide to working with and treating both the individual patient and the family. Tackling challenging and emerging issues such as ...
This text offers students, residents, and practitioners a systematic approach to differential diagnosis of symptoms and signs seen by primary care physicians. Dr. Collins organizes symptoms and signs into categories - pain, mass, bloody discharge, non-bloody discharge, functional changes, and abnormal laboratory results - and shows readers how to ...
Drawing on solid scientific evidence as well as extensive first-hand experience, this manual provides the practical information you need to safely and effectively integrate complementary and alternative treatment modalities into your practice. It explains how alternative therapies can help you fight diseases that do not respond readily to ...
This practical, concise, must-have handbook by faculty in the Department of Osteopathic Principles and Practice at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine will assist physicians, therapists and other practitioners, and medical students in applying manipulative treatment techniques for common problems encountered in primary care practice. ...
This clinically focused text presents pathophysiology of the diseases and disorders most commonly treated by primary care providers. Each chapter includes the most current information about pathophysiologic bases for presenting symptoms, differential diagnoses, and treatment. Well developed, complex case studies are analyzed in terms of ...
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