Overview
Main description
Today's Best Practice In Your Pocket
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"The audience includes everyone who cares for patients, be they primary care clinicians, students, or residents in training. The editors, well known academic clinicians, have done a wonderful job....This is a valuable addition to every primary care clinician's personal library at a very reasonable price."--Doody's Review Service
This handy, pocket-sized guide draws information from many sources and presents them in an easy-to-use, comprehensive package for use by any primary care clinician. It offers quick-access to the latest guidelines for the most appropriate preventive services, screening methods, and treatment approaches commonly encountered in the outpatient setting.
Features:
- Updated annually
- Screening, prevention, and treatment guidelines for more than 60 common outpatient conditions
- Content drawn from the most reliable sources: government agencies, medical and scientific organizations, and expert panels
- Easy-to-follow guideline-based algorithms speed clinical decision-making
- Immunization schedule for children
- Website addresses for U.S. government agencies and professional organizations
NEW TO THIS EDITION:
- Major updates to disease management guidelines
- More international guidelines
All This in One Amazingly Complete Guide:
Disease Screening:
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm,
Alcohol Abuse & Dependence,
Anemia,
Attention-Getting/Hyperactivity Disorder,
Cancer,
Carotid Artery Stenosis,
Chlamydial Infection,
Cholesterol & Lipid Disorders,
Coronary Artery Disease,
Dementia,
Depression,
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip,
Diabetes Mellitus,
Falls in the Elderly,
Family Violence & Abuse,
Gonorrhea, Asymptomatic Infection,
Hearing Impairment,
Hemochromatosis,
Hepatitis B Virus,
Hepatitis C Virus,
Herpes Simplex(Genital),
Human Immunodeficiency Virus,
Hypertension,
Chronic Kidney Disease,
Lead Poisoning,
Obesity,
Osteoporosis,
Speech & Language Delay,
Syphilis,
Thyroid Disease,
Tobacco Use,
Latent Tuberculosis,
Visual Impairment, Glaucoma, Cataract,
Disease Prevention,
Primary Prevention of Cancer: NCI Evidence Summary,
Diabetes (Type 2),
Endocarditis,
Falls in the Elderly,
Hypertension,
Myocardial Infarction,
Osteoporotic Hip Fracture,
Stroke,
Disease Management,
Alcohol Dependence,
Asthma,
Atrial Fibrulation,
Cancer Survivorship,
Carotid Artery Stenosis,
Cataract in Adults,
Cholesterol & Lipid Management,
COPD Management,
Coronary Artery Disease,
Depression,
Diabetes Mellitus,
Heart Failure,
Hypertension,
Metabolic Syndrome,
Obesity Management,
Osteoporosis Management,
Palliative & End-of-Life Care,
Pap Smear Abnormalities,
Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation,
Perioperative Pulmonary Assessment,
Pneumonia, Community-Acquired,
Pregnancy,
Tobacco Cessation,
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection,
Urinary Tract Infections in Women,
Appendices:
Appendix I: Screening Instruments,
Appendix II: Functional Assessment Screening in the Elderly,
Appendix III: Screening and Prevention Guidelines in Perspective,
Appendix IV: 95th Percentile of Blood Pressure,
Appendix V: Body Mass Index Conversion Table,
Appendix VI: Cardiac Risk--Framingham Study,
Appendix VII: Estimate of 10-Year Stroke Risk,
Appendix VIII: Immunization Schedules,
Appendix IX: Professional Societies & Governmental, Agencies Acronyms & Internet Sites
Table of contents
A Report Card on U.S. Health Care Delivery; Preface; Abbreviations List; Part 1. Disease Screening; Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm; Alcohol Abuse & Dependence; Anemia; Attention-Getting/Hyperactivity Disorder; Cancer; Carotid Artery Stenosis; Chlamydial Infection; Cholesterol & Lipid Disorders; Coronary Artery Disease; Dementia; Depression; Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip; Diabetes Mellitus; Falls in the Elderly; Family Violence & Abuse; Gonorrhea, Asymptomatic Infection; Hearing Impairment; Hemochromatosis; Hepatitis B Virus; Hepatitis C Virus; Herpes Simplex, Genital; Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Hypertension; Kidney Disease, Chronic; Lead Poisoning; Obesity; Osteoporosis; Speech & Language Delay; Syphilis; Thyroid Disease; Tobacco Use; Tuberculosis, Latent; Visual Impairment, Glaucoma, or Cataract; Part 2. Disease Prevention; Primary Prevention of Cancer: NCI Evidence Summary; Diabetes, Type 2; Endocarditis; Falls in the Elderly; Hypertension; Myocardial Infarction; Osteoporotic Hip Fracture; Stroke; Part 3. Disease Management; Alcohol Dependence; Asthma; Atrial Fibrulation; Cancer Survivorship; Carotid Artery Stenosis; Cataract in Adults; Cholesterol & Lipid Management; COPD Management; Coronary Artery Disease; Depression; Diabetes Mellitus; Heart Failure; Hypertension; Metabolic Syndrome; Obesity Management; Osteoporosis Management; Palliative & End-of-Life Care; Pap Smear Abnormalities; Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation; Perioperative Pulmonary Assessment; Pneumonia, Community-Acquired; Pregnancy; Tobacco Cessation; Upper Respiratory Tract Infection; Urinary Tract Infections in Women; Appendices; Appendix I: Screening Instruments; Appendix II: Functional Assessment Screening in the Elderly; Appendix III: Screening and Prevention Guidelines in Perspective; Appendix IV: 95th Percentile of Blood Pressure; Appendix V: Body Mass Index Conversion Table; Appendix VI: Cardiac Risk--Framingham Study; Appendix VII: Estimate of 10-Year Stroke Risk; Appendix VIII: Immunization Schedules; Appendix IX: Professional Societies & Governmental Agencies Acronyms & Internet Sites; Index
Author comments
Ralph Gonzales, MD, MSPH, is Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
Jean S. Kutner, MD, MSPH, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, CO.
