The Family Medicine Handbook

Subtitle:: Textbook with Bonus Pocketconsult Handheld Software Via Pin Code
Author:: Mark A. Graber; Jennifer L. Jones
Format:: Softcover

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Now updated, the popular University of Iowa "Family Medicine Handbook" contains all the clinical information needed to diagnose and treat disorders commonly seen in inpatient and ambulatory settings. "Fast Facts" boxes highlight major points to remember while cautions and other key pearls are highlighted within the text. Includes a free PDA download.

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The popular University of Iowa "Family Medicine Handbook", now in its "5th Edition" contains all the clinical information needed to diagnose and treat disorders commonly seen in inpatient and ambulatory settings. Fast Facts boxes highlight major points to remember while cautions and other key pearls are highlighted within the text. Also, levels of evidence are provided to empower rational clinical decision making.

Product details

Contributor:: University Of Iowa
Publisher:: W.B. Saunders Company
ISBN:: 9780323039499
Publication date:: June 2006
Additional format:: Contains Paperback and CD-ROM (Software)
Length:: 191mm
Width:: 110mm
Thickness:: 37mm
Weight:: 780g
Edition:: 5th Edition
Pages:: 994
Illustrations:: Illustrated
Readership:: Academic
Illustrated:: Illustrated

Resuscitation, Airway Management, And Acute Arrhythmias 1. Airway Management And Rapid Sequence Intubation 2. Critical Cardiac Life Support 3. Specific Rhythms And Their Treatment 4. Critical Pediatric Life Support 5. Critical Neonatal Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 1. The Management Of Acute Chest Pain In The Emergency Department Setting 2. Seizures 3. Asthma/COPD/Dyspnea 4. Coma 5. Head Trauma 6. Trauma 7. Hypertensive Crisis 8. Aortic Dissection (Thoracic) 9. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 10. Shock 11. Overdose and Toxidromes 12. Bites 13. Environmental Illness and Burns 14. Burns, Cold, and Thermal injury 15. Rhabdomyolysis Cardiology 1. Acute Coronary Syndromes 2. Cardiac Arrhythmias 3. Valvular Heart Disease 4. Congestive Heart Failure 5. Hypertension 6. Syncope 7. Dyslipidemias 8. Prophylaxis Against Bacterial Endocarditis Pulmonary Medicine 1. Pulmonary Embolism And Deep Venous Thrombosis 2. Pulmonary Function Tests 3. Ventilators and Oxygen Therapy 4. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 5. Asthma 6. Bronchiectasis 7. Pneumonia 8. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis 9. Viral Respiratory Tract Infections 10. Evaluation Of The Chronic Cough 11. Obstructive Sleep Apnea 12. Sarcoidosis 13. Wegener's Granulomatosis 14. Hemoptysis/Pulmonary Hemorrhage 15. Pleural Effusion Gastroenterology And Hepatology 1. Dyspepsia (see Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease) 2. Peptic Ulcer Disease 3. Esophageal Diseases 4. Acute Diarrhea 5. Chronic Diarrhea 6. Traveler's Diarrhea 7. Celiac Sprue (Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy) 8. Lactose Intolerance 9. Irritable Bowel Syndrome 10. Clostridium Difficile Infection 11. Giardiasis 12. Diverticular Disease 13. Inflammatory Bowel Disease 14. Bacterial Overgrowth Syndromes 15. Anorectal Diseases 16. Gastrointestinal Bleeding 17. Differential Diagnosis of Elevated Liver Enzymes 18. Viral Hepatitis 19. Ascites and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 20. Alcoholic Liver Disease, Liver Failure, and Chronic Liver Disease 21. Hepatic Encephalopathy 22. Acute Pancreatitis Hematologic, Electrolyte, and Metabolic Disorders 1. Bleeding Disorders : Split 2. Clotting Factor Disorders 3. Platelet Disorders 4. Managing Anticoagulation 5. Anemia 6. Sickle Cell Anemia 7. Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency 8. Iron-Storage Diseases 9. Transfusion Medicine: Available Products And Transfusion Reactions 10. Evaluation of Elevated Serum Total Protein 11. Potassium 12. Sodium 13. Calcium 14. Magnesium 15. Glucose 16. Hyperthyroidism 17. Thyroid Storm 18. Hypothyroidism 19. Myxedema Coma 20. Thyroid Enlargement 21. Adrenal Disease 22. Acid-Based Disorders Rheumatology 1. Rheumatology: General 2. Rheumatoid Arthritis 3. Osteoarthritis 4. Crystal-Induced Synovitis 5. Spondyloarthropathies 6. Septic Arthritis 7. Rheumatic Fever And Rheumatic Carditis 8. Fibromyalgia Syndrome 9. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 10. Polymyalgia Rheumatica And Giant Cell Arteritis 11. Raynaud's Phenomenon 12. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 13. Drug-Induced Lupus 1

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