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Essential Practice Guidelines in Primary Care

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Neil S. Skolnik

    1. Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington
      Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia

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  2. Doron Schneider

    1. Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington

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  3. Richard Neill

    1. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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  4. Lou Kuritzky

    1. University of Florida, Gainesville

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  • Encompasses cardiology, respiratory, infectious diseases, endocrinology, gynecology, neurology, and psychiatry
  • Chapters written by world leaders in respective fields
  • One-stop source for evidence-based, nationally recognized clinical guidelines
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Current Clinical Practice (CCP)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  3. Respiratory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Clinical Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma

      • Michael Gagnon, Neil S. Skolnik
      Pages 81-99

  4. Infectious Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Health Care-Associated Pneumonia Clinical Guidelines

      • John Russell
      Pages 103-117

    3. Diagnosis and Management of Otitis Media

      • Richard Neill
      Pages 119-123

    4. Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Treatment of Nonspecific Upper Respiratory Infections, Rhinosinusitis, and Acute Bronchitis in Adults

      • Tina H. Degnan, Neil S. Skolnik
      Pages 125-129

    5. Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis

      • Mario Napoletano
      Pages 131-136

    6. Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease

      • Ross Albert, Neil S. Skolnik, Richard Neill
      Pages 137-144

    7. Adult Immunizations

      • Brett Fissell, Neil S. Skolnik
      Pages 145-174

    8. Rabies Prevention

      • Doron Schneider
      Pages 175-182

    9. Practice Guidelines for the Management of Infectious Diarrhea

      • Pam Fenstemacher
      Pages 183-209

    10. Tuberculosis Testing and Treatment of Latent Infection

      • Pam Fenstemacher
      Pages 211-225
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About this book

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom and with all thy getting get understanding. —Proverbs 4:7 In addition to wisdom, physicians need information—in many different settings—when learning new and reviewing previously learned material, during case conferences, and at the point-of-care while taking care of patients. Num- ous studies have shown that physicians regularly encounter questions that need an answer while they are seeing patients (1). Unfortunately, only about one-third of those questions are eventually pursued to find an answer, likely because of the difficulty of finding answers and the time constraints under which physicians find themselves (2–4). It is important to understand that when information is readily available, physicians utilize that information, and that information impacts on patient care and can alter the clinical decisions that occur (5–7). National clinical guidelines have been increasingly recognized as a potential way of improving the quality of medical care by giving physicians clear, eviden- based guidance on how to treat complex diseases where an abundance of lite- ture may exist. The evolution of medical knowledge proceeds along a predictable route. It starts with careful observation. Next comes the generation of hypotheses. The hypotheses are then tested through studies. These studies are eventually synt- sized into evidence-based guidelines developed through a rigorous process that includes a comprehensive review of the literature combined with expert opinion.

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"Audience: Primary care physicians, residents, medical students, as well as faculty members involved in their education and training. … This book is an excellent summary of the most important evidence-based, nationally recognized, clinical guidelines, with aim to improve the quality of medical care. It represents understandable, useful, easy to implement, one source for questions arises that is best answered by an existing clinical guideline. Together with electronic (PDA) version, should facilitate the implementation of nationally recognized clinical guidelines by primary care physicians.” (Mirjana Huic, Croatian Medical Journal, October, 2007)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington

    Neil S. Skolnik, Doron Schneider

  • Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia

    Neil S. Skolnik

  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

    Richard Neill

  • University of Florida, Gainesville

    Lou Kuritzky

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Essential Practice Guidelines in Primary Care

  • Editors: Neil S. Skolnik, Doron Schneider, Richard Neill, Lou Kuritzky

  • Series Title: Current Clinical Practice

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-313-4

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Humana Press 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-508-8Due: 05 February 2007

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-313-4Published: 19 November 2007

  • Series ISSN: 2364-1150

  • Series E-ISSN: 2364-1169

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 388

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Primary Care Medicine, Internal Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine

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