Essential Practice Guidelines in Primary Care

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Cardiology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

      PDF

   2. Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure

      • Benjamin J. Epstein

      Pages 3-26

   3. Hyperlipidemia

      • Andrew Cohen, Neil S. Skolnik

      Pages 27-40

   4. Management of Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation

      • Jaya Udayasankar, Doron Schneider

      Pages 41-50

   5. Antithrombotic Therapy for Venous Thromboembolic Disease

      • George P. N. Samraj

      Pages 51-58

   6. Antithrombotic Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation, Valvular Heart Disease, Management of Elevated INRs, and Perioperative Management

      • Ann Peff, Doron Schneider

      Pages 59-70

   7. Prevention of Bacterial Endocarditis

      • Margot Boigon, Doron Schneider

      Pages 71-77

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

      PDF

   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

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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From the reviews:

"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)

• 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

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