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- Provides a quick, portable, algorithm-based guide to diagnosis and management of common problems seen in adult patients
- Covers general considerations such as the physical examination, care of special populations, and pain management and palliative care
- Focuses on common symptoms and disorders by system
- Discusses symptoms, red flags, algorithms for differential diagnosis, related symptoms and findings, laboratory workup, treatment guidelines, and clinical pearls
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Table of contents (35 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Endocrine
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Respiratory
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Cardiac
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About this book
This handbook provides a quick, portable, algorithm-based guide to diagnosis and management of common problems seen in adult patients. Written by experienced primary care practitioners, the book emphasizes efficient decision making necessary in the fast-paced realm of the medical office. It covers general considerations such as the physical examination, care of special populations, and pain management and palliative care. It also focuses on common symptoms and disorders by system, including endocrine, respiratory, cardiac, orthopedic, neurologic, genitourinary, and gynecologic. For each disorder, symptoms, red flags, algorithms for differential diagnosis, related symptoms and findings, laboratory workup, treatment guidelines, and clinical pearls are discussed. Handbook of Outpatient Medicine is a valuable resource for primary care physicians, residents, and medical students.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, USA
Elana Sydney, Eleanor Weinstein, Lisa M. Rucker
About the editors
Elana Sydney, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Eleanor Weinstein, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Lisa M. Rucker, MD, Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Outpatient Medicine
Editors: Elana Sydney, Eleanor Weinstein, Lisa M. Rucker
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68379-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68379-9Published: 08 February 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 578
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 62 illustrations in colour
Topics: Primary Care Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine