Overview
- Each chapter focuses on a specific joint or region of the body
- Features extremely accessible writing, making it useful for busy professionals or students
- Illustrated with photographs and easy-to-understand flow charts
- Includes information on Meaningful Use legislation for primary care providers treating patients with musculoskeletal problems
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Primary care physicians are increasingly called upon to identify and manage complex musculoskeletal issues in their patients. This second edition of Common Musculoskeletal Problems in Primary Care: A Handbook is an excellent point of care resource for health care providers to better diagnose and treat patients presenting with common musculoskeletal complaints. Each chapter in this book focuses on a specific joint or region and discusses anatomy, red flags, approach to the patient, common clinical presentations and management, and includes a flow diagram to help direct management and follow-up of a patient’s problem.
A number of important updates in the field have been addressed in this revised version, most notably the inclusion of information on meaningful use. Meaningful Use legislation requires that healthcare providers give documentation on diagnosis and treatment to every patient at the time of their evaluation and as such, each chapter of this revised edition includes patient instructions and education sections for clinicians. Updated algorithms and physical examination sheets are provided and are formatted to easily fit into an electronic medical record.
Featuring a user-friendly approach and step-by-step guidelines for managing a number of common musculoskeletal conditions, this handbook is an ideal reference for medical students, primary care residents and practicing primary care providers alike.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
James M. Daniels, MD, MPH
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery
Vice Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Director, SIU Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, IL, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Common Musculoskeletal Problems
Book Subtitle: A Handbook
Editors: James M. Daniels
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16157-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-16156-3Published: 16 April 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-16157-0Published: 04 April 2015
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XI, 222
Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations, 52 illustrations in colour
Topics: Primary Care Medicine, Orthopedics, General Practice / Family Medicine