20 Common problems in primary care

Resumen:

Everything needed to know to take care of the 20 most common problems seen in primary care practice -one chapter for each problem. This is the first in a new series of books about common problems in many areas of medical practice. It covers pathophysiology, patient evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment, along with discussions of patient education, family dynamics, and emerging concepts and controversies about each of the 20 problems. The book works the way clinicians work, complete with tools, tricks, and techniques for making difficult diagnoses and managing situations for the Top 20 presenting complaints. Also included are special sections on conditions that are the Major Killers (smoking, obesity, diabetes, hypertension), and on Hidden Problems, such as problem drinking, domestic violence, illiteracy, and more

Indice:
Brings together in a single source the procedures necessary to manage the 20 most common problems that present acutely and require immediate surgical action or referral. Focusing on a different topic in every chapter, this handbook explains not only what the primary care provider can do for the patient but how to do it and when a patient should be referred or transferred. Chapters cover the acute abdomen, abscesses, breast lesions, burns, trauma, lacerations, dislocations, bladder outlet obstruction, spontaneous abortion, episiotomy and repair of tears, caesarian section, epistaxis, peri-tonsillar abscesses, suturing, anesthesia, excision of cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions, and first assisting.