Family Practice Guidelines
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This bible of family practice for primary care students and clinicians provides current national practice guidelines for professional standards of care across the lifespan. Concise and clearly organized, the resource features detailed, step-by-step instructions for physical examinations and diagnostic testing in the outpatient setting, information on health promotion, guidelines of care, dietary information, procedures, culturally responsive care, patient resources, and abundant patient education handouts.
This fourth edition is updated to include new evidence-based guidelines for rheumatology, public health (featuring updated information on substance abuse, violence, obesity, homelessness, and lesbian health), the sport physical exam and interventions, endocrinology, the 2015 Beers Criteria, new CDC recommendations for health maintenance, PTSD assessment and management, Restless Leg Syndrome, sexual dysfunction treatment, and psychiatric disorders. Several new and updated patient teaching guides-with printable education points--add to the book's outstanding utility as a thorough and reliable clinical resource. Each of the 268 diagnoses includes definition, incidence, pathogenesis, predisposing factors, common complaints, sign/symptoms, subjective data, physical exam and diagnostic tests, differential diagnosis, and care plan.
New to the Fourth Edition:
New and Updated Guidelines for:
Rheumatology - Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Sjogrens Syndome, Psoriatic Arthopathy, Pseudogout (calcium pyorphosphate dihydrate ), Ankylosing Spondolitis, Reactice Arthritis, Raynaud's Syndrome
Public Health - Substance Abuse, Violence, Obesity, Homelessness, Lesbian Health
Sports Exam - Assessment and Treatment
2015 Beers Criteria
CDC Recommendations: Vaccine and Cancer Screening
Endocrinology - Diabetes management and new FDA approved medications
JNC-8 Guidelines for Hypertension
Neurology - PTSD and Restless Leg Syndrome management
Sexual Dysfunction
Bipolar and other behavioural health disorders
New and updated teaching guides
Key Features:
Presents information for 268 disorders in consistent format for ease of use
Highlights key considerations with Practice Pointers
Provides individual care points for pediatric, pregnant, and geriatric patients
Includes 138 printable Patient Teaching Sheets
Offers 18 procedure guidelines and routine health maintenance guidelines
First place winner in the 2017 American Journal of Nursing awards.
Product details
- Paperback | 1064 pages
- 152 x 229 x 36.32mm | 2,091.06g
- 30 Jan 2017
- Springer Publishing Co Inc
- New York, United States
- English
- Revised
- 4th Revised edition
- 0826177115
- 9780826177117