Family practice guidelines / [edited by] Jill C. Cash, Cheryl A. Glass.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cash, Jill C., editor.

Glass, Cheryl A. (Cheryl Anne), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family nursing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Family nursing.

Nursing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Nursing.

Nurse practitioners.

Physicians' assistants.

Family Practice--methods.

Primary Nursing--methods.

Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures.

Nurse Practitioners.

Physician Assistants.

Medical Subjects:

Family Practice--methods.

Primary Nursing--methods.

Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures.

Nurse Practitioners.

Physician Assistants.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 806 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This textbook is a comprehensive family practice resource for primary care clinicians. It provides current national practice guidelines that provide the foundational standard of care for practice helping the clinician to deliver high quality primary health care to patients across the lifespan in the outpatient setting. The book features details on physical examination and diagnostic testing, information on health promotion, guidelines of care, dietary information, procedures, national resources for patient use, and patient education handouts all in one resource!. Patient Teaching Sheets are

Contents:

Family Practice Guidelines; SECTION I. GUIDELINES; 1. Health Maintenance Guidelines; Pediatric Well-Child Evaluation; Anticipatory Guidance by Age; Nutrition; Exercise; Other Providers; Adult Risk Assessment Form; Adult Preventive Health Care; Immunizations; Immunizations for Travel; 2. Pain Management Guidelines; Acute Pain; Chronic Pain; Lower Back Pain; 3. Dermatology Guidelines; Acne Rosacea; Acne Vulgaris; Benign Skin Lesions; Animal Bites, Mammalian; Insect Bites and Stings; Candidiasis; Contact Dermatitis; Eczema or Atopic Dermatitis; Erythema Multiforme; Folliculitis

Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Syndrome Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1; Herpes Zoster, or Shingles; Impetigo; Lice (Pediculosis); Lichen Planus; Pityriasis Rosea; Precancerous or Cancerous Skin Lesions; Psoriasis; Scabies; Seborrheic Dermatitis; Tinea Corporis (Ringworm); Tinea Versicolor; Warts; Wounds; Xerosis (Winter Itch); 4. Eye Guidelines; Amblyopia; Blepharitis; Cataracts; Chalazion; Conjunctivitis; Corneal Abrasion; Dacryocystitis; Dry Eyes; Eye Pain; Excessive Tears; Glaucoma, Acute Angle-Closure; Hordeolum (Stye); Strabismus; Subconjunctival Hemorrhage; Uveitis; Resources; 5. Ear Guidelines

Acute Otitis Media Cerumen Impaction; Hearing Loss; Otitis Externa; Otitis Media With Effusion; Tinnitus; 6. Nasal Guidelines; Allergic Rhinitis; Epistaxis; Nonallergic Rhinitis; Sinusitis; 7. Throat and Mouth Guidelines; Avulsed Tooth; Dental Abscess; Epiglottitis; Oral Cancer, Leukoplakia; Pharyngitis; Stomatitis, Minor Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis; Thrush; 8. Respiratory Guidelines; Asthma; Bronchitis, Acute; Bronchitis, Chronic; Bronchiolitis; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); Common Cold/Upper Respiratory Infection; Cough; Croup, Viral; Emphysema; Pneumonia (Bacterial)

Pneumonia (Viral)Respiratory Syncytial Virus; Tuberculosis; 9. Cardiovascular Guidelines; Acute Myocardial Infarction; Atherosclerosis and Hyperlipidemia; Chest Pain; Chronic Venous Insufficiency; Congestive Heart Failure; Dysrhythmias; Hypertension; Murmurs; Palpitations; Peripheral Arterial Disease; Syncope; Thrombophlebitis; 10. Gastrointestinal Guidelines; Abdominal Pain; Appendicitis; Celiac Disease; Cholecystitis; Colic; Constipation; Crohn's Disease; Cyclosporiasis; Diarrhea; Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis; Elevated Liver Enzymes; Gastroenteritis, Bacterial and Viral

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)Giardia Intestinalis; Hemorrhoids; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Hernias, Abdominal; Hernias, Pelvic; Hirschsprung Disease, or Congenital Aganglionic Megacolon; Hookworm, Ancylostoma Duodenale and Necator Americanus Definitions; Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS); Jaundice; Malabsorption; Nausea and Vomiting; Peptic Ulcer Disease; Pinworm, Enterobiasis Vermicularis; Post-Bariatric Surgery Management; Roundworm, Ascaris Lumbricoides; Ulcerative Colitis; Resources; 11. Genitourinary Guidelines; Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy

Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults (CKD)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78268-167-1

1-282-94137-2

9786612941375

0-8261-1813-5

OCLC:

694729288