Conn's Current Therapy 2015 E-Book

Edward T. Bope, Rick D. Kellerman

Description

Ideal for busy medical practitioners who need quick, reliable answers, Conn’s Current Therapy 2015 is an easy-to-use, in-depth guide that focuses solely on the most up-to-date treatment protocols for common complaints, acute disease and chronic illness. Drs. Edward T. Bope and Rick D. Kellerman present the expertise and knowledge of hundreds of skilled international leaders on evidence-based clinical management options. With key diagnostic points and treatment recommendation tables, you'll have quick access to the information you need to make accurate clinical decisions.

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• Find answers quickly so you can dedicate more time to treatment with practical and accurate advice by renowned international experts on diagnosis and management, delivered via a templated, at-a-glance approach.

• Gain the most effective results for your patients with quick, easy access to the latest evidence-based treatments and therapies
• Put the latest knowledge to work in your practice with updated and rewritten chapters to provide you with the most accurate content in therapeutics. With new chapters on palpitations, hypokalemia and hyperkalemia, vision rehabilitation and more, you can stay on top of current treatment practices.
• Offer a full range of treatment options through coverage of the latest information on recently approved and soon-to-be approved drugs.

Informations

• Publié par: Saunders
• Date de parution: 21 octobre 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780323319560
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 15 Mo

Extrait

Conn's Current Therapy 2015
First Edition
Edward T. Bope, MD
Chief of Primary Care, Columbus VA
Assistant Dean for VA Medical Students and Clinical Professor, Family Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Rick D. Kellerman, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine–Wichita, Wichita, Kansas

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Table of Contents
Cover image
Front Endsheet
Title page
Copyright
Contributors
Preface
1: Symptomatic Care Pending Diagnosis
Chest Pain
Epidemiology
Initial Assessment
Diagnosis and Treatment
Constipation
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Prevention
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Complications
Cough
Pathophysiology of Cough Reflex
Acute Cough
Subacute Cough
Chronic Cough
Dizziness and Vertigo
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Monitoring
Complications
Fatigue
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Prevention
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Monitoring
Fever
Definitions
Pathophysiology
Risks and Benefits of Fever
Diagnostic Evaluation of Fever
Differential Diagnosis
Treatment
Gaseousness, Indigestion, Nausea, and Vomiting
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Prevention
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Monitoring
Complications
Headache
Evaluation and Diagnosis
Tension-Type Headache
Migraine Headache
Cluster Headache
Chronic Daily Headache
Posttraumatic Headache
Treatment
TTHA Treatment
Migraine Treatment
Cluster Headache Treatment
Chronic Daily and Posttraumatic Headache Treatment
Conclusion
Hematuria
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Prevention
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Therapy, Monitoring, and Complications
Hiccups
Mechanistic Description
Classifications
Epidemiology
Pathophysiology
Evaluation of the Hiccup Patient
Nonpharmacologic Interventions
Pharmacologic Interventions
Physical Interventions
Treatment
Hoarseness and Laryngitis
Normal Laryngeal Function
Evaluation of Dysphonia
Types of Dysphonia
Neurologic Disorders and the Voice
Functional Voice Disorders
Presbylaryngis
Conclusion
Pain
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Prevention
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Treatment
Monitoring
Complications
Palpitations
Epidemiology
Differential Diagnosis
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Clinical Assessment
Diagnostic Testing
Treatment
Pharyngitis
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Prevention
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Treatment
Monitoring
Complications
Pruritus
Classification
Pathophysiology
Clinical Manifestations
Differential Diagnosis
Therapy
Complications
Rhinitis
Introduction
Epidemiology/Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Prevention
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
History
Physical Examination
Differential Diagnosis
Treatment
Monitoring
Complications
Spine Pain
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Prevention
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Therapy
Monitoring
Complications
Tinnitus
Definition and Epidemiology
Risk Factors/Etiologies (Subjective and Objective Tinnitus)
Pathophysiology
Prevention
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Management
Monitoring
Complications
2: Diseases of Allergy
Allergic Reactions to Insect Stings
Diagnosis
Treatment
Anaphylaxis and Serum Sickness
Anaphylaxis
Serum Sickness
Drug Hypersensitivity Reactions
Epidemiology
Classifications
Pathophysiology
Risk Factors for Hypersensitivity Drug Reactions
Clinical Manifestations
Evaluation
Management
Specific Drugs
Antibiotics
Penicillin and Cephalosporin Cross-Reactivity
Sulfonamides (Sulfa Drugs)
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Aspirin and NSAIDs
Local Anesthetics
Radiocontrast Media
Herbal Supplements
Conclusion
3: The Infectious Diseases
Amebiasis
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Clinical Manifestations and Differential Diagnosis
Diagnosis
Treatment
Anthrax
Background
Clinical Features
Diagnosis
Treatment
Bacterial Meningitis
Diagnosis
Antibiotic Selection
Special Considerations for Antibiotic Therapy
Adjunctive Therapy
Chemoprophylaxis for Bacterial Meningitis
Vaccines for Bacterial Meningitis
Brucellosis
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Treatment
Monitoring
Complications
Prevention
Campylobacter
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Prevention
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Treatment
Complications
Cat Scratch Disease
Epidemiology
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention
Cholera
Pathophysiology
Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Definition
Epidemiology
Pathophysiology
Clinical Features and Diagnosis
Treatment
Prognosis
Monitoring
Foodborne Illnesses
Classification of Foodborne Illnesses
Bacteria
Nontyphoidal Salmonellosis
Viruses
Other Pathogens
Giardiasis
Background
Organism
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Pathogenesis
Prevention
Clinical Features
Diagnosis
Treatment
HIV Disease
Epidemiology
Pathophysiology
Natural History
Diagnosis
Screening
Approach to the Patient with HIV Infection
Antiretroviral Therapy
Treatment Failure
Drug Resistance and Resistance Testing
Adverse Drug Reactions and Drug-Drug Interactions
Complications
Management of HIV in Pregnant Women
Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) of HIV Infection
Postexposure Prophylaxis of HIV Infection
Infectious Mononucleosis
Epidemiology and Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Treatment
Monitoring
Complications
Influenza
Microbiology
Prevention
Evaluation
Complications
Chemoprophylaxis
Treatment
Leishmaniasis
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Prevention
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Treatment
Monitoring
Leprosy
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Prevention
Pathophysiology
Clinical Manifestations
Leprosy Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Treatment
Leprosy Reactions and Control
Complications
Acknowledgment
Lyme Disease
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Lyme Disease Relapse versus Reinfection
Persistent Lyme Arthritis and Post–Lyme Disease Syndrome
Prevention
Malaria
Risk Factors for Transmission
Etiology and the Parasite's Life Cycle
Epidemiology
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Antimalarial Drugs
Treatment
Prevention
Measles (Rubeola)
Epidemiology
Clinical Features
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention
Methicillin-Resistent Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Prevention
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Mumps
Epidemiology
Pathophysiology
Prevention
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Therapy (or Treatment)
Complications
Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Prevention
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Therapy
Monitoring
Complications
Osteomyelitis
Epidemiology
Pathogenesis
Etiology
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Plague
Epidemiology
Modes of Transmission
Bioterrorism Threat
Pathogenesis and Clinical Syndromes
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention and Control
Pseudomembranous Colitis