Category: Family Medicine

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Sleep apnea is a common chronic condition affecting millions of people. Written by a multidisciplinary team including sleep medicine specialists, pulmonologists, scientists, psychiatrists, otorhinolaryngologists, and more, this text provides essential scientific and clinical information for those treating and researching the condition.

Since the previous edition published, sleep medicine has become a fully formed medical speciality. This second edition has been expanded to contain more clinically relevant information regarding diagnosis and treatment, and includes:

• New developments regarding the cardiovascular effects of sleep apnea
• New developments regarding the role of sleep apnea in insulin resistance
• Developing research on intermittent hypoxia in the disorder
• Latest pharmacotherapeutic trials, addressed in the last chapter

Organized into sections and subsections to make the book easier for the reader to use, this essential text also examines sleep apnea in special populations, such as children, older adults or pregnant women, and takes into account gender differences in the disorder.

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For decades, health care practitioners have relied on Middleton’s Allergy as their go-to reference for comprehensive information on allergic disorders. Now Middleton’s Allergy Essentials, by Drs. Robyn E. O’Hehir, Stephen T. Holgate, and Aziz Sheikh, offers a concise resource that’s both easily accessible and highly authoritative. Perfect for clinicians in primary and secondary care settings, this practical volume covers what is most useful in your daily practice, with a strong emphasis on disease diagnosis and management.

• A practical approach to evaluation, differential diagnosis, and treatment of allergic disorders, focused specifically on what the non-specialist needs to know for everyday practice.
• Each chapter begins with a handy summary of key concepts to help you quickly identify important information.
• Coverage of today’s hot topics includes asthma, drug allergies, food allergies and gastrointestinal disorders, anaphylaxis, atopic dermatitis, and allergic contact dermatitis.

• Concise sections on mechanisms are included where relevant, keeping you up to date with this rapidly evolving field.
• Authored by the same internationally recognized experts that produce Middleton’s Allergy, the definitive text in the field.
• Ideal for physicians, residents, general and family practitioners, nurse practitioners, primary care doctors, hospitalists, general internists – anyone who is called upon to make effective diagnostic and treatment decisions regarding allergic disorders.

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Make quick and accurate diagnoses and treatment decisions at the point of care with this bestselling guide! The 5-Minute Clinical Consult Standard 2017 is a practical and useful resource for primary care clinicians, as well as those in family medicine, emergency medicine, nursing, and pediatrics. Using a three-column, bulleted format, the print edition provides rapid access to diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up, and associated factors for more than 570 diseases and conditions, plus over 110 diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms.

The 5-Minute Clinical Consult Standard 2017, 25th Edition, includes:

• Succinct information on more than 570 commonly encountered diseases and disorders and 110 treatment and diagnostic algorithms (20 are new!)
• ICD-10 codes
• Evidence-based medicine content, fully updated and easily accessible for quick reference.
• Accurate drug dosing information carefully reviewed by a PharmD

Written by esteemed internal medicine and family medicine practitioners and published by the leading publisher in medical content, The 5-Minute Clinical Consult Standard 2017, 25th Edition includes a Free Trial to 5MinuteConsult.com

5MinuteConsult.com is a quicker, more valuable, evidence-based, online workflow tool easily integrated at the point of care. 5MinuteConsult.com provides online-exclusive content, including:

•  Differential diagnosis support from an expanded collection of algorithms
• Current evidence-based designations highlighted in each topic
• 570+ commonly encountered diseases in print, with an additional 1,400 online topics, including content fromThe 5-Minute Pediatric Consult and Rosen & Barkin’s 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult
• Thousands of images to help support visual diagnosis of all conditions
• Video library of procedures, treatment, and physical therapy
• A-to-Z Drug Database from Facts & Comparisons®
• Laboratory test interpretation from Wallach’s Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests
• More than 3,000 patient handouts in English and Spanish
• ICD-10 codes, DSM-5 criteria, and SNOMED codes
• Quick-access link to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force calculator
• Point-of-care CME/CE:  .5 credits while you search the site to find the best treatment for your patients. This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 20 prescribed credits by the AAFP and the ANCC

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Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking provides authoritative, step-by-step guidance on performing the patient interview and physical examination, applying clinical reasoning, shared decision-making, and other core assessment skills—all based on a firm understanding of clinical evidence.

This highly regarded text includes fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline the correct performance of the physical examination and an easy-to-follow two-column format featuring examination techniques on the left and abnormalities (clearly indicated in red) with differential diagnoses on the right. Bates’ also includes a unit on special populations, covering special stages in the life cycle—infancy through adolescence, pregnancy, and aging.

• Clinical pearls, printed in blue, highlight key points throughout the text.
• Text boxes help readers quickly find important summaries of clinical conditions and tips for challenging examination techniques.
• Many new and updated photographs and illustrations support the text, and figures are now numbered for easy identification and reference.
• Rewritten chapter on evaluating clinical evidence clarifies key concepts to ensure student understanding.
• Revised and expanded chapter on the skin, hair, and nails includes new dermatology photographs and provides the framework for assessing common lesions and abnormalities.
• Updated behavior and mental status chapter now references DSM-5.
• Significantly revised information on obesity and nutrition counseling; cardiovascular risk factor screening and new clinical guidelines; new screening guidelines for breast cancer, colon cancer, Papanicolau smears, and stroke risk factors; updated information on STIs; new geriatric assessment tools; and much more.
• New life cycle content, including an increased emphasis on cardiovascular health promotion and child development; updated pregnancy topics such as weight gain, substance abuse, and intimate partner violence; and new information on the older adult, including frailty, immunizations, cancer screening, cognitive decline and dementia screening, and a new algorithm for falls prevention.

Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking is the #1 choice for complete, authoritative guidance on mastering every aspect of the all-important physical examination.

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