Primary Care Secrets

Primary Care Secrets, 3rd Edition Table of Contents: I. HEALTH MAINTENANCE Principles of Preventive Maintenance and Test Selection Early Cancer Detection Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Immunizations and Screening for Infectious Diseases Ethnic Diversity and Disease Alternative Medicine Physical Exam Correlates II. BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE Depression Sleep Disorders Alcohol and Substance Abuse Anxiety Psychoses The Difficult Personality III. PRIMARY DISORDERS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Hypertension Chest Pain Edema Aortic Valve Disease Mitral Valve Disease Supraventricular Arrhythmias Atrial Fibrillation Ventricular Arrhythmias Coronary Artery Disease Congestive Heart Failure Cardiac Testing IV. DISORDERS OF THE EYES, EARS, NOSE, AND THROAT Visual Impairment Eye Pain and Inflammatory Diseases Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Ear Pain and Infections Sore Throat and Hoarseness Oral Lesions V. ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC DISORDERS Diabetes Mellitus Abnormalities of Lipids Infertility Thyroid Disease Osteoporosis VI. PROBLEMS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT Heartburn and Dysphagia Dyspepsia and Peptic Ulcer Disease Abdominal Pain Constipation Diarrhea Anorectal Diseases Acute Liver Disease Chronic Liver Disease Biliary Tract Disease Endoscopy: Indications and Outcomes VII. GENDER-SPECIFIC CARE Breast Masses and Pain Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding Menopause and Its Complications Contraception Vaginal Discharge and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Prostate Disease Scrotal Masses Impotence VIII. COMMON DISORDERS OF THE RENAL AND URINARY SYSTEM Urinary Tract Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases Proteinuria and Hematuria Kidney Stones Incontinence Renal Failure IX. COMMON PROBLEMS OF THE BLOOD AND LYMPH SYSTEM Asymptomatic Findings on the Hemogram Anemia Lymphadenopathy and Splenomegaly Bleeding and Thrombocytopenia Thrombosis and Anticoagulation Sickle Cell Disease and Other Hemoglobinopathies X. DISORDERS OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM Principles of Musculoskeletal Injury Monarticular Arthritis Polyarticular Arthritis Low Back Pain Hip and Knee Pain Shoulder and Elbow Pain Hand Pain Leg Pain Foot Care Fibromyalgia and Related Syndromes XI. COMMON DISORDERS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Dementia Tremor Muscle Weakness Numbness and Tingling Cerebrovascular Disorders Headache Dizziness and Syncope Seizure Disorders XII. COMMON DISORDERS OF THE CHEST Dyspnea Hemoptysis Cough and Sputum Production Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and Sinusitis Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Pulmonary Function Tests Hypoxemia and Oxygen Therapy XV. DRUG INTERACTIONS Common Drug Interactions and Toxicity Solitary Pulmonary Nodule XIII. COMMON DISORDERS OF THE SKIN Eczematous Dermatitis Maculopapular Eruptions Papulosquamous Skin Lesions Vesicular and Bullous Skin Eruptions Urticaria Skin Infections Isolated Skin Lesions Acne Disorders of the Nails and Hair Dermatologic Manifestations of Systemic Diseases XIV. CARE OF SPECIAL PATIENTS The Adolescent Patient The Elderly Patient The Obese Patient The Cigarette Smoker The Patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome The Patient with Anorexia and/or Weight Loss The Patient with Cancer The Preoperative Patient The Pregnant Patient