The first book devoted to the needs of clinicians working at Urgent Care Centers. This concise, practical manual is geared specifically for physicians and other clinicians staffing the growing number of Urgent Care Centers. Urgent Care Medicine covers the unique aspects of medical practice at these centers including; staffing, patient profiles, interfacility transport, and the most common procedures performed at these centers. The book features easy-to-find critical information and quick-reference appendices on Differential Diagnoses of Chief Complaints & Presenting Symptoms and Radiologic Diagnosis Pearls,
Indice testuale
Chapter; Introduction; Sect. 1. Management; 1. Definition of Fast Track & Urgent Care Medicine; 2. The Urgent Care Facility; 3. General History Taking and Documentation; 4. Interfacility Transport of Patients; 5. Customer Service; Sect. 2 Clnical Practice; 6. Physical Exam; 7. Ophthalmology; 8. Ent; 9. Cardiovascular System; 10. Pulmonary; 11. Ob Gyn; 12. Pediatrics; 13. Dermatology; 14. Gastroenterology; 15. Orthopedics; 16. Orthotics (Neck and Back); 17. Abdominal Pain; 18. Infectious Diseases/HIV/; Update on Antibiotics; 19. Neurology; 20. Trauma in Motor Vehicle Accidents; 21. Psychiatry; 22. Genitourinary; 23. Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions; 24. Common Procedures in the Urgent Care; Setting (Wound Care & Nerve Blocks; Incision & Drainage Procedures; Foreign Body Removal; Conscious Sedation; Appendices; Appendix 1: Differential Diagnosis of Chief; Complaints and Presenting Symptoms; Appendix 2: Radiology Pearls; Selected References
