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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454832903321

Autore

Link Nathan

Titolo

Bellevue Guide to Outpatient Medicine [[electronic resource] ] : An Evidence-based Guide to Primary Care

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2001

ISBN

1-280-28533-8

9786610285334

0-585-39401-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TannerMichael

Disciplina

616

Soggetti

Ambulatory Care - methods

Primary Health Care - methods

Evidence-Based Medicine

Electronic books.

Handbook

Practice Guideline

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Consultants; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1: Alcohol problems; 2: Anemia; 3: Anticoagulation; 4: Arterial disease of the lower extremities; 5: Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; 6: Atrial fibrillation; 7: Breast disease; 8: Cancer screening; 9: Cerebrovascular disease; 10: Coronary artery disease; 11: Cough, bronchitis, and pneumonia; 12: Depression, anxiety, and somatization; 13: Dermatologic disease; 14: Diabetes mellitus; 15: Dizziness; 16: Domestic violence; 17: Dyspepsia, peptic ulcer disease, and gastroesophageal reflux disease; 18: Fatigue; 19: Headache

20: Heart failure21: Hepatitis A, B, and C; 22: HIV disease; 23: Hyperlipidemia; 24: Hypertension; 25: Irritable bowel syndrome; 26: Liver and biliary disease; 27: Low back pain; 28: Menopause and hormone replacement; 29: Musculoskeletal pain; 30: Obesity; 31: Osteoporosis; 32: Palpitations; 33: Renal insufficiency; 34: Seizure disorders; 35: Sexually transmitted diseases; 36: Smoking cessation; 37: Thyroid disease; 38: Tuberculosis and PPD testing; 39: Upper



respiratory infection and allergic rhinitis; 40: Valvular heart disease; 41: Venous thromboembolism

Appendix A: 30 Leading causes of death worldwide - 1990Appendix B: 15 Leading causes of death, United States - 1998; Appendix C: Estimated new cancer cases and deaths by sex for all sites, United States - 2000*; Appendix D: Centers for disease control notifiable diseases, United States - 1998; Appendix E: Recommendations for primary and secondary prevention from the US Preventive Services Task Force; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Bellevue Guide to Health Care represents a collaboration among primary care and specialist physicians in the Department of Medicine at New York School of Medicine. It is intended for use by teachers, students and practitioners of primary care and in the hospital outpatient department. The Guide presents data about prevalence of disease, accuracy and diagnosis from congestive heart failure to domestic violence. Advice about patient management is interwoven with annotated references in a unique two column format providing the actual data upon which recommendations are based. (For example, re