Comprehensive care of the patient with chronic illness / / Douglas S. Paauw, MD, MACP

• Autore: Paauw Douglas S.
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Elsevier, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.044
• Soggetto topico: Chronically ill - Care; Chronic diseases
• Note generali: "September 2015."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; CME Accreditation Page; Target Audience; Learning Objectives; Accreditation; Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest; Unapproved/Off-Label Use Disclosure; To Enroll; Method of Participation; CME Inquiries/Special Needs; Forthcoming Issues; Forthcoming Issues; Recent Issues; Contributors; Consulting Editors; Editor; Authors; Foreword: Comprehensive Care of the Patient with Chronic Illness; Preface: Walking the Narrow Path-Managing the Patient with Chronic Medical Illnesses; Comprehensive Care of Patients with Chronic Liver Disease; Key points ; IntroductionChronic liver disease at any stage: management goals; Monitoring; Specific management of cirrhosis and its complications; Varices; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Prognosis, liver transplantation, and palliative care; Liver transplantation; Palliative and end-of-life care in patients with chronic liver disease; Summary; Primary Care of the Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease; Key points; Background; Epidemiology; Natural history; Evaluation; Assessing renal dysfunction; Treatment; Complications; When to refer; Summary; Primary Care of the Patient with Asthma ; Key pointsBackground; Risk factors; Diagnosis of adult-onset asthma; Management of adult-onset asthma; Evaluation, adjustment, and recurrence; Complications of obstructive lung disease; Summary; Primary Care of the Patient with Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Key points; Introduction; Demographics; Risk factors; Clinical presentation and pathology; Differential diagnosis and evaluation of a patient with a suspected flare or complication of inflammatory bowel disease; Management; Routine health maintenance; Summary; Primary Care Management of Alcohol Misuse; Key points; Introduction ; Definitions, epidemiology, and consequences of alcohol misuseManagement of selected conditions in patients with alcohol misuse; Screening for alcohol misuse; Management of alcohol misuse; Summary: alcohol care in primary care; Care of the Homeless Patient; Key points; Introduction; Clinic visit; Specific management; Specific populations; Future directions; Summary; Care of Adult Refugees with Chronic Conditions; Key points; Introduction; The importance of using a trained interpreter; A brief description of the overseas evaluation; The domestic evaluation of adults; Mental health ; Chronic noncommunicable diseasesSummary; Supplementary data; Primary Care of the Childhood Cancer Survivor; Key points; Case; Introduction; History; Management goals; Recurrence and subsequent malignancies; Late effects; Preventive care; Summary; Case revisited; Primary Care of the Solid Organ Transplant Recipient; Key points; Introduction; Initial assessment of the solid organ transplant recipient; Follow-up visits; Preventive health in solid organ transplant recipients; Medications: interactions and side effects; Infectious complications in solid organ transplant recipients ; Common infectious syndromes (CAP, UTI, Diarrhea)
• Titolo autorizzato: Comprehensive care of the patient with chronic illness
• ISBN: 0-323-39572-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910137118903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Medical clinics of North America ; ; Volume 99, Number 5.