The most current screening, prevention, and management guidelines for more than sixty common outpatient conditions
Every topic updated!
5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! (of a previous edition) "The audience includes everyone who cares for patients, be they primary care clinicians, students, or residents in training. The editors, well known academic clinicians, have done a wonderful job....This is a valuable addition to every primary care clinician's personal library at a very reasonable price."--Doody's Review Service
This handy, pocket-sized guide draws information from many sources and presents them in an easy-to-use, comprehensive package for use by any primary care clinician. It offers quick-access to the latest guidelines for the most appropriate preventive services, screening methods, and treatment approaches commonly encountered in the outpatient setting.
Drawn from the most reliable sources: government agencies, medical and scientific organizations, and expert panels
Easy-to-follow guideline-based algorithms speed clinical decision making
Spans all areas of general outpatient medicine
Convenient, carry-anywhere size puts today’s best practices in your pocket
Website addresses for U.S. government agencies and professional organizations
Updated immunization schedules for all age groups
New evidence and references
More than fifty new topics
Essential for residents and practicing physicians in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecology; medical and nursing students; registered nurses; nurse practitioners; and physician assistants
About the Author
Joseph Esherick, MD is Medical Director of the ICU at Ventura County Hospital, and Associate Professor of Family Medicine at UCLA.
Danial Clark, MD is in the Division of Cardiology, Ventura County Hospital
Evan Slater, MD is in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Ventura County Hospital