Urgent Care Medicine

by Tanise Edwards, Thom A. Mayer (Joint Author)

Overview

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,

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780070220683
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	04/25/2002
Pages:	676
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 7.20(h) x 1.50(d)

Table of Contents

	Contributors	ix
	Preface	xi
Part I	Management
Chapter 1	Definition of Fast-Track and Urgent Care Medicine	3
Chapter 2	The Urgent Care Center	7
Chapter 3	Documentation	23
Chapter 4	Interfacility Transport of Patients from the Urgent Care Setting	29
Chapter 5	Customer Service in Urgent Care Medicine	39
Part II	Clinical Practice
Chapter 6	Physical Examination	55
Chapter 7	Nontraumatic and Traumatic Eye Disorders	71
Chapter 8	Ear, Nose, and Throat	107
Chapter 9	Cardiology	151
Chapter 10	Pulmonary Medicine	199
Chapter 11	Gynecology	237
Chapter 12	Pediatrics	267
Chapter 13	Dermatology	311
Chapter 14	Gastroenterology	327
Chapter 15	Orthopedics	355
Chapter 16	Neck and Back	411
Chapter 17	Evaluation and Treatment of Nontraumatic Abdominal Pain	455
Chapter 18	Neurology	469
Chapter 19	Trauma in the Urgent Care Setting	503
Chapter 20	Psychiatry	547
Chapter 21	Genitourinary Disorders	555
Chapter 22	Anaphylaxis and Acute Allergic Reactions	563
Chapter 23	Wound Repair Procedures in the Urgent Care Center	571
Appendix 1	Differential Diagnosis	597
Appendix 2	Radiographic Signs and Findings	607
	Selected References	639
	Index	643

Editorial Reviews

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