Original PDF Ebook – Family Practice Guidelines5th Edition – 9780826135834

Original PDF Ebook – Family Practice Guidelines5th Edition – 9780826135834

This bible of family practice for primary care clinicians and students provides current national practice guidelines for professional standards of care across the life span. Concise and clearly organized, this resource features detailed, step-by-step instructions for physical examinations and diagnostic testing in the outpatient setting, information on health promotion, care guidelines, dietary information, information on culturally responsive care, patient resources, and abundant patient-education handouts. Now in color with abundant images and illustrations, this fifth edition features thoroughly updated guidelines and recommendations to reflect latest in practice, as well as many new guidelines. Each of the diagnoses includes definition, incidence, pathogenesis, predisposing factors, common complaints, signs/symptoms, subjective data, physical exam and diagnostic tests, differential diagnosis, and a care plan._x000D_
Key Features:_x000D_
Presents information for disorders in consistent format for ease of use_x000D_
Highlights key considerations with Practice Pointers_x000D_
Provides individual care points for pediatric, pregnant, and geriatric patients_x000D_
Includes 138 printable Patient Teaching Guides_x000D_
Offers 18 procedure guidelines and routine health maintenance guidelines_x000D_
Features appendices that provide guidelines on normal lab values, special diets, Tanner’s Sexual Maturity Stages, and teeth