Chapter 15 Interpreting Laboratory Tests Elizabeth A. Warner, Arthur H. Herold Chapter contents The Concept of “Normal” 176 Evaluating a Test’s Performance Characteristics 177 Separating Diseased from Disease-Free Persons 177…
Chapter 16 Infectious Diseases Anthony Zeimet, David R. McBride, Richard Basilan, William E. Roland, David McCrary, Hoonmo Koo Chapter contents BRONCHITIS 208 Chronic Bronchitis: Acute Exacerbation 209 PNEUMONIA 209 INFLUENZA…
Chapter 11 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Integration into Primary Care Mary P. Guerrera Chapter contents What Is Complementary and Alternative Medicine? 132 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in the 1990s…
Chapter 18 Pulmonary Medicine George Rust, Gloria Westney Chapter contents Lung Disease in Primary Care 261 Smoking and Other Risk Factors for Lung Disease 261 Diagnostic Tools in Pulmonary Medicine…
Chapter 35 Endocrinology George Wilson, Arshag Mooradian, Irene Alexandraki, George Samrai Pituitary Disorders 756 Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis 756 Approach to Pituitary Disease 757 Hypopituitarism 757 Hyperfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas 761 Acromegaly and…
Chapter 12 Establishing Rapport Robert E. Rakel Chapter contents Respect 147 Patient Satisfaction 147 Patient Dissatisfaction 148 Communication 148 Verbal Communication 148 Nonverbal Communication 149 Paralanguage 149 Hidden or Masked…
Chapter 43 Medical Human Sexuality Wendy S. Biggs Chapter contents Overview 1000 Sexual Self-Concept 1000 Models of Human Sexual Response 1000 Initial Evaluation of Sexual Problems 1000 Female Sexual Dysfunction…
Chapter 39 Hematology Alan K. David Chapter contents Overview 877 Hematopoiesis: Regulation of Cellular Elements of Blood 877 Disorders of Red Blood Cells 878 Anemia 879 Polycythemia 887 Myeloproliferative Disorders…
Chapter 8 Interpreting the Medical Literature Applying Evidence-Based Medicine in Practice Jeff Susman, Bernard Ewigman, Keith B. Holten, Douglas R. Smucker Chapter contents Building Clinical Evidence from Published Research 112…
Chapter 46 Difficult Patients Personality Disorders and Somatoform Complaints Robert E. Feinstein, Frank Verloin deGruy, III Chapter contents Personality Style vs. Personality Disorder 1038 Classification 1038 Personality Disorders 1038 Unexplained…
