Common Office Procedures
Chapter 28 Common Office Procedures J. Mark Beard, Justin Osborn Chapter contents Basic Skills 551 The Patient History 551 Skin Preparation 551 Bites 551 Immunizations 552 Procedure Room 552 Anesthesia…
Obstetrics
Chapter 21 Obstetrics Dave E. Williams, Gabriella Pridjian Chapter contents Woman and Child Health 360 Preconception Counseling 361 Nutrition 361 Medical Risk Assessment 363 Routine Prenatal Care 363 First Prenatal…
Interpreting Laboratory Tests
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…
Infectious Diseases
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…
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Integration into Primary Care
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…
Pulmonary Medicine
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…
Endocrinology
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…
Establishing Rapport
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…
Medical Human Sexuality
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…
Hematology
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…
