PFENNINGER AND FOWLER'S PROCEDURES FOR PRIMARY CARE
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By John Pfenninger, MD, FAAFP, Director, The National Procedures Institute, Midland, MI; Clinical Professor, Department of Family Practice, Michigan State College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI Grant Fowler, MD, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Family Practice & Community Medicine, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center Medical School, Houston, TX
Description Dr. Pfenninger, one of the lead author's on this book, is the recent recepient of the 2005 Teaching Excellence Award from the Society
of Teachers of Family Medicine and the 2005 Thomas W. Johnson Award for Career Contributions to Family Medicine Education. His book,
Primary Care Procedures 2E, is comprehensive, "how-to" resource offers step-by-step strategies for nearly every outpatient procedure
that can be performed in an office, hospital or emergency care facility. Designed for everyday practice, the outline format allows speedy
reference while the detailed text and clear illustrations guide readers through each procedure. The new edition of this best-selling
book features more than 80 new procedures on hot topics relevant to primary care practice.
Audience
Family physicians, general internists
Contents
Part One Anesthesia
1. Bier Block 2. Conscious Sedation 3. Epidurals 4. Local Anesthesia 5. Local
and Topical Anesthetics Complications 6. Nitrous Oxide Sedation 7. Pediatric Sedation 8. Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Field Blocks 9.
Site Specific and Facial Anesthesia 10. Technique of Trigger Point Injection 11. Topical Anesthesia
Part Two Dermatology
12.
Acne Therapy 13. Approach to Various Skin Lesions 14. Burn Treatment 15. Cryosurgery 16. Dermoscopy 17. Fishhook Removal 18.
Flaps and Plasties 19. Foreign Body Removal from Skin and Soft Tissue 20. Fungal Cultures 21. Incision and Drainage of an Abscess 22.
Incisions: Planning the Direction of the Cut 23. Laceration and Incision Repair 24. Laceration and Incision Repair: Needle Selection 25.
Laceration and Incision Repair: Suture Selection 26. Laceration and Incision Repair: Suture Tying 27. Laser Therapy 28. Mucocoele
Removal 29. Nail Bed Repair 30. Nail Plate and Nail Bed Biopsy 31. Radiofrequency Surgery 32. Ring Removal from an Edematous
Finger 33. Skin Biopsy 34. Skin Grafting 35. Skin Stapling 36. Subungual Hematoma Evacuation 37. Tick Removal 38. Tissue
Glues 39. Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids 40. Ingrown Toenails 41. Trichiasis 42. Topical Hemostatic Agents 43. Unna Paste
Boot 44. Wart (verruca) Treatment 45. Wood?s Light Examination 46. Wound Dressing
55. Chalazion and Hordeolum 56. Corneal Abrasions and Removal of Corneal or Conjunctival Foreign Bodies 57.
Slit Lamp Exam 58. Tonometry 59. Visual Function Evaluation
Section Two: Ears, Nose and Throat
60.
Audiometry 61. Auricular Hematoma Evacuation 62. Bifid Earlobe Repair 63. Cerumen Impaction Removal 64. Ear Piercing 65.
Myringotomy and Tympanocentesis 66. Reduction of Dislocated Temporomandibular Joint (with TMJ Syndrome Exercises) 67. Tympanometry 68.
Removal of Foreign Bodies from the Ear and Nose 69. Flexible Fiberoptic Rhinolaryngoscopy 70. Management of Epistaxis 71. Nasal
Turbinate Reduction 72. Emergency Cricothyroidotomy and Tracheostomy 73. Indirect Mirror Laryngoscopy 74. Peritonsillar Abscess
Drainage 75. Reimplantation of an Avulsed Tooth 76. Tongue-Tie Snipping (Frenotomy) for Ankyloglossia
119. Adult Circumcision 120. Androscopy 121. Dorsal Slit for Phimosis 122. Prostate
Biopsy 123. Prostate Massage 124. Prostate and Seminal Vesicles Ultrasonography 125. Self-Injection Therapy for the Treatment
of Erectile Dysfunction 126. Sperm Banking 127. Implantable Hormone Pellets for Testosterone Deficiency 128. Vacuum Devices
for Erectile Dysfunction 129. Vesectomy
Part Nine Gynecology and Female Reproductive System
130. Abortion:
Medical 131. Abortion: Surgical 132. Barrier Contraceptives: Cervical Cap, Vaginal Condom, and Diaphragm Fitting 133. Bartholin?s
Cyst/Abscess: Word Catheter Insertion Marsupialization 134. Breast Biopsy 135. Cervical Cerclage 136. Cervical Conization 137.
Cervical Polyps 138. Cervical Stenosis/Cervical Dilation 139. Cervicography 140. The Colposcopic Examination 141. Contraceptive
Implants (Norplant) Insertion and Removal 142. Cryocone of the Cervix 143. Culdocentesis (Colpocentesis) 144. Diagnostic Hysteroscopy 145.
Dilation and Curettage 146. DNA Sampling: Cervix and Other 147. Endometrial Biopsy 148. Hysterosalpingography 149. IUD Insertion 150.
IUD Removal 151. Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP) for Treating CIN 152. Pap Smear and Related Techniques for Cervical
CA Screening 153. Permanent Female Sterilization (Tubal Ligation 154. Pessaries 155. Postcoital Examination Test or Sims-Huhner
Test 156. Speculoscopy 157. Treatment of Noncervical Condyloma Acuminata 158. Endometrial Ablation 159. Vaginal Exam of the
Female for Rape 160. Vaginal Exam of the Young Female for Possible Sexual Abuse 161. Vulvar Biopsy 162. Wet smear and KOH Preparation
187. Ankle Splinting, Taping, and Casting 188. Cast Immobilization 189. Compartment Syndrome
Evaluation 190. Diagnostic Needle Arthroscopic Lavage and Biopsy 191. Extensor Tendon Repair 192. Fracture Care 193. Ganglion
Treatment 194. Joint and Soft Tissue Aspiration and Injection 195. Knee Braces 196. Nursemaid?s Elbow: Subluxation of the Radial
Head 197. Orthoses, Plantar Warts, Corns, and Calluses 198. Osteoporosis Screening 199. Shoulder Dislocations
Part
Thirteen Osteopathic
200. Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Part Fourteen Alternative Medicine
201.
Acupuncture
Part Fifteen Miscellaneous
202. Allergy Testing and Immunotherapy 203. Anaphylaxis 204.
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Bacterial Endocarditis 205. Biofeedback 206. Body Fat Analysis 207. Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy 208.
Drawing Blood for Bone Culture 209. Emergency Department and Office Ultrasound 210. Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology and Biopsy 211.
Heimlich Maneuver 212. Hypnosis 213. Lumbar Puncture 214. Muscle Biopsy 215. TENS Unit, Phonophoresis, Iontophoresis 216.
Venous Methylene Blue Intravenous Therapy
Appendices
A. Commonly Used Instruments B. Informed Consent C.
Latex Allergy Guidelines D. Pearls of Practice E. Resources for Learning Procedures F. Supplier Information G. Universal
Precautions
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