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Practical Solutions to Common Problems
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Edited By
Andrew Polmear, MA, MSC, FRCP, FRCGP, Former Senior Research Fellow, Academic Unit of Primary Care, The Trafford Centre for Medical Education and Research,
University of Sussex; former General Practitioner, Brighton and Hove, UK
Description
This book has been prepared by professionals working in the UK and sets out the principles and practice of EBM in primary care diagnosis.
Giving guidance on over 100 symptoms and disorders, the book illustrates the fundamental issues: that the value of a history, examination
and investigation depends on the patient's prior probability of disease and on the setting and expertise of the doctor. Many chapters
feature "red flags" - elements of the history or examination that should alert us to the possibility of serious disease, which are vital
for general practice.
Audience
General practitioners (family doctors, or primary care physicians) worldwide
Contents
Part I. Symptoms
Altered bowel habit
Bleeding in early pregnancy
Breast problems
A cardiac murmur
Chest pain
Constipation
Convulsions in adults
Cough
Deafness
Delirium
Diarrhoea
Dizziness
Dyspepsia
Dyspnoea
Dysuria and other
acute urinary symptoms in men
Dysuria, nocturia, frequency and urgency in women
Erectile dysfunction
Fatigue
Fertility
problems
Haematuria
Haemoptysis
Headache
Heartburn
Insomnia
Intermittent claudication
Lower urinary tract
symptoms in men (LUTS)
A lump in the neck
Memory loss and dementia
Menorrhagia
Neck pain
Pain and tingling in the
arm and hand
Pain in the face
Palpitations
A pigmented skin lesion
Pleuritic chest pain
Rectal bleeding
Rhinorrhoea
Sleepiness
The swollen leg
Syncope
Tinnitus
Tremor
Vaginal discharge
Weight loss
Part 2. Disorders
Acute coronary syndrome
Acute respiratory infections
Alcohol misuse
Anaemia
Anxiety disorders
Asthma
Benzodiazepine
dependence
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Coeliac disease in adults
Colorectal carcinoma
Depressive illness
Diabetes
Eating disorders
Fibromyalgia
Food allergy
Heart failure
Hypertension
Hyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Irritable bowel syndrome
Lung cancer
Meningitis
Obstructive sleep apnoea
Palliative care
Penicillin
allergy
Pericarditis
Pneumothorax
Postnatal depression
Prostate cancer
Pulmonary embolism
Restless legs syndrome
Stable angina
Thrombophilia
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 528 pages, publication date: MAR-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-4910-0
ISBN-10: 0-7506-4910-0
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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Last update: 13 Oct 2009
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