Common Symptoms in Outpatient Practice, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America

1st Edition, Volume 105-1 - November 26, 2020
Editor: Lia S. Logio
Language: English
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This issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Lia Logio, is devoted to Common Symptoms in Outpatient Practice. Articles in this issue include: Evaluating and… Read more

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This issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Lia Logio, is devoted to Common Symptoms in Outpatient Practice. Articles in this issue include: Evaluating and managing the patient with back pain, Update on Indigestion, Approach to the patient with a cough, Diagnosis and Management of Headaches, Current Approach to Constipation, Managing the Forgetful Patient: Best Practice for Cognitive Impairment, Evidence-based Approach to Palpitations, Solving the Problem of Insomnia: Current Practice, Approach to Knee Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment, Approach to Fatigue: Best Practice, Best Practices in the Management of Overweight and Obesity, Best Practice in Approaching Patients with Weight Loss, Common Complaints of the Hands and Feet, A Symptom-Directed Paradigm for the Evaluation and Management of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections, and more.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
CME Accreditation Page
Forthcoming Issues
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Evaluating and Managing the Patient with Back Pain
Key points
Low back pain
Clinics care points
Update on Indigestion
Key points
Introduction
Pathophysiology
Differential diagnosis
Evaluation
Treatment
Pregnancy and dyspepsia
Summary
Clinical Care Points
Approach to the Patient with Cough
Key points
Introduction
Classification of cough
Pathophysiology of cough
Etiologies
Evaluation
Summary
Clinics care points
Headaches in Adults in Primary Care: Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Key points
Introduction
Classification of headaches
Tension-type headache
Migraine headache
Summary
Clinics care points
A Case-Based Approach to Constipation in Primary Care
Key points
Introductory case: normal/slow-transit constipation, part 1
Clinics care points
Case: normal/slow-transit constipation, part 2
Clinics care point
Case: defecatory disorder, part 1
Clinics care points
Case: defecatory disorder, part 2
Clinics care points
Case: opioid-induced constipation
Clinics care point
Case: severely refractory constipation
Clinics care points
Summary
Managing the Forgetful Patient: Best Practice for Cognitive Impairment
Key points
Introduction
Nature of the problem
Diagnostic criteria
Types of dementia
Screening for dementia
Diagnosis and evaluation of dementia
History
Medication review
Physical examination
Laboratory testing
Neuroimaging
Treatment and management
The team approach to care
Nonpharmacologic therapy for management of dementia
Cognitive therapy
Exercise
Occupational therapy
Nonpharmacologic behavioral management
Pharmacologic therapy
Summary
Clinics care points
Evidence-Based Approach to Palpitations
Key points
Introduction
Patient history
Physical examination
Testing (evaluation)
Summary
Solving the Problem of Insomnia in Clinical Practice
Key points
Introduction
Definition
Pathophysiology
Diagnosis
Treatment
Long-term consequences/sequelae
Summary
Clinics care points
Outpatient Evaluation of Knee Pain
Key points
Approach to outpatient knee pain
Differential diagnosis for knee pain
Summary
Cases
Clinics care points
Approach to Fatigue: Best Practice
Key points
Common symptoms in outpatient practice
Clinics care points
Best Practices in the Management of Overweight and Obesity
Key points
Introduction
Causes and pathophysiology
Summary
Clinics care points
Approach to Patients with Unintentional Weight Loss
Key points
Introduction
Nature of the problem
Definitions
Pathophysiology
Causes of unintentional weight loss
Causes of weight loss in older adults
Approach
Therapeutic options
Summary
Clinics care points
Common Complaints of the Hands and Feet
Key points
Introduction
Hand osteoarthritis
Clinical care points
Carpel tunnel syndrome
Clinical care points
Ganglion cysts
Clinical care points
Plantar fasciitis
Clinical care points
Onychomycosis
Clinical care points
Morton interdigital neuroma
Clinical care points
Summary
Supplementary data
A Symptom-Directed Paradigm for the Evaluation and Management of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
Key points
Introduction
Initial evaluation
Specific upper respiratory tract infections syndromes
Ear pain: otitis
Sinus pain and headache: rhinitis, sinusitis
Sore throat: pharyngitis, tonsillitis, laryngitis, epiglottitis
Cough: bronchitis, tracheitis, pneumonia
“Don’t miss” diagnoses
Management of upper respiratory tract infections
Antibiotics
Analgesics and antipyretics
Antihistamines and decongestants
Expectorants and cough suppressants
Natural supplements
Summary
Clinics care points

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