CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2016: Edition 14

Joseph S. Esherick · Daniel S. Clark · Evan D. Slater

Dec 2015 · McGraw Hill Professional

About this ebook

Guidelines for more than 60 common outpatient conditions drawn from the most reliable sources

CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2016 provides you with quick access to screening, prevention, and treatment guidelines for more than 60 common outpatient conditions. Content is drawn from a wide array of recommendations from government agencies, expert panels, medical specialty organizations, and other professional and scientific organizations.

CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2016 contains more than thirty brand-new topics that healthcare providers must know, making this an essential clinical companion in the primary care setting. Each topic is carefully selected for relevance to the office practice of ambulatory medicine, and the text overflows with clinical pearls, easy-to-apply take home points, and guideline-based algorithms designed to simplify clinical decision-making.

• Spans all areas of general outpatient medicine
• Updated evidence-based content
• Website addresses for U.S. government agencies and professional societies
• More than thirty new topics offer the latest clinical perspectives on primary care practice

About the author

Joseph S. Esherick, MD (Ventura, CA) is Medical Director of Critical Care Services and Associate Director of Medicine at Ventura County Medical Center, and Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine.
Daniel S. Clark, MD (Ventura, CA) is Director of Medicine and Cardiology at Ventura County Hospital, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine.
Evan D. Slater, MD (Ventura, CA) is Director of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Ventura County Hospital, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine.