Paulman: Signs and Symptoms in Family Medicine: A Literature-Based Approach

Signs and Symptoms in Family Medicine, by Paul M. Paulman, MD et al, provides a unique evidence-based approach to diagnosis based on presenting signs. Focusing on the most common diagnoses observed in a medical practice, the book helps you "think horses, not zebras." A rating system for the sensitivity and specificity of the signs, symptoms, and diagnostic tests aids in the development of a focused and accurate differential diagnosis. This handy, take-along guide is ideal for quick reference at the bedside or a refresher while prepping for the boards.

Key Features 

• Confidently diagnose and treat common illnesses and conditions using an evidence-based, systematic approach. A unique ratings system indicates how frequently various symptoms and signs are associated with a particular diagnosis.
• Easily find what you need with consistently organized chapters and an at-a-glance bulleted format.
• "Think horses, not zebras" with a focus on the most frequently encountered diagnoses.
• Rule out the most serious possibilities quickly with differential diagnoses listed in descending order of severity.
• Review symptoms, signs, suggested work-up, and patient disposition for each diagnosis.

Contents 

• 1. Abdominal Pain
• 2. Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding
• 3. Amenorrhea
• 4. Anemia
• 5. Anxiety
• 6. Arthralgia
• 7. Back Pain
• 8. Behavioral Problems in Children
• 9. Bleeding and Bruising
• 10. Blood in Stool
• 11. Breast Masses and Nipple Discharges
• 12. Chest Pain
• 13. Child Abuse
• 14. Confusion
• 15. Congestion
• 16. Cough
• 17. Depression
• 18. Diarrhea
• 19. Dizziness
• 20. Earache
• 21. Family Discord
• 22. Fatigue
• 23. Fever
• 24. Headache
• 25. Health Maintenance
• 26. Heartburn
• 27. Hypertension
• 28. Jaundice
• 29. Lower Extremity Pain and Swelling
• 30. Lymphadenopathy
• 31. Menopause
• 32. Neck Pain
• 33. Pelvic or Genital Pain
• 34. Polyuria
• 35. Rashes
• 36. Seizures
• 37. Sexual Dysfunction
• 38. Shortness of Breath
• 39. Sleep Disorders
• 40. Sore Throat
• 41. Substance Abuse
• 42. Urinary Problems
• 43. Vaginal Discharge
• 44. Weakness, Generalized
• 45. Weight Change 

About the Authors 

• Paul M. Paulman, MD, Professor and Predoctoral, Department of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. 
• Jeffrey D. Harrison, MD, Professor and Program Director, Department of Family Medicine, Assistant Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. 
• Audrey Paulman, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. 
• Laeth S. Nasir, MD, Professor; Chairman of the Department of Family, Creighton University School of Medicine; Family Medicine Physician , Creighton Medical Associates, Omaha, Nebraska. 
• Dean S. Collier, PharmD, BCPS, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Omaha, Nebraska. 

Product Details

• Paperback: 656 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 1 edition (August 25, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323049818
• ISBN-13: 978-0323049818

List Price: $42.95 

 

Tuggy: Atlas of Essential Procedures (Expert Consult Series)

The most rapid and long lasting way to learn is by engaging all the senses, especially by incorporating visual information. This is most clearly the case when one is trying to learn a medical procedure. For this reason, we have developed video tutorials to help achieve rapid competence in these procedures.

Additionally, repeated review of cognitive, visual, and manual skills can allow a learner to master and retain a procedure. For those in the medical field who need to use these procedures episodically, returning to these video tutorials will refresh and reinforce previous instruction.

It is increasingly recognized that standardization of procedures can lead to improved safety. We hope that learners will apply these standard methods as shown in the video and text so that we can offer procedures to our patients that are safe and produce the desired outcome.

As medical educators, we have found that by using these video tutorials we achieve learning efficiency that was not possible with only pictures and text. We have used these videos to teach and test competency in medical procedures.

Come back to this text often to review and relearn.

-- Michael Tuggy, MD, and Jorge Garcia, MD

Key Features

• Master 52 essential techniques spanning all areas of your practice with separate sections on Dermatology, Obstetrics, Women's Health, Ultrasound, Urgent/Hospital Care, Gastroenterology, and Musculoskeletal.
• See what to do step by step with the aid of plentiful full-color illustrations accompanied by clear, practical captions.
• Observe real-world applications by watching online video demonstrations of 50 procedures including cryosurgery, electrosurgery, catheter placement, circumcision, and shoulder dislocation reduction as well as several basic ob/gyn procedures.

Website Features

• Consult the book from any computer at home, in your office, or at any practice location.
• Instantly locate the answers to your clinical questions via a simple search query.
• Quickly find out more about any bibliographical citation by linking to its MEDLINE abstract.
• Images: Browse a Library of all book images. Easily select, organize, and download your images into a presentation.
• Videos: Access videos that demonstrate signs of common diseases and disorders as well as a variety of procedures.

Contents

SECTION 1 - Dermatology

• Chapter 1 - Punch Biopsy
• Chapter 2 - Shave Biopsy
• Chapter 3 - Excisional Biopsy
• Chapter 4 - Curettage and Cautery
• Chapter 5 - Cryosurgery
• Chapter 6 - Abscess Incision and Drainage
• Chapter 7 - Wart Treatment
• Chapter 8 - Local Anesthesia Injection
• Chapter 9 - Electrosurgery
• Chapter 10 - Ingrown Nail Removal

SECTION 2 - Obstetrics

• Chapter 11 - Vaginal Delivery
• Chapter 12 - Amniotomy
• Chapter 13 - Scalp Lead Placement
• Chapter 14 - Intrauterine Pressure Catheter Placement
• Chapter 15 - First- and Second-Degree Laceration Repair
• Chapter 16 - Vacuum-Assisted Delivery
• Chapter 17 - Forceps Delivery
• Chapter 18 - Third- and Fourth-Degree Laceration Repair
• Chapter 19 - Cesarean Section

SECTION 3 - Women's Health

• Chapter 20 - Pap Smear
• Chapter 21 - Vulvar Biopsy
• Chapter 22 - Word Catheter Placement
• Chapter 23 - Bartholin's Marsupialization
• Chapter 24 - Cervical Polypectomy
• Chapter 25 - Endometrial Biopsy
• Chapter 26 - Intrauterine Device (IUD) Insertion
• Chapter 27 - Intrauterine Device (IUD) Removal
• Chapter 28 - Breast Cyst Aspiration
• Chapter 29 - Colposcopy Examination
• Chapter 30 - Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)
• Chapter 31 - Paracervical Block
• Chapter 32 - Uterine Aspiration

SECTION 4 - Ultrasound

• Chapter 33 - First Trimester Ultrasound
• Chapter 34 - Basic Second and Third Trimester Obstetric Ultrasound
• Chapter 35 - Measurement of Cervical Length

SECTION 5 - Urgent/Hospital Care

• Chapter 36 - Lumbar Puncture
• Chapter 37 - Thoracentesis
• Chapter 38 - Paracentesis

SECTION 6 - Gastroenterology Procedures

• Chapter 39 - Anoscopy
• Chapter 40 - Hemorrhoidectomy
• Chapter 41 - Male Bladder Catheterization
• Chapter 42 - Female Bladder Catheterization
• Chapter 43 - No-Scalpel Vasectomy
• Chapter 44 - Bladder Aspiration—Suprapubic Tap
• Chapter 45 - Circumcision
• Chapter 46 - Penile Biopsy

SECTION 7 - Musculoskeletal Procedures

• Chapter 47 - Shoulder Injection—Subacromial Approach
• Chapter 48 - Trochanteric Bursa Injection
• Chapter 49 - Knee Injection
• Chapter 50 - Arthrocentesis
• Chapter 51 - Trigger Point Injection
• Chapter 52 - Shoulder Dislocation Reduction

About the Authors

• Michael Tuggy, MD, Director, Swedish Family Medicine Residency, Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
• Jorge Garcia, MD, Associate Director, Swedish Family Medicine Residency, Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 1 Pap/Psc edition (2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1437714994
• ISBN-13: 978-1437714999
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches

List Price: $99.95

Rakel: Textbook of Family Medicine 8th Edition (Expert Consult Series)

The Textbook of Family Practice was first published in 1973, just as the new specialty of Family Practice was being established. In 2005 the American Board of Family Practice changed its name to the American Board of Family Medicine, and this eighth edition reflects that name change.

For the first time this entire edition is available as an electronic version that can be accessed online. Additional material is available online, including 30 procedural videos from Elsevier's Procedures Consult.

In this edition, David Rakel, Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin, joins his father as co-editor.

This text is designed to be a resource for family physicians to help them remain current with recent advances in medicine. It will be especially valuable to the family physician preparing for certification or recertification by the American Board of Family Medicine.

Our goal is to serve as a resource for all health professionals responsible for providing primary care to patients, especially those professionals who may not have been adequately trained in the large variety of areas that make up comprehensive primary care.

Almost all authors are family physicians. For the clinical chapters we have continued the policy established in the first edition of having an authority in the field co-author the chapter with an experienced family physician to ensure that the information is current and relevant to the needs of the family physician.

The use of color in this edition enhances the rapid retrieval of essential information by highlighting Key Points and other essential information. Also included are more than 1000 tables and illustrations. The strength of recommendation taxonomy (SORT) in the Key Treatment boxes is used to indicate the strength of the evidence, focusing primarily on Grade A recommendations.

Although this text focuses on problems most frequently encountered by the family physician, significant attention is also paid to the diagnosis of potentially serious problems that would be dangerous if missed. Diagnosing a problem in its early, undifferentiated stage is much more difficult than after symptoms have progressed to the point that the diagnosis is evident. Early diagnosis and treatment decreases morbidity and is much more cost effective.

Robert E. Rakel, David P. Rakel

Contents

Part One - Principles of Family Medicine

• 1 - The Family Physician
• 2 - The Patient-Centered Medical Home
• 3 - Psychosocial Influences on Health
• 4 - Care of the Elderly Patient
• 5 - Care of the Dying Patient
• 6 - Preventive Health Care
• 7 - Lifestyle Interventions and Behavior Change
• 8 - Interpreting the Medical Literature: Applying Evidence-Based Medicine in Practice
• 9 - Using Health Information Technology for Optimal Patient Care and Service
• 10 - Clinical Problem Solving
• 11 - Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Integration into Primary Care
• 12 - Establishing Rapport
• 13 - Patient Education
• 14 - Interviewing Techniques
• 15 - Interpreting Laboratory Tests

Part Two - Practice of Family Medicine

• 16 - Infectious Diseases
• 17 - Care of the Adult HIV-Infected Patient
• 18 - Pulmonary Medicine
• 19 - Otorhinolaryngology
• 20 - Allergy
• 21 - Obstetrics
• 22 - Care of the Newborn
• 23 - Growth and Development
• 24 - Behavioral Problems in Children and Adolescents
• 25 - Gynecology
• 26 - Contraception
• 27 - Cardiovascular Disease
• 28 - Common Office Procedures
• 29 - Sports Medicine
• 30 - Common Issues in Orthopedics
• 31 - Back: Cervical and Thoracolumbar Spine
• 32 - Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Problems
• 33 - Dermatology
• 34 - Diabetes Mellitus
• 35 - Endocrinology
• 36 - Obesity
• 37 - Nutrition and Family Medicine
• 38 - Gastroenterology
• 39 - Hematology
• 40 - Urinary Tract Disorders
• 41 - Ophthalmology
• 42 - Neurology
• 43 - Medical Human Sexuality
• 44 - Clinical Genetics (Genomics)
• 45 - Crisis Intervention, Trauma, and Intimate Partner Violence
• 46 - Difficult Patients: Personality Disorders and Somatoform Complaints
• 47 - Anxiety and Depression
• 48 - Delirium and Dementia
• 49 - Alcohol Use Disorders
• 50 - Nicotine Addiction
• 51 - Drug Abuse
• 52 - Herbs and Other Dietary Supplements

Edited by Robert E. Rakel, MD and David P. Rakel, MD, Textbook of Family Medicine remains your #1 choice for complete guidance on the principles of family medicine, primary care in the community, and all aspects of clinical practice. Ideal for both residents and practicing physicians, it includes evidence-based, practical information to optimize your patient care and prepare you for the ABFM exam. The full-color format features a clean, quick-reference layout that makes it easy for you to put information to work immediately in your practice. You can also access the complete contents online at www.expertconsult.com, plus 30 videos of common office procedures, additional chapters on timely topics, and figures, tables, and photographs that supplement the text.

Key Features

• Prepare for success on the ABFM exam with complete coverage of all aspects of family medicine.
• Access information quickly with an efficient, full-color layout that makes it easy to apply the latest knowledge in your practice.
• Take advantage of today's most useful online resources with a convenient list of outstanding clinical websites.
• Quickly spot "Best Evidence Recommendations" with special boxes located throughout the text.
• Glean helpful tips on diagnosis and therapy from "Key Points" boxes found on every page.

Website Features

• Consult the book from any computer at home, in your office, or at any practice location.
• Instantly locate the answers to your clinical questions via a simple search query.
• Quickly find out more about any bibliographical citation by linking to its MEDLINE abstract.
• Videos: See procedural videos illustrating a variety of topics.

New to this edition

• Access the complete contents and illustrations online at www.expertconsult.com - fully searchable - plus additional figures, tables, and photographs online, as well as online-only chapters that cover topics such as prescribing nutritional supplements and botanicals.
• View 30 videos online covering common office procedures such as vasectomy, the proper use of today's diabetic equipment, and endometrial biopsy.
• Gain a new understanding of the patient-centered medical home and how to achieve this status in outpatient clinics.
• Make the most effective care decisions with help from "Evidence vs. Harm" icons that guide you through key treatments of common medical conditions.

Book Details

• Hardcover: 1192 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 8 edition (May 24, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 143771160X
• ISBN-13: 978-1437711608

List Price: $169.00

McWhinney: Textbook of Family Medicine 3rd edition

There are two kinds of textbooks: those that aim to cover a field of knowledge and those that aim to define and conceptualize it. This book is of the second kind. Most textbooks in clinical disciplines are structured in accordance with the conventional system for classifying diseases. A family medicine text that adopts this structure faces two difficulties. Family physicians encounter clinical problems before they have been classified into disease categories. In principle, family physicians are available for any type of problem. There is thus no disease, however rare, that may not be encountered in family practice. If a text tries to cover the whole field, it risks becoming a watered-down textbook of internal medicine. More seriously, family medicine differs from most other disciplines in such fundamental ways that the conventional structure, though used in family medicine when appropriate, is at a variance with the organismic thinking that is natural to our discipline.
The third edition breaks new ground by having two authors. Professor Ian McWhinney, who was author of the first two editions of this textbook, graduated from Cambridge University in 1949 and entered practice in Stratford-on-Avon after internships in St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, and a year of internal medicine at Warwick Hospital. In 1968, he became the first professor of Family Medicine at The University of Western Ontario. Thomas Freeman, professor of the Department of Family Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, graduated from The University of Western Ontario in 1976 and completed training in family medicine at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. After practicing in Woodstock Ontario for 11 years, he became a full-time member of the Department of Family Medicine at Western in 1989.
The long time that McWhinney and Freeman have worked together and the closeness of their views on family medicine have played an important part in the new edition. For more than a year, they have met together every week to read every page of the 2nd edition. Parts that they agree were out of date were removed. New items were discussed and written between them and entered into the 3rd edition. Every chapter was scrutinized and altered accordingly. Considerable new material was added. The effects of new technologies were discussed together, and the affected chapters altered. For example, the advances in electronic communication have made superfl uous the long alphabetical list of procedures for special conditions, which covered many pages in Chapter 9 in the second edition.
The five clinical chapters (11–15) were in the second edition to illustrate the section on basic principles (Chapters 1–10). The book does not set out to cover the whole field of clinical family medicine. Three of them are devoted to symptoms (sore throat, headache, and fatigue), one to a conventional disease category (diabetes), and one to a physiological variable/risk factor (hypertension). The five chapters have become out of date in 10 years, so these were all examined and updated, as well as the chapter on alternative, or complementary, medicine. Major advances have been made in records, home care, shared care, and practice management: major changes have been made in these chapters.
In therapeutics, the recommendations are in accordance with authoritative opinion at the time of writing. As time passes, these inevitably become outdated, and more current recommendations will need to be consulted. It is doubtful nowadays whether any textbook can be considered an appropriate source for information on pharmacotherapy. Drug dosages are not given unless they are of special significance.

Contents
Part I Basic Principles

• 1. The Origins of Family Medicine
• 2. Principles of Family Medicine
• 3. Illness in the Community
• 4. A Profi le of Family Practice
• 5. Philosophical and Scientifi c Foundations of Family Medicine
• 6. Illness, Suffering, and Healing
• 7. Doctor–Patient Communication
• 8. Clinical Method
• 9. The Enhancement of Health and the Prevention of Disease
• 10. The Family in Health and Disease

Part II Clinical Problems

• 11. Acute Sore Throat
• 12. Headache
• 13. Fatigue
• 14. Hypertension
• 15. Diabetes

Part III The Practice of Family Medicine

• 16. Home Care
• 17. Records
• 18. Consultation and Referral
• 19. The Health Professions
• 20. The Community Service Network
• 21. Alternative or Complementary Medicine
• 22. Practice Management

Part IV Education and Research

• 23. Continuing Self-Education
• 24. Research in Family Practice

Index


Product Details

Paperback: 472 pages

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition (April 8, 2009)

Language: English

ISBN: 0195369858 / 978-0195369854

List Price: $49.50

Mengel: Family Medicine: Ambulatory Care and Prevention 5th Edition (LANGE Clinical Medicine Series)

Family Medicine: Ambulatory Care and Prevention 5th Edition presents information on the most common complaints, problems, conditions, and diseases encountered by family medicine physicians and other primary care providers who practice in the ambulatory settings. These common conditions, which have been selected from surveys taken from family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics, are arranged alphabetically in five sections. Evidence-based information, including strength of recommendation ratings, is presented in such a way that busy practitioners can access information rapidly. Practical, specific treatment information, including starting doses of medication, is offered. This manual also addresses evidence-based preventive interventions commonly used in primary care settings.

ORGANIZATION SCOPE
Although most medical books are organized by organ system, we have structured this manual according to typical patient presentations in primary care settings, for example, common symptoms and signs, follow-up needs for chronic physical or mental illness, and reproductive health concerns. In addition, we provide information on preventive health care recommendations.
Section I contains information on the most commonly encountered acute/ undifferentiated problems in the primary care setting. Information is presented in such a way that a busy practitioner can quickly form a list of diagnostic possibilities, perform a cost-effective evidence-based diagnostic workup, and prescribe evidence-based treatment for the most common causes of these complaints.
Section II offers information on the treatment of patients with common chronic illnesses. Each chapter provides practical follow-up strategies for such patients, integrating cost-effective evidence-based clinical management with important psychosocial issues.
Section III is important because many patients seen in the primary care clinics have either a primary psychiatric disorder or a psychiatric disorder complicating the management of preexisting medical conditions. Strategies that effectively identify and treat patients with psychiatricdisorders are presented clearly and succinctly.
Section IV addresses common reproductive woman’s health issues that present in the primary care setting including contraception, infertility, and prenatal and postnatal care.Section V will assist primary care clinicians in the prevention of important diseases in their patients. Authors of these chapters recommend interventions that can be easily applied in primary care practices including counseling, immunizations, screening tests, and chemoprophylaxis. Chapters on travel medicine and the preoperative evaluation complete this section. In all chapters, authors have integrated principles of clinical decision making, evidence-based medicine, and cost-effective clinical management and have considered psychosocial and contextual issues; where applicable, areas of controversy are identified. Where appropriate, complimentary and alternative medical interventions are discussed.
Other useful features of this manual include the following:

• A convenient outline format and selective use of boldface type to afford quick, easy access to key aspects of diagnosis and treatment.
• Flowcharts facilitating the diagnostic workup and common management strategies for specific conditions.
• Emphasis on cost-effective evidence-based strategies, with strength of recommendation ratings clearly visible.
• Each chapter is introduced by key point section that summarizes main issues.
• Sidebars in chapters highlight more than 70 specific conditions.
• Streamline organizational framework makes it easy to find sections on diagnosis, symptoms and signs, evaluation and management strategies.

Contents 

1. Abdominal Pain
2. The Abnormal Pap Smear
3. Amenorrhea
4. Anemia
5. Ankle Injuries
6. Arm & Shoulder Complaints
7. Bites & Stings
8. Breast Lumps & Other Breast Conditions
9. Cellulitis & Other Bacterial Skin Infections
10. Chest Pain
11. Confusion
12. Constipation
13. Cough
14. Dermatitis & Other Pruritic Dermatoses
15. Dermatologic Neoplasms
16. Diarrhea
17. Dizziness
18. Dysmenorrhea
19. Dyspepsia
20. Dyspnea
21. Dysuria in Women
22. Earache
23. Edema
24. Enuresis
25. Failure to Thrive
26. Fatigue
27. Fluid, Electrolyte, & Acid–Base Disturbances
28. Foot Complaints
29. Fractures
30. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
31. Genital Lesions
32. Hair & Nail Disorders
33. Hand & Wrist Complaints
34. Headaches
35. Hearing Loss
36. Hematuria
37. Insomnia
38. Jaundice
39. Joint Pain
40. Knee Complaints
41. Lacerations & Skin Biopsy
42. Leg & Hip Complaints
43. Liver Function Test Abnormalities
44. Low Back Pain
45. Lymphadenopathy
46. Myalgia
47. Nausea & Vomiting
48. Neck Pain
49. Palpitations
50. Pediatric Fever
51. Pelvic Pain
52. Perianal Complaints
53. Proteinuria
54. The Red Eye
55. Rhinitis & Sinus Pain
56. Scrotal Complaints
57. Sore Throat
58. Syncope
59. Tremors & Other Movement Disorders
60. Urinary Incontinence
61. Urinary Symptoms in Men
62. Urticaria
63. Vaginal Bleeding
64. Vaginal Discharge
65. Wheezing
Section II. Chronic Illnesses
66. Acne Vulgaris
67. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
68. Asthma
69. Chronic Pain
70. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
71. Cirrhosis
72. Congestive Heart Failure
73. Dementia
74. Diabetes Mellitus
75. Dyslipidemias
76. Hypertension
77. Ischemic Heart Disease & Acute Coronary Syndromes
78. Menopause
79. Obesity
80. Osteoarthritis
81. Osteoporosis
82. Peptic Ulcer Disease
83. Premenstrual Syndrome
84. Renal Failure
85. Seizure Disorders
86. Stroke
87. Thyroid Disease
Section III. Psychiatric Disorders
88. Alcohol & Drug Abuse
89. Anxiety
90. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
91. Family Violence: Child, Intimate Partner, & Elder Abuse
92. Depression
93. Eating Disorders
94. Somatization
Section IV. Reproductive Health
95. Contraception
96. Infertility
97. Preconception & Prenatal Care
98. Postpartum Care
99. Sexual Dysfunction
Section V. Preventive Medicine & Health Promotion
100. Counseling for Behavioral Change
101. Immunizations
102. Screening Tests
103. Chemoprophylaxis
104. Travel Medicine
105. Preoperative Evaluation
Index

Book Details

• Paperback: 892 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 5 edition (January 12, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071494561 
• ISBN-13: 978-0071494564
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches

List Price: $60.95

Bratton's Family Medicine Board Review 4th edition

Family medicine is a broad field, and to provide a complete, comprehensive review of all topics that may be covered is extremely time consuming if not impossible. Several other courses attempt to provide this type of review; however, this book is more abbreviated and focuses on topics that are commonly found on board examinations.

Adequate preparation for any test is the key to success and rewarding results. Given this, we all know the importance of practice tests and the benefits of testing our knowledge base before the actual examination. This review book is structured for the examinee with limited time and resources for review and should be used only by those individuals with an established foundation of knowledge within the field of family medicine. Its primary purpose is to identify areas of weakness that can be improved on.
Thoroughly updated for its Fourth Edition, this book is a comprehensive review for the American Board of Family Medicine certification and recertification exams. It contains over 1,800 board-format questions, including over 1,000 multiple-choice questions from the major subject areas of family medicine and over 700 questions drawn from 60 clinical problem sets. The book includes a pictorial atlas of clinical photographs, radiographs, and lab smears, with questions regarding these images. Detailed answers and explanations follow the questions.
This book includes AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ sponsored by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
A companion website includes four practice exams. The website also offers an iPod downloadable audio companion with 120 facts from Bratton's 1000 Facts to Help You Pass the Family Medicine Boards book, with an option to buy more.

Features

• NEW: iPod downloadable audio companion that offers 120 facts from Bratton's 1000 Facts to Help You Pass the Family Medicine Boards book, with an option to buy more
• 1,000 multiple-choice questions from the major subject areas of family medicine
• CME credit
• Online companion with 4 practice exams that provide an actual test-like experience to help prepare you for the ABFM exam
• Points to remember
• Two-color design

Contents 
Preface
Registration for Examinations
Test-Taking Tips
CHAPTER 1 Internal Medicine
CHAPTER 2 Pediatrics
CHAPTER 3 Obstetrics and Gynecology
CHAPTER 4 Psychiatry
CHAPTER 5 Surgery
CHAPTER 6 Geriatrics
CHAPTER 7 Pictorial Atlas
APPENDIX
Index
Maintenance of Certification Primer

Product Details 

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fourth edition (September 25, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1608317196
• ISBN-13: 978-1608317196
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 1 inches

List Price: $82.50

Ratcliffe: Family Medicine Obstetrics 3rd Edition

The past decade has seen major changes in the provision of maternity care to women in the United States. The most striking change has been the rapidly escalating rate of cesarean section intervention that has seen the national cesarean section rate climb from 20.7% in 1996 to 30% in 2006. With the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System and To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the emphasis on improving communication and medical team function in maternity care has grown immensely. During the past 5 years, Family Medicine has been actively involved in reinventing itself with the Future of Family Medicine Project. This ambitious project has affirmed the essential role that family physicians play in the provision of maternity care for women in the United States.
This edition remains anchored in the philosophy of providing woman- and family-centered care. Although much of the content of the third edition remains the same, there are greater depth and to produce summary recommendations based on level A evidence at the end of most sections. 

Book Features 

• Features a reader-friendly outline/narrative format for ease of use in daily clinical practice.
• Describes how to care for patients with a wide range of medical conditions during pregnancy as well as pregnancy-related conditions.
• Takes a whole-family approach to maternity care, with discussions of maternal and paternal adjustment, marital adjustment, sibling adjustment, single-parent families, and return-to-work issues.
• Provides patient and family education materials on a full range of topics, from nutrition in pregnancy to breastfeeding.
• Features a section on alternative medicine in maternity care.
• Provides detailed instruction for a wide array of procedures, including cesarean delivery, perineal repair of simple and complex lacerations, circumcision, assisted deliveries, and amnioinfusion.

Additional new content in the third edition includes:

• A chapter that summarizes practical applications of how to incorporate continuous quality improvement and enhanced medical safety into the maternity care setting.
• A section that provides guidance as to which immunizations can be used during pregnancy.
• A section that describes a new model of care, Group Prenatal Care: Centering Pregnancy.
• A section that examines the proliferation of tests available to screen for fetal aneuploidy.
• A section that provides a comprehensive and international view of vaginal birth after cesarean section. 

Book Details 

• Paperback: 736 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 3 edition
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323043062
• ISBN-13: 978-0323043069
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches

List Price: $98.95 

Sloane: Essentials of Family Medicine 6th Edition

The sixth edition of Essentials of Family Medicine continues our tradition of providing learners with a state-of-the-art guide to the field. New features for this edition include
Continued focus on an evidence-based approach to care, with chapters on Information Mastery: Basing Care on the Best Available Evidence, extensive rating of the strength of evidence supporting recommendations, and, where appropriate, algorithms outlining general approaches to common problems.

Book Features

• New chapters on venous thromboembolism, liver disease, cognitive impairment, and relationship issues.
• A comprehensive introduction to the principles and science base of family medicine, and the role of the specialty in the U.S. healthcare system.
• A bank of web-based multiple choice questions, called Examkit, linked to the chapters. Faculty can use these questions to generate customized examinations.

This is a comprehensive yet concise introduction to family medicine, which presents the core information students need to know about family medicine and primary care problems. New to this edition are: principles of family medicine; the human life cycle and health care needs; home and institutional care; the doctor-patient relationship; patient education; clinical reasoning in the ambulatory care setting; HIV disease; substance abuse; and care of the athlete. The book is designed to aid medical students in a family medicine clerkship and covers all essential information for the out-patient setting of family practice. Section 2 is devoted to prevention and health promotion. The common problems section covers all common issues faced in the family practice setting, including a game plan for care of the patient. Each chapter includes annotated suggested readings and case vignettes.
A web-based self-assessment for students to test their understanding of material presented in the text.
Essentials of Family Medicine is meant to be read from cover to cover and used as a basic reference by students doing third- and fourth-year clerkships in family medicine. Other professionals, including specialists in other fields, residents in family medicine, physicians' assistants, and nurse practitioners, have used it as a comprehensive introduction to the field.

Book Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Sixth edition (April 30, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1608316556
• ISBN-13: 978-1608316557

List Price: $59.95

Usatine: The Color Atlas of Family Medicine

Family physicians probably see a wider variety of rashes, eye conditions, foot disorders, lumps, and bumps than any other specialty. In speaking with health care providers and medical students over the years it became clear that a comprehensive atlas that aided the diagnosis of outwardly appearing signs and manifestations would be of tremendous value. We have assembled more than 1500 outstanding clinical images for this very purpose, and are proud to present what is to our knowledge the first comprehensive atlas of family medicine ever produced. Some photographs will amaze you, and all will inform you about the various conditions that befall our patients.

It took many people many years to create The Color Atlas of Family Medicine. For me it has been a life work that started with little notebooks I kept in my white coat pocket to take notes during my residency. It then took on color and images as I kept a camera at work and took photographs of any interesting clinical finding that I might use to teach medical students and residents the art and science of medicine. I was inspired by many great family physicians including Dr. Jimmy Hara who had the most amazing 35-mm slide collection I had seen. His knowledge of medicine is encyclopedic and I thought that taking photographs might have something to do with that. Also, I realized that these photographs would be great to enhance my teaching. As I began to do more dermatology, my photograph collection skyrocketed. Digital photography made it more affordable and practical to take and catalogue many new images.

This book is written for family physicians, but can be invaluable to medical students, residents, and health care providers in primary care. It certainly has much to offer internists, pediatricians, and dermatologists. It is especially for anyone who loves to look at clinical photographs for learning, teaching, and practicing medicine. The first chapter begins the adventure with an introduction to learning with images and digital photography. The core of the book focuses on medical conditions organized by anatomic and physiological systems. Both adult and childhood conditions are included as this book covers health care from birth to death. There are special sections on the essence of family medicine, physical/sexual abuse, women's health and substance abuse.

The collection of clinical images is supported by evidence-based information that will help the health care provider diagnose and manage common medical problems. The text is concisely presented with many easy to access bullets as a quick point of care reference. Each chapter begins with a patient story that ties the photographs to the real life stories of our patients. The photographic legends are also designed to connect the images to the people and their human conditions. Strength of recommendation ratings are cited throughout so that the science of medicine can be blended with the art of medicine for optimal patient care.

We have created three special indexes to help you find information and diagnoses quickly and efficiently. The topic index printed on the front inside cover allows for quick access to major topic areas. The regional index for diagnosis in the appendix can be used when you have an unknown condition and want to search for possible diagnoses by region of the body. Finally, the morphology index is to aid in the diagnosis of conditions which you can describe morphologically but the actual diagnosis remains uncertain.

Since knowledge continues to advance after any book is written, use the online resources presented in many chapters to keep up with the newest changes in medicine. Care deeply about your patients and enjoy your practice, it is an honor to be a health care provider and healer.

- Richard P. Usatine

Key Features

• Complete coverage of relevant visual presentations that clinicians see and often struggle with in their day-to-day practice.
• Organized and indexed by organ system, disease, morphology, and region--ideal for quickly finding the images and text you need at the point-of-care.
• Evidence-graded, quick access treatment recommendations in an user-friendly format to help you provide up-to-date care for your patients.
• Insightful legends with each photograph provide diagnostic pearls to increase your clinical observational skills.
• Color pictures of skin conditions, eye problems, women's health issues, oral diseases, infectious diseases, endoscopies, dermoscopies, orthopedic and rheumatologic conditions fill the book with images that enhance your clinical experience and skills.
• An encyclopedic array of colorful, high quality clinical photographs.

Contents

Part 1. Learning with Images and Digital Photography

• Chapter 1 An Atlas to Enhance Patient Care, Learning, and Teaching

Part 2. The Essence of Family Medicine

• Chapter 2 Patient—Physician Relationship
• Chapter 3 Family Planning
• Chapter 4 Pregnancy and Birth
• Chapter 5 End of Life
• Chapter 6 Social Justice

Part 3. Physical and Sexual Abuse

• Chapter 7 Child Physical Abuse
• Chapter 8 Child Sexual Abuse
• Chapter 9 Intimate Partner Violence
• Chapter 10 Adult Sexual Assault

Part 4. Ophthalmology

Section 1. External Eye

• Chapter 11 Pterygium
• Chapter 12 Hordeolum and Chalazion
• Chapter 13 Scleral and Conjunctival Pigmentation
• Chapter 14 Corneal Foreign Body/Abrasion
• Chapter 15 Conjunctivitis
• Chapter 16 Scleritis and Episcleritis

Section 2. Internal Eye

• Chapter 17 Uveitis and Iritis
• Chapter 18 Glaucoma
• Chapter 19 Diabetic Retinopathy
• Chapter 20 Hypertensive Retinopathy
• Chapter 21 Papilledema
• Chapter 22 Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• Chapter 23 Eye Trauma—Hyphema
• Chapter 24 The Red Eye

Part 5. Ear, Nose and Throat

Section 1. Ear

• Chapter 25 Acute Otitis and Otitis Media with Effusion
• Chapter 26 Otitis Externa
• Chapter 27 Ear: Foreign Body
• Chapter 28 Chondrodermatitis Nodularis Helicis and Preauricular Tags

Section 2. Nose and Sinus

• Chapter 29 Nasal Polyps
• Chapter 30 Sinusitis

Section 3. Mouth and Throat

• Chapter 31 Angular Cheilitis
• Chapter 32 Torus Palatinus
• Chapter 33 Scarlet Fever and Strawberry Tongue
• Chapter 34 Pharyngitis
• Chapter 35 The Larynx (Hoarseness)

Part 6. Oral Health

• Chapter 36 Black Hairy Tongue
• Chapter 37 Geographic Tongue (Benign Migratory Glossitis)
• Chapter 38 Gingivitis and Periodontal Disease
• Chapter 39 Gingival Hyperplasia
• Chapter 40 Aphthous Ulcer
• Chapter 41 Leukoplakia
• Chapter 42 Oral Cancer
• Chapter 43 Early Childhood Caries
• Chapter 44 Adult Dental Caries

Part 7. The Heart and Circulation

Section 1. Central

• Chapter 45 Coronary Artery Disease
• Chapter 46 Congestive Heart Failure
• Chapter 47 Pericardial Effusion
• Chapter 48 Bacterial Endocarditis

Section 2. Peripheral

• Chapter 49 Clubbing
• Chapter 50 Venous Insufficiency

Part 8. The Lungs

• Chapter 51 Community-Acquired Pneumonia
• Chapter 52 Tuberculosis
• Chapter 53 Pulmonary Embolism
• Chapter 54 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Chapter 55 Lung Cancer

Part 9. The Gut

• Chapter 56 Peptic Ulcer Disease
• Chapter 57 Gastric Cancer
• Chapter 58 Liver Disease
• Chapter 59 Gallstones
• Chapter 60 Colon Polyp
• Chapter 61 Colon Cancer
• Chapter 62 Ulcerative Colitis
• Chapter 63 Hemorrhoids

Part 10. The Urinary Tract

• Chapter 64 Urinary Sediment—Hematuria, Pyuria, and Casts
• Chapter 65 Kidney Stones
• Chapter 66 Hydronephrosis
• Chapter 67 Polycystic Kidney Disease
• Chapter 68 Renal Cell Carcinoma
• Chapter 69 Bladder Cancer

Part 11. Women's Health

Section 1. Pregnancy

• Chapter 70 Skin Findings in Pregnancy
• Chapter 71 Pruritic Urticarial Papules and Plaques of Pregnancy (PUPPP)
• Chapter 72 Pemphigoid Gestationis
• Chapter 73 First Trimester Ultrasound
• Chapter 74 Second Trimester Ultrasound
• Chapter 75 Obstetrics—Third Trimester Ultrasound

Section 2. Vaginitis and Cervicitis

• Chapter 76 Vaginitis
• Chapter 77 Atrophic Vaginitis
• Chapter 78 Bacterial Vaginosis
• Chapter 79 Candida Vulvovaginitis
• Chapter 80 Trichomonas Vaginitis
• Chapter 81 Chlamydia Cervicitis

Section 3. Vulva

• Chapter 82 Paget's Disease of the Vulva
• Chapter 83 Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia

Section 4. Colposcopy

• Chapter 84 Colposcopy—Normal and Noncancerous Findings
• Chapter 85 Colposcopy of Low-Grade Disease
• Chapter 86 Colposcopy of High-Grade Disease
• Chapter 87 Colposcopy of Cervical Cancer

Section 5. Breast

• Chapter 88 Mastitis and Breast Abscess
• Chapter 89 Breast Cancer
• Chapter 90 Paget's Disease of the Breast

Part 12. Musculoskeletal Problems

Section 1. Arthritis and Bursitis

• Chapter 91 Osteoarthritis
• Chapter 92 Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Chapter 93 Ankylosing Spondylitis
• Chapter 94 Gout
• Chapter 95 Olecranon Bursitis

Section 2. Fractures

• Chapter 96 Clavicle Fracture
• Chapter 97 Distal Radial Fracture
• Chapter 98 Metatarsal Fracture
• Chapter 99 Hip Fracture

Section 3. Soft Tissue

• Chapter 100 Knee Injuries
• Chapter 101 Dupuytren's Disease

Part 13. Dermatology

Section 1. Childhood Dermatology

• Chapter 102 Normal Skin Changes
• Chapter 103 Childhood Hemangiomas
• Chapter 104 Pustular Diseases of Childhood
• Chapter 105 Diaper Rash and Perianal Dermatitis

Section 2. Acneiform Disorders

• Chapter 106 Acne Vulgaris
• Chapter 107 Rosacea
• Chapter 108 Pseudofolliculitis and Acne Keloidalis Nuchae
• Chapter 109 Hidradenitis Suppurativa (Acne Inversa)

Section 3. Bacterial

• Chapter 110 Impetigo
• Chapter 111 Folliculitis
• Chapter 112 Pitted Keratolysis
• Chapter 113 Erythrasma
• Chapter 114 Cellulitis
• Chapter 115 Abscess
• Chapter 116 Necrotizing Fasciitis

Section 4. Viral Infection

• Chapter 117 Chickenpox
• Chapter 118 Herpes Zoster—Skin
• Chapter 119 Zoster Ophthalmicus
• Chapter 120 Measles
• Chapter 121 Fifth Disease (Erythema Infectiosum)
• Chapter 122 Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
• Chapter 123 Herpes Simplex
• Chapter 124 Molluscum Contagiosum
• Chapter 125 Common Wart
• Chapter 126 Flat Warts
• Chapter 127 Genital Warts
• Chapter 128 Plantar Wart

Section 5. Fungal

• Chapter 129 Cutaneous Fungal Infections—Overview
• Chapter 130 Mucocutaneous Candidiasis
• Chapter 131 Tinea Capitis
• Chapter 132 Tinea Corporis
• Chapter 133 Tinea Cruris
• Chapter 134 Tinea Pedis
• Chapter 135 Tinea Versicolor

Section 6. Infestations

• Chapter 136 Lice
• Chapter 137 Scabies
• Chapter 138 Cutaneous Larva Migrans

Section 7. Dermatitis/Allergic

• Chapter 139 Atopic Dermatitis
• Chapter 140 Contact Dermatitis
• Chapter 141 Hand Eczema
• Chapter 142 Self-Inflicted Dermatoses
• Chapter 143 Urticaria and Angioedema

Section 8. Papulosquamous Conditions

• Chapter 144 Seborrheic Dermatitis
• Chapter 145 Psoriasis
• Chapter 146 Pityriasis Rosea
• Chapter 147 Lichen Planus
• Chapter 148 Reiter's Syndrome
• Chapter 149 Erythroderma

Section 9. Benign Neoplasms

• Chapter 150 Skin Tag (Acrochordon)
• Chapter 151 Seborrheic Keratosis
• Chapter 152 Sebaceous Hyperplasia
• Chapter 153 Dermatofibroma
• Chapter 154 Pyogenic Granuloma

Section 10. Nevi

• Chapter 155 Benign Nevi
• Chapter 156 Congenital Nevi
• Chapter 157 Epidermal Nevus and Nevus Sebaceous
• Chapter 158 Dysplastic Nevus

Section 11. Pre Cancer/Early Cancer

• Chapter 159 Actinic Keratosis and Bowen's Disease
• Chapter 160 Keratoacanthomas
• Chapter 161 Lentigo Maligna
• Chapter 162 Cutaneous Horn

Section 12. Skin Cancer

• Chapter 163 Basal Cell Carcinoma
• Chapter 164 Squamous Cell Carcinoma
• Chapter 165 Melanoma

Section 13. Infiltrative Immunologic

• Chapter 166 Granuloma Annulare
• Chapter 167 Pyoderma Gangrenosum
• Chapter 168 Sarcoidosis
• Chapter 169 Mycosis Fungoides

Section 14. Hypersensitivity Syndromes

• Chapter 170 Erythema Multiforme, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
• Chapter 171 Erythema Nodosum
• Chapter 172 Cutaneous Vasculitis

Section 15. Connective Tissue Disease

• Chapter 173 Lupus Erythematosus (Systemic and Cutaneous)
• Chapter 174 Dermatomyositis
• Chapter 175 Scleroderma and Morphea

Section 16. Bullous Disease

• Chapter 176 Bullous Diseases—Overview
• Chapter 177 Bullous Pemphigoid
• Chapter 178 Pemphigus
• Chapter 179 Other Bullous Diseases

Section 17. Hair and Nail Conditions

• Chapter 180 Alopecia Areata
• Chapter 181 Traction Hair Loss and Trichotillomania
• Chapter 182 Scarring Alopecia
• Chapter 183 Normal Nail Variants
• Chapter 184 Pigmented Nail Disorders
• Chapter 185 Onychocryptosis (Ingrown Toenail)
• Chapter 186 Onychomycosis
• Chapter 187 Paronychia
• Chapter 188 Psoriatic Nails
• Chapter 189 Subungual Hematoma (Nail Trauma)

Section 18. Pigmentary and Light Related Conditions

• Chapter 190 Melasma
• Chapter 191 Vitiligo
• Chapter 192 Photodermatitis
• Chapter 193 Erythema Ab Igne

Section 19. Vascular

• Chapter 194 Acquired Vascular Lesions in Adults
• Chapter 195 Hereditary and Congenital Vascular Lesions in Adults

Section 20. Other Skin Disorders

• Chapter 196 Cutaneous Drug Reactions
• Chapter 197 Keloids
• Chapter 198 Genodermatoses
• Chapter 199 Erythema Annulare Centrifugum

Part 14. Podiatry

• Chapter 200 Calluses and Corns
• Chapter 201 Bunion Deformity
• Chapter 202 Hammertoe Deformities
• Chapter 203 Ischemic Ulcer
• Chapter 204 Neuropathic Ulcer
• Chapter 205 Charcot Arthropathy
• Chapter 206 Dry Gangrene

Part 15. Infectious Diseases

• Chapter 207 Intestinal Worms and Parasites
• Chapter 208 Gonococcal Urethritis
• Chapter 209 Syphilis
• Chapter 210 Kaposi's Sarcoma
• Chapter 211 Lyme Disease

Part 16. Endocrine

• Chapter 212 Acanthosis Nigricans
• Chapter 213 Diabetic Dermopathy
• Chapter 214 Necrobiosis Lipoidica
• Chapter 215 Xanthomas
• Chapter 216 Goiter and Hypothyroidism
• Chapter 217 Graves' Exophthalmus and Goiter
• Chapter 218 Acromegaly

Part 17. Neurology

• Chapter 219 Cerebral Vascular Accident
• Chapter 220 Subdural Hematoma
• Chapter 221 Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
• Chapter 222 Bell's Palsy
• Chapter 223 Neurofibromatosis

Part 18. Substance Abuse

• Chapter 224 Substance Abuse Disorder
• Chapter 225 Methamphetamine
• Chapter 226 Cocaine
• Chapter 227 Injection Drug Use

Appendixes

• Interpreting Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
• Use of Topical and Intralesional Corticosteroids
• Dermoscopy

About the Author

• Richard P. Usatine, MD, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Professor of Dermatology and Medicine, Assistant Director, Medical Humanities Education, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Medical Director, Skin Clinic, University Health System, San Antonio, TX.
• Mindy Ann Smith, MD, Professor of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI, Associate Editor, Family Medicine, Associate Medical Editor, FP Essentials, American Academy of Family Physicians.
• E.J. Mayeaux, Jr. MD, Professor of Family Medicine, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Associate Family Medicine Residency Program Director, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA.
• Heidi Chumley, MD, Associate Chair of Family Medicine, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Family Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS.
• James Tysinger, PhD, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Deputy Chair for Faculty Development, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1108 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071474641
• ISBN-13: 978-0071474641
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 2 inches

List Price: $99.95