Description
For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Urgent Care Medicine Secrets, 2nd Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.- The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time – succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective.- Fully revised and updated throughout, covering the full range of topics for understanding today's practice of adult and pediatric urgent care—essential information for physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.- Provides an evidence-based approach to medical and traumatic complaints presenting to urgent care centers, focusing on presenting signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis, office management, and when to refer for higher level of care.- New chapters on Head and Neck Trauma, Chest and Abdominal Trauma, Toxicology, Diagnostic Imaging, Obstetrical Complaints, and more.- Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams.- Clear illustrations, figures, and flow diagrams expedite reference and review.- Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime.- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.· New chapters!o Urgent Care Medicine: the past, present, and futureo Head and Neck Traumao Chest and Abdominal Traumao Toxicologyo General concepts in Diagnostic Imaging
Table of Contents
I General Concepts in Urgent Care MedicineCHAPTER 1 URGENT CARE MEDICINE: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURECHAPTER 2 THE BUSINESS OF URGENT CARECHAPTER 3 OFFICE EMERGENCY AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESSCHAPTER 4 ADULT EMERGENCIES PRESENTING TO URGENT CARE CENTERSCHAPTER 5 PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES PRESENTING TO URGENT CARE CENTERSII Adult Urgent Care MedicineCHAPTER 6 HEADACHE AND NEUROLOGIC COMPLAINTSCHAPTER 7 RED EYE, EYE PAIN, AND VISION LOSSCHAPTER 8 EAR, NOSE, AND THROATCHAPTER 9 DENTAL AND MOUTH PAINCHAPTER 10 COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND CHEST PAINCHAPTER 11 ABDOMINAL PAIN, NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND DIARRHEACHAPTER 12 GENITOURINARY COMPLAINTSCHAPTER 13 GYNECOLOGIC COMPLAINTSCHAPTER 14 RASHES AND SKIN INFECTIONSCHAPTER 15 HEAD AND NECK TRAUMACHAPTER 16 CHEST AND ABDOMINAL TRAUMACHAPTER 17 MUSCULOSKELETAL PRESENTATIONSCHAPTER 18 INFECTIOUS DISEASE ISSUESIII Pediatric Urgent Care MedicineCHAPTER 19 FEVERCHAPTER 20 HEADACHECHAPTER 21 EYE COMPLAINTSCHAPTER 22 EAR PAIN, NASAL CONGESTION, AND SORE THROATCHAPTER 23 NECK PAIN AND MASSESCHAPTER 24 COUGHCHAPTER 25 CHEST PAINCHAPTER 26 ABDOMINAL PAINCHAPTER 27 NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, AND DEHYDRATIONCHAPTER 28 URINARY AND UROLOGIC COMPLAINTSCHAPTER 29 VAGINAL COMPLAINTSCHAPTER 30 SKIN RASHES AND INFECTIONSCHAPTER 31 LIMPCHAPTER 32 HEAD AND NECK TRAUMACHAPTER 33 CHEST AND ABDOMINAL TRAUMACHAPTER 34 EXTREMITY TRAUMACHAPTER 35 COMMON NEWBORN COMPLAINTSIV Sports-Related ComplaintsCHAPTER 36 CONCUSSIONCHAPTER 37 ACUTE NECK PAINCHAPTER 38 ACUTE LOW BACK PAINCHAPTER 39 EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE SPRAINS AND STRAINSCHAPTER 40 OVERUSE APOPHYSEAL INJURIESCHAPTER 41 THE ACUTELY INJURED SHOULDERCHAPTER 42 FOOSH (FALL ON OUTSTRETCHED HAND) INJURIESCHAPTER 43 ACUTE FINGER AND WRIST INJURIESCHAPTER 44 THE ACUTELY SWOLLEN KNEECHAPTER 45 THE ACUTELY LIMPING CHILDCHAPTER 46 ANKLE SPRAINSCHAPTER 47 ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIESCHAPTER 48 ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THE ATHLETECHAPTER 49 WHEN TO IMAGE FOR SPORTS-RELATED COMPLAINTSV ProceduresCHAPTER 50 WOUND ASSESSMENT, BURNS, AND ANIMAL BITESCHAPTER 51 LACERATION REPAIRCHAPTER 52 FRACTURE AND DISLOCATION REDUCTIONSCHAPTER 53 SPLINTING AND CASTINGCHAPTER 54 ABSCESS INCISION AND DRAINAGECHAPTER 55 FOREIGN BODY REMOVALCHAPTER 56 DENTAL AND ORAL COMPLAINTS AND PROCEDURESCHAPTER 57 ANALGESIA AND SEDATIONVI MiscellaneousCHAPTER 58 MENTAL HEALTH URGENCIESCHAPTER 59 TOXICOLOGYCHAPTER 60 TRAVEL MEDICINECHAPTER 61 DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING: GENERAL CONCEPTSCHAPTER 62 DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUNDCHAPTER 63 OBSTETRICAL COMPLAINTSINDEX
