This new Washington Manual® is an ideal quick reference for house officers and practitioners involved in ambulatory care of adult patients. Prepared by house officers, it has the same front-lines practicality as the world-famous Washington Manual® of Medical Therapeutics.

Chapters cover:

• outpatient topics that receive little coverage in the original Washington Manual®—lipid disorders
• complaint-specific therapeutics (e.g. cough)
• office management of cancer patients (including screening, hospice, and supportive care)
• musculoskeletal pain
• women's and men's health
• dermatologic problems
• anxiety and mood disorders
• dementia

Emphasis is on what the clinician needs to know at key decision points in a case.

Contents

1. Approach to the Ambulatory Patient
2. Care of the Surgical Patient
3. Nutrition
4. Hypertension
5. Lipid Disorders
6. Cardiovascular I: Ischemic Heart Disease
7. Cardiovascular II: Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, and Valvular Heart Disease
8. Cardiovascular III: Cardiac Arrhythmias
9. Vascular Disease and Antithrombotic Therapy
10. Pulmonary I: Common Symptoms and Complaints
11. Pulmonary II: Diseases
12. Allergy and Asthma
13. Gastrointestinal I: Common Complaints and Symptoms
14. Gastrointestinal II: Diseases
15. Hematology
16. Oncology and Palliative Care
17. Endocrine Diseases
18. Diabetes Mellitus
19. Infectious Diseases
20. Kidney and Urinary Tract Disorders
21. Musculoskeletal Complaints
22. Rheumatologic Diseases
23. Neurologic Disorders
24. Women's Health
25. Men's Health
26. Dermatology
27. Ophthalmology
28. Otolaryngology
29. Psychiatric Disorders
30. Geriatrics

Appendices
Index

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