The 5 Minute Orthopaedic Consult

Designed for rapid consultation on more than 250 orthopaedic problems encountered by orthopaedic surgery, primary care, or ER practitioners, this handbook features the famous two-page format that allows easy navigation through even complicated patient complaints. New topics covered in this thoroughly updated edition include acromioclavicular joint arthritis; ankle instability; biceps tendon rupture; and much more.

The new edition covers 285 conditions, disorders, and diseases routinely seen by orthopaedic surgeons, orthopaedists, primary care physicians, and physical therapists. Topics presents disease or condition history, epidemiology, assessing the patient, diagnosis, treatment, therapy, and other important information. Illustrations are embedded throughout, and provide much-needed visual context to the written content.

The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2014 Standard Edition provides rapid-access in a quick-reference format. It delivers diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up, and associated factors for a broad range of diseases and conditions. Organized alphabetically by diagnosis, this best-selling clinical reference continues to present brief, bulleted information on disease topics in a consistent and reader-friendly three-column format. Trusted features include... • More than 900 topics in print address a range of commonly encountered diseases and disorders • 21 new topics include Ageusia; Anabolic Steroid Abuse; Anosmia; Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Adult; Calciphylaxis; Ductal Carinoma in situ; Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome; Hair Tourniquet Syndrome; and more • New algorithms in print and online include Treatment of Shoulder Pain and more 30-Day FREE Online Access to 5minuteconsult.com accompanies this book. 5minuteconsult.com is the quickest, most affordable, evidence-based workflow tool at the point-of-care. Access includes... Diseases & Conditions - Thousands of bulleted topics from across our 5-Minute Series to support your patient care decisions 12-in-1 - Access to content derived from specialty areas across our primary care portfolio Internet Point-of-Care CME/CE - Earn CME/CE credits as you treat your patients at no additional cost Customizable Patient Handouts - Over 1,000 handouts in English/Spanish from AAFP to help educate your patients Procedure Video - Build your skills with procedure videos and also have access to physical therapy videos Drugs - A to Z drug monographs from Facts & Comparison with patient education and interactions Algorithms - Diagnostic and Treatment algorithms linked to associated topic for quick reference Images - Provide visual guidance in areas such as dermatology, radiology, etc Monthly Updates - Topics, videos, handouts, drugs and more updated on a monthly basis. This is the tablet version which does not include access to the supplemental content mentioned in the text.

Designed for rapid consultation on more than 250 orthopaedic problems encountered by orthopaedic surgery, primary care, or ER practitioners, this handbook features the famous two-page format that allows easy navigation through even complicated patient complaints. New topics covered in this thoroughly updated edition include acromioclavicular joint arthritis; ankle instability; biceps tendon rupture; and much more.

Now in its revised, updated Third Edition, this best-selling reference is designed for quick consultation on problems seen in infants, children, and adolescents. More than 450 problems are covered in the fast-access two-page outline format that makes The 5-Minute Consult Series titles so popular among busy clinicians. The book is organized into five sections--chief complaints, diseases, syndromes, physical findings, and tables.

This new addition to The 5-Minute Consult Series is a clinically oriented quick consult reference for sports medicine. For the first time, common sports-related problems faced by primary care practitioners are thoroughly and concisely presented in the famous fast-access 5-Minute Consult format. Chapters on musculoskeletal problems cover basics; diagnosis; acute treatment, including on-field management; long-term treatment, including rehabilitation and referrals; and commonly asked questions. Other chapters address the special populations of children, adolescents, females, geriatric athletes, and disabled athletes and general medical problems in athletic individuals. Appendices include clinical care algorithms, a guide to the preparticipation examination, and patient education handouts.

The 5-Minute Pediatric Patient Advisor offers busy clinicians much-needed assistance in counselling parents about their children's illnesses and treatments. The book contains concise, complete patient information sheets about more than 150 symptoms and diseases, based on the expert advice in The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, Second Edition and written in easily understandable layperson's terms. These information sheets can be photocopied and used as "handouts" to answer most of the questions that parents are likely to have. The 5-Minute Pediatric Patient Advisor and The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, Second Edition can be purchased together as a money-saving package.