Churchill's Pocketbook of General Practice (Churchill Pocketbooks)

By Carolyn Godlee, Simon Cartwright, Simon Cartwright MB BS MRCGP DCH DRCOG

The new 2003 edition of Churchill's Pocketbook of General Practice is a uniquely concise reference for the management of common conditions seen in general practice.

The authors have updated this edition to include the latest evidence-based guidelines on asthma, diabetes, hypertension and coronary heart disease. The approach is pragmatic, dealing with each condition in a familiar way - Diagnosis and Management. Alert boxes are used to draw the reader's attention to the most important points, making this an essential, easy-to-use pocketbook for every clinician in general practice.Offers portable, practical guidance in a concise, easy-to-access format.
Features appendices on drug monitoring, notifiable diseases, and growth charts.
Uses "Alert boxes," helpful hints, and key points throughout.Updating of all sections, with new information on; gynaecology (expanded section on investigation of primary amenorrhoea); sexual problems (Viagra for treatment of impotence); paediatrics (recurrent abdominal pain); cardiology (rewritten and expanded hypertension section); respiratory medicine (asthma expanded to include role of asthma nurse); new section on COPD; Infectious diseases (PUO, Weils disease and Lymes disease); ENT (snoring, chronic sores, halitosis); and more Referral aspects of general practice - e.g. physio referral for backpain in pregnancyInformation on injections in rheumatology and orthopaedics more focussed for GPs More information on self-help groups for diabetes, miscarriage and asthma Separate section on substance misuse (including alcohol) and smokingNew chapter on haematologyNew appendices on 'fitness to fly', criteria for driving, and other topics commonly asked of GPsNew illustrations - management flow charts, scans and ECGs

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0443072078
• ISBN13: 9780443072079
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.5" x 5.0"