Primary Care for Emergency Physicians

✍ Scribed by Bobby Desai, Alpa Desai (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 317
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is written for physicians who work within an emergency department or urgent care setting to provide them with a treatment plan for those patients who are deemed not to have an emergency medical situation and can be safely treated as an outpatient. Emergency physicians (EPs) see a wide variety of patients and ostensibly for emergency reasons. However, many patients present to the emergency department for primary care-related reasons due to multiple factors or are diagnosed with potentially chronic problems that require a primary care intervention. Examples include a new diagnosis of hypertension (without hypertensive emergency) or diabetes. Thus, it is prudent for the EP to learn about basic primary care management of these conditions. Unfortunately, the training of EPs does not include these conditions, and they are left to guess appropriate treatment or to start a new medication that may not be appropriate. This book aims to fill this gap by educating the EP on basic primary care interventions for specific conditions.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Headache....Pages 1-13
Eye Issues....Pages 15-30
Ear Pain and Cerumen Impaction....Pages 31-41
Sore Throat, Dental Pain, and Other Oral Issues....Pages 43-55
Cough, Cold, and Congestion....Pages 57-67
Sinonasal Diseases....Pages 69-77
Neck Pain....Pages 79-87
Dysphagia and Odynophagia....Pages 89-98
Noncardiac Chest Pain (Including Chest Wall Pain)....Pages 99-109
Hypertension....Pages 111-123
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)....Pages 125-132
Dyspnea....Pages 133-144
Hemoptysis....Pages 145-152
Abdominal Pain....Pages 153-162
Irritable Bowel Syndrome....Pages 163-170
Bloating....Pages 171-180
Constipation....Pages 181-185
Diarrhea....Pages 187-205
Hemorrhoids....Pages 207-211
Acute Pelvic Pain....Pages 213-223
Dysmenorrhea....Pages 225-231
Diabetes....Pages 233-246
Back Pain....Pages 247-259
Skin Problems....Pages 261-280
Insomnia....Pages 281-291
Anxiety....Pages 293-302
Depression....Pages 303-313
Back Matter....Pages 315-324

✦ Subjects

Emergency Medicine;Primary Care Medicine