Primary care medicine : office evaluation and management of the adult patient / [edited by] Allan H. Goroll, Albert G. Mulley Jr.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The practice of primary care -- Seletion and interpretation of diagnostic tests -- Health maintenance and the role of screening -- Estimating and communicating risk and prognosis -- Choosing among treatment options -- Immunization -- Screening for HIV-1 infection -- Evaluation of chronic fatigue -- Evaluation of weight loss -- Evaluation of overweight and obesity -- Evaluation of fever -- Evaluation of lymphadenopathy -- Approach to the patient with human immunondeficiency virus (HIV) infection -- Screening for hypertension -- Screening for hyperlipidemia -- Infective endocarditis prophylaxis -- Rheumatic fever prophylaxis -- Exercise for prevention of cardiovascular disease -- Evaluation of hypertension -- Evaluation of chest pain -- Evaluation of the asymptomatic systolic murmur -- Evaluation of leg edema -- Evaluation of arterial insufficiency of the lower extremities -- Evaluation of syncope -- Evaluation of palpitations -- Management of hypertension -- Approach to the patient with a lipid disorder -- Outpatient management of atrial fibrillation -- Management of ventricular irritability in the ambulatory setting -- Management of chronic stable angina -- Cardiovascular rehabilitation and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease -- Approach to the patient with chronic congestive heart failure -- Management of valvular heart disease -- Management of peripheral arterial disease -- Management of peripheral venous disease -- Stress testing and other noninvasive studies for detection of coronary disease -- Screening for lung cancer -- Tuberculosis screening and prophylaxis -- Evaluation and prevention of occupational and environmental respiratory disease -- Evaluation of chronic dyspnea -- Evaluation of subacute and chronic cough -- Evaluation of hemoptysis -- Evaluation of pleural effusions -- Evaluation of the solitary pulmonary nodule -- Evaluation of clubbing -- Approach to the patient with sleep apnea -- Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Management of asthma -- Management of tuberculosis -- Management of the common cold -- Management of sarcoidosis -- Approach to the patient with acute bronchitis or pneumonia in the ambulatory setting -- Approach to the patient with lung cancer -- Smoking cessation -- Screening for gastric cancer -- Screening for colorectal cancer -- Prevention of viral hepatitis -- Evaluation of abdominal pain -- Evaluation of nausea and vomiting.

Evaluation of dysphagia and suspected esophageal chest pain -- Approach to the patient with heartburn and reflux (gastroesophagel reflux disease) -- Evaluation of jaundice -- Evaluation of gastrointestinal bleeding -- Evaluation of management of diarrhea -- Approach to the patient with constipation -- Approach to the patient with anorectal complaints -- Approach to the patient with an external hernia -- Management of peptic ulcer disease -- Management of asymptomatic and symptomatic gallstones -- Management of hepatitis -- Management of cirrhosis and chronic liver failure -- Management of pancreatitis -- Management of inflammatory bowel disease -- Approach to the patient with functional gastrointestinal disease -- Management of diverticular disease -- Management of gastrointestinal cancers -- Screening for anemia -- Screening for sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait -- Evaluation of anemia -- Evaluation of erythrocytosis (polycythemia) -- Evaluation of bleeding problems and abnormal bleeding studies -- Management of common anemias -- Outpatient oral anticoagulant therapy -- Approach to the patient with lymphoma -- Approach to the patient with metastatic tumor of unknown origin -- Approach to staging and monitoring -- Comprehensive care of the cancer patient -- Principles of cancer drug therapy -- Principles of radiation therapy -- Management of chronic cancer pain and palliative care -- Managing the gastrointestinal complications of cancer and cancer treatment -- Complications of cancer: oncologic emergencies and paraneoplastic syndromes -- Screening for diabetes mellitus -- Screening for thyroid cancer -- Evaluation of thyroid nodules -- Approach to the patient with hypercalcemia -- Evaluation of hypoglycemia -- Evaluation of hirsutism -- Evaluation of gynecomastia -- Evaluation of galactorrhea and hyperprolactinemia -- Polyuria and polydipsia: evaluation of suspected diabetes insipidus -- Approach to the patient with diabetes mellitus -- Approach to the patient with hyperthyroidism -- Approach to the patient with hypothyroidism -- Glucocorticoid therapy -- Screening for breast cancer -- Screening for cervical cancer -- Screening for ovarian cancer -- Screening for endometrial cancer -- Screening for and prevention of intimate partner violence -- Approach to the woman with abnormal vaginal bleeding -- Evaluation of secondary amenorrhea -- Evaluation of breast masses and nipple discharges -- Evaluation of vulvar pruritus -- Medical evaluation of female sexual dysfunction -- Approach to the patient with menstrual or pelvic pain -- Approach to the patient with a vaginal discharge -- Approach to the menopausal woman.