Ideal for inpatient and ambulatory settings, The University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook, 4 th Edition contains all the clinical information needed to diagnose and treat disorders commonly seen in family practice. The experts at the University of Iowa have expanded and revised this portable guide to include the most recent diagnostic and therapeutic information available and the Family Physician Faculty staff have evaluated and edited the material to create a reference that's uniquely applicable to primary care practice. The 4th edition features new chapters, a re-organization and expanded, detailed information on key topics such as managing anticoagulation, herbal pharmaceuticals, valvular heart disease and more!

Features:

• Presents a broad spectrum of focused, essential information on a variety of clinical topics
• All chapters have been written and edited by experts from various departments at the University of Iowa, including GI, Cardiology, Infectious Disease, Pulmonary, Neurology, Psychiatry and Family Practice to ensure that the information is cutting edge, and are reviewed by Family Physician staff and residents to ensure its relevance to the primary care practitioner

What's New:

• Provides more detail on hot topics such as management of anticoagulation, presurgical evaluation, valvular heart disease, and management of aortic aneurysm.
• Includes a NEW evidence-based chapter on herbal pharmaceuticals that identifies potential interactions with "traditional" medicine.
• Brings coverage of all therapeutics fully up-to-date, with discussions of new diagnostic modalities.
• The chapter on Gastroenterology and Hepatology has been significantly expanded to include more detail on viral liver disease, elevated liver enzymes, and more.
• NEW Resuscitation chapter is consistent with the American Heart Association Guidelines of 2000.
• NEW chapter on Pediatric Reference Materials has drawn this information from various sections throughout the book into a single, easy-to-access reference chapter.
• Expanded sections on emergency medicine now include rhabdomyolysis and more detail on cervical fractures.
• Several sections, including those on hyponatremia and sickle cell, have been entirely rewritten.
• Many new tables present concise information in an organized, at-a-glance format.
• Chapter on Infectious Diseases now includes expanded coverage of tuberculosis, fever of unknown source, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, malaria, neutropenic fever, and more.