Trusted by clinicians for more than 75 years, Conn’s Current Therapy presents today’s evidence-based information along with the personal experience and discernment of expert physicians. The 2023 edition is an excellent resource for a wide range of healthcare professionals, including primary care, subspecialists, and allied health, providing current treatment information in a concise yet in-depth format. Nearly 350 topics have been carefully reviewed and updated to bring you state-of-the-art content in even the most rapidly changing areas of medicine.Offers personal approaches from recognized leaders in the field, covering common complaints, acute diseases, and chronic illnesses along with the most current evidence-based clinical management options.
Follows a consistent, easy-to-use format throughout, with diagnosis, therapy, drug protocols, and treatment pearls presented in quick-reference boxes and tables for point-of-care answers to common clinical questions.
Includes new chapters on leg edema and venous stasis, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), monoclonal antibodies, and genetic testing.
Incorporates more electronic links throughout the text that connect the reader to apps and clinical prediction tools that can easily be accessed in practice.
Features thoroughly reviewed and updated information from many new authors and two new associate editors, Drs. Joel J. Heidelbaugh and Ernestine M. Lee, who offer a fresh perspective and their unique personal experience and judgment.
Provides current drug information thoroughly reviewed by PharmDs.
Features nearly 300 images, including algorithms, anatomical illustrations, and photographs, that provide useful information for diagnosis.
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Author(s): Rick D. Kellerman MD, David Rakel MD
Edition: 1
Publisher: Elsevier
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 1632
Front Cover
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CONN’S CURRENT THERAPY 2023
CONN’S CURRENT THERAPY 2023
Copyright
Contributors
Preface
Contents
1 - Symptomatic Care Pending Diagnosis
CHEST PAIN
CONSTIPATION
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology
Prevention
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Complications
COUGH
DIZZINESS AND VERTIGO
Fatigue
FEVER
GASEOUSNESS, INDIGESTION, NAUSEA, AND VOMITING
HEMATURIA
HICCUPS
HOARSENESS AND LARYNGITIS
LEG EDEMA AND VENOUS STASIS
PAIN
PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE
PHARYNGITIS
PRURITUS
RHINITIS
TINNITUS
2 - Allergy
ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO INSECT STINGS
ANAPHYLAXIS
DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS
SERUM SICKNESS
3 - Cardiovascular System
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
ANGINA PECTORIS
AORTIC DISEASE: ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
HEART BLOCK
HYPERTENSION
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE
PERICARDITIS
PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE
PREMATURE BEATS
TACHYCARDIAS
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
VENOUS THROMBOSIS
4 - Digestive System
ACUTE AND CHRONIC PANCREATITIS
ACUTE DIARRHEA
BLEEDING ESOPHAGEAL VARICES
CALCULOUS BILIARY DISEASE
CHRONIC DIARRHEA
Cirrhosis
Diverticula of the Alimentary Tract
Dysphagia and Esophageal Obstruction
Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD)
Hepatitis A, B, D, and E
HEPATITIS C
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
Intestinal Parasites
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
MALABSORPTION
NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE
PANCREATIC CANCER
Tumors of the Stomach
5 - Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
ACROMEGALY
ADRENOCORTICAL INSUFFICIENCY
CUSHING’S SYNDROME
DIABETES INSIPIDUS
DIABETES MELLITUS IN ADULTS
DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS
GENDER AFFIRMING CARE
HYPERALDOSTERONISM
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM AND HYPOPARATHYROIDISM
HYPERPROLACTINEMIA
HYPERTHYROIDISM
HYPOKALEMIA AND HYPERKALEMIA
HYPONATREMIA
HYPOPITUITARISM
HYPOTHYROIDISM
OBESITY IN ADULTS
PARENTERAL NUTRITION IN ADULTS
PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA
THYROID CANCER
THYROIDITIS
6 - Hematology
ACUTE LEUKEMIA IN ADULTS
CHRONIC LEUKEMIAS
HEMOCHROMATOSIS
HEMOLYTIC ANEMIAS
HEMOPHILIA AND RELATED CONDITIONS
HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
MULTIPLE MYELOMA
MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES
NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
PLATELET-MEDIATED BLEEDING DISORDERS
POLYCYTHEMIA VERA
PORPHYRIAS
SICKLE CELL DISEASE
THALASSEMIA
THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
7 - Head and Neck
DRY EYE SYNDROME
MÉNIÈRE’S DISEASE
OTITIS EXTERNA
OTITIS MEDIA
RED EYE
RHINOSINUSITIS
TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS
UVEITIS
VISION REHABILITATION
8 - Infectious Diseases
AMEBIASIS
ANTHRAX
BABESIOSIS
BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
BRUCELLOSIS
CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE COLITIS
CAT SCRATCH DISEASE
CHIKUNGUNYA
CHOLERA
COVID-19
EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE
FOODBORNE ILLNESSES
GIARDIASIS
INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS
INFLUENZA
LEISHMANIASIS
LEPROSY
LYME DISEASE AND POST-TREATMENT LYME DISEASE SYNDROME
EASLES (RUBEOLA)
METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
MUMPS
OSTEOMYELITIS
PLAGUE
POST-ACUTE COVID SYNDROME
PSITTACOSIS
Q FEVER
RABIES
RAT-BITE FEVER
RELAPSING FEVER
RUBELLA AND CONGENITAL RUBELLA
SALMONELLOSIS
SEPSIS
SMALLPOX
TETANUS
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME
TOXOPLASMOSIS
TYPHOID FEVER
VARICELLA (CHICKENPOX)
WHOOPING COUGH (PERTUSSIS)
YELLOW FEVER
ZIKA VIRUS DISEASE
9 - Neurological System
ACUTE FACIAL PARALYSIS
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
BRAIN TUMORS
GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME
INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE
ISCHEMIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
NEUROFIBROMATOSIS (TYPE 1)
NONMIGRAINE HEADACHE
OPTIC NEURITIS
PARKINSON DISEASE
REHABILITATION OF THE STROKE PATIENT
SLEEP DISORDERS
SPORTS-RELATED HEAD INJURIES
TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA
VIRAL MENINGITIS
10 - Psychiatric Disorders
ALCOHOL USE DISORDER
AUTISM
DELIRIUM
DRUG USE DISORDERS
EATING DISORDERS
GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
SCHIZOPHRENIA
11 - Respiratory System
Acute Bronchitis and Other Viral Respiratory Infections
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE
ASTHMA IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS
ATELECTASIS
BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA
BLASTOMYCOSIS
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
HISTOPLASMOSIS
HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS
LUNG ABSCESS
LUNG CANCER
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
PLEURAL EFFUSION AND EMPYEMA
PNEUMOCONIOSIS: ASBESTOSIS AND SILICOSIS
Pulmonary Hypertension
SARCOIDOSIS
VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM
VIRAL AND MYCOPLASMAL PNEUMONIAS
VIRAL RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
12 - Rheumatology and the Musculoskeletal System
AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS
BURSITIS AND TENDINOPATHY
CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS
FIBROMYALGIA
JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS
OSTEOARTHRITIS
OSTEOPOROSIS
PAGET’S DISEASE OF BONE
PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
13 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS
Condylomata Acuminata
Gonorrhea
NONGONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS
SYPHILIS
14 - Skin Disease
ACNE VULGARIS
ATOPIC DERMATITIS
AUTOIMMUNE BULLOUS DISEASES
BACTERIAL DISEASES OF THE SKIN
CONTACT DERMATITIS
CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMAS, INCLUDING MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES AND SÉZARY SYNDROME
CUTANEOUS VASCULITIS
DISEASES OF THE HAIR
DISEASES OF THE MOUTH
DISEASES OF THE NAIL
ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME
FUNGAL INFECTIONS OF THE SKIN
KELOIDS
MELANOMA
NEVI
NONMELANOMA CANCER OF THE SKIN
PAPULOSQUAMOUS ERUPTIONS
PARASITIC DISEASES OF THE SKIN
PIGMENTARY DISORDERS
REMALIGNANT SKIN LESIONS
PRESSURE INJURY
PRURITUS ANI AND VULVAE
PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM
ROSACEA
SUNBURN
URTICARIA AND ANGIOEDEMA
VENOUS ULCERS
VIRAL DISEASES OF THE SKIN
WARTS (VERRUCAE)
15 - Urogenital Tract
ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
NEPHROLITHIASIS
PRIMARY GLOMERULAR DISEASE
PYELONEPHRITIS
TRAUMA TO THE GENITOURINARY TRACT
URETHRAL STRICTURE DISEASE
URINARY INCONTINENCE
16 - Men’s Health
BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
EPIDIDYMITIS AND ORCHITIS
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
PROSTATE CANCER
PROSTATITIS
URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN THE MALE
17 - Women’s Health
ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING
AMENORRHEA
BENIGN BREAST DISEASE
BREAST CANCER
CANCER OF THE ENDOMETRIUM
CANCER OF THE UTERINE CERVIX
CONTRACEPTION
DYSMENORRHEA
ENDOMETRIOSIS
FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
INFERTILITY
MENOPAUSE
OVARIAN CANCER
PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME
UTERINE LEIOMYOMA
VULVAR NEOPLASIA
VULVOVAGINITIS
18 - Pregnancy and Antepartum Care
ANTEPARTUM CARE
ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY
POSTPARTUM CARE
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
VAGINAL BLEEDING IN PREGNANCY
19 - Children’s Health
ACUTE LEUKEMIA IN CHILDREN
ADOLESCENT HEALTH
ASTHMA IN CHILDREN
BRONCHIOLITIS
DIABETES MELLITUS IN CHILDREN
ENCOPRESIS
EPILEPSY IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN
INFANT HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA
MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE
NOCTURNAL ENURESIS
NORMAL INFANT FEEDING
OBESITY IN CHILDREN
PEDIATRIC FAILURE TO THRIVE
RESUSCITATION OF THE NEWBORN
URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN
20 - Physical and Chemical Injuries
DISTURBANCES DUE TO COLD*
HEAT ILLNESS
HIGH ALTITUDE ILLNESS
MEDICAL TOXICOLOGY
SPIDER BITES AND SCORPION STINGS
VENOMOUS SNAKEBITE
21 - Preventive Health
IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES
TRAVEL MEDICINE
22 - Emerging Therapies
GENOMIC TESTING
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
STEM CELL THERAPY
23 - Appendices and Index
BIOLOGIC AGENTS REFERENCE CHART
TOXIC CHEMICAL AGENTS REFERENCE CHART
MONKEYPOX
Index
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