MURTAGH'S general practice

Murtagh's General Practice 6th.pdf
Front matter
Title and copyright
The authors
Foreword
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Making the most of your book
Reviewers
Laboratory reference values
Normal values: worth knowing by heart
Abbreviations
The nature, scope and content of general practice
Definitions
Unique features of general practice
Holistic approach to management
Continuing care
Common presenting symptoms
Table1.1Most frequent presenting problems/symptoms(excluding pregnancy, hypertension,immunisation and routine check-up)
Symptoms and conditionsrelated to litigation
Common managed disorders
Table1.2Most frequently managed disorders/diagnoses (rank order) excludingprescriptions
Chronic disease management
References
The family 2
Consulting skills
Communication skills
Counselling skills
Difficult, demanding and angry patients
Health promotion and patient education
The elderly patient
Prevention in general practice
Nutrition in health and illness
Palliative care
Pain and its management
Research and evidence-based medicine
Travel medicine
Tropical medicine and the returned traveller
Inspection as a clinical skill
A safe diagnostic strategy
Genetic conditions
Depression
Diabetes mellitus
Drug and alcohol problems
Anaemia
Thyroid and other endocrine disorders
Spinal dysfunction
Urinary tract infection
Malignant disease
HIV/AIDS—could it be HIV?
Baffling viral and protozoal infections
Baffling bacterial infections
Infections of the central nervous system
Chronic kidney failure
Connective tissue disease and the vasculitides
Neurological dilemmas
Abdominal pain
Arthritis
Anorectal disorders
Thoracic back pain
Low back pain
Bruising and bleeding
Chest pain
Constipation
Cough
Deafness and hearing loss
Diarrhoea
The disturbed patient
Dizziness/vertigo
Dyspepsia (indigestion)
Dysphagia
Dyspnoea
The painful ear
The red and tender eye
Pain in the face
Fever and chills
Faints, fits and funny turns
Haematemesis and melaena
Headache
Hoarseness
Jaundice
Nasal disorders
Nausea and vomiting
Neck lumps
Neck pain
Shoulder pain
Pain in the arm and hand
Hip, buttock and groin pain
Pain in the leg
The painful knee
Pain in the foot and ankle
Walking difficulty and leg swelling
Palpitations
Sleep disorders
Sore mouth and tongue
Sore throat
Tiredness/fatigue
The unconscious patient
Urinary disorders
Visual failure
Weight gain
Weight loss
Allergic disorders including hay fever
Anxiety disorders
Asthma
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Epilepsy
Cardiovascular disease
Hypertension
Dyslipidaemia
Chronic heart failure
Osteoporosis
An approach to the child
Specific problems of children
Surgical problems in children
Common childhood infectious diseases (including skin eruptions)
Behavioural and developmental issues and disorders in children
Child abuse
Emergencies in children
Adolescent health
Cervical cancer screening
Family planning
Breast pain (mastalgia)
Lumps in the breast
Abnormal uterine bleeding
Lower abdominal and pelvic pain in women
Premenstrual syndrome
The menopause
Vaginal discharge
Vulvar disorders
Basic antenatal care
Infections in pregnancy
High-risk pregnancy
Postnatal care
Male health: an overview
Scrotal pain
Inguinoscrotal lumps
Disorders of the penis
Disorders of the prostate
The subfertile couple
Sexual health
Sexually transmitted infections
Intimate partner violence and sexual assault
A diagnostic and management approach to skin problems
Pruritus
Common skin problems
Acute skin eruptions
Skin ulcers
Common lumps and bumps
Pigmented skin lesions
Part 10.pdf
Health of specific groups
Accident and emergency medicine
Hair disorders
Nail disorders
Emergency care
The doctor’s bag and other emergency equipment
Stroke and transient ischaemic attacks
Thrombosis and thromboembolism
Common skin wounds and foreign bodies
Common fractures and dislocations
Common sporting injuries
The health of Indigenous peoples
Refugee health
Catchy metaphors, similes and colloquial expressions in medicine
Index
Appendix
Back matter