For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Urgent Care Secrets, a new volume in this bestselling series, features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, and an easy-to-read style - making reference and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.
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The proven Secrets® format gives you the most return for your time - concise, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective.
Provides an evidence-based approach to medical and traumatic complaints presenting to urgent care centers, focusing on presenting signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis, office management, and when to refer for higher level of care.
Covers the full range of essential topics for understanding today's practice of urgent care - essential information for physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.
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Author Information
By Robert Olympia, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital; Rory O'Neill, DO and Matthew Silvis, MD , Penn State
Author(s): Robert Olympia, Rory O’Neill, Matthew Silvis
Series: Secrets Series®
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Elsevier
Year: 2018
Language: English
Commentary: TRUE PDF
Pages: 410
Tags: Emergency Medicine; Urgent Care
Front Cover......Page 1
IFC
......Page 2
Urgent Care Medicine Secrets
......Page 3
Urgent Care Medicine Secrets
......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 15
CONTENTS......Page 16
TOP SECRETS IN URGENT CARE......Page 20
TENSION HEADACHE......Page 27
VERTIGO......Page 28
Bibliography......Page 29
2 - RED EYE, EYE PAIN, AND VISION LOSS......Page 30
Key Points......Page 32
Bibliography......Page 33
3 - EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT......Page 34
Bibliography......Page 40
4 - DENTAL AND MOUTH PAIN......Page 42
Bibliography......Page 44
5 -
COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND CHEST PAIN......Page 46
Bibliography......Page 48
6 - ABDOMINAL PAIN, NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND DIARRHEA......Page 49
Bibliography......Page 54
7 - GENITOURINARY COMPLAINTS
......Page 55
Bibliography......Page 61
8 -
GYNECOLOGIC COMPLAINTS......Page 63
Bibliography......Page 66
CONTACT DERMATITIS......Page 67
CUTANEOUS ABSCESSES......Page 68
CELLULITIS, ERYSIPELAS, IMPETIGO......Page 69
SHINGLES......Page 72
PITYRIASIS ROSEA......Page 73
TICK BITE/REMOVAL......Page 74
TINEA......Page 76
Bibliography......Page 77
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME......Page 79
DE QUERVAIN’S TENOSYNOVITIS......Page 80
SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA/NAIL BED INJURIES......Page 81
Key Points......Page 82
Bibliography......Page 83
LYME DISEASE......Page 84
RABIES......Page 85
Key Points......Page 86
Bibliography......Page 87
12 - Fever
......Page 88
Bibliography......Page 93
13 - HEADACHE......Page 95
Bibliography......Page 97
14 -
EYE COMPLAINTS......Page 98
Bibliography......Page 101
EAR PAIN......Page 103
NASAL SYMPTOMS......Page 105
SORE THROAT......Page 106
Bibliography......Page 109
16 -
COUGH......Page 110
Key Points......Page 114
Bibliography......Page 115
17 -
NECK PAIN AND MASSES......Page 116
Key Points......Page 118
Bibliography......Page 119
18 -
CHEST PAIN......Page 120
Bibliography......Page 127
CONSTIPATION......Page 128
ACUTE ABDOMEN......Page 129
TESTICULAR......Page 130
GALLSTONES......Page 131
Bibliography......Page 133
20 - NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, AND
DEHYDRATION......Page 134
Key Points......Page 137
Bibliography......Page 138
21 - URINARY AND UROLOGIC COMPLAINTS
......Page 139
Bibliography......Page 144
22 -
VAGINAL COMPLAINTS......Page 145
Bibliography......Page 150
23 -
SKIN RASHES AND INFECTIONS......Page 152
Key Points......Page 161
Bibliography......Page 162
NEWBORN RASHES......Page 163
HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA......Page 166
GUIDELINES FOR PHOTOTHERAPY......Page 167
BRUE (BRIEF RESOLVED UNEXPLAINED EVENTS)......Page 168
VOMITING......Page 169
Bibliography......Page 172
25 - LIMP
......Page 174
Key Points......Page 179
Bibliography......Page 180
HEAD INJURIES......Page 181
NECK INJURIES......Page 184
Key Points: Neck Injuries......Page 185
Bibliography......Page 186
27 - CHEST AND ABDOMINAL TRAUMA
......Page 187
Key Points......Page 191
Bibliography......Page 193
28 - EXTREMITY TRAUMA
......Page 194
Bibliography......Page 203
29 - ACUTE NECK PAIN
......Page 204
Bibliography......Page 206
ACHILLES TENDON DISORDERS......Page 208
QUADRICEPS STRAIN......Page 209
LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS (TENNIS ELBOW)......Page 210
PATELLAR TENDINOPATHY......Page 211
Bibliography......Page 212
INTRODUCTION......Page 213
Bibliography......Page 216
32 - THE ACUTELY SWOLLEN KNEE
......Page 217
Key Points......Page 222
Bibliography......Page 223
33 - ACUTE FINGER AND WRIST INJURIES
......Page 224
Bibliography......Page 229
34 - FOOSH (FALL ON OUTSTRETCHED HAND)
INJURIES......Page 230
Bibliography......Page 235
35 - WHEN TO IMAGE FOR SPORTS-RELATED
COMPLAINTS......Page 236
Bibliography......Page 238
COLD INJURIES......Page 240
HEAT INJURIES......Page 243
Key Points......Page 244
Bibliography......Page 246
AC SEPARATION......Page 247
ROTATOR CUFF TEAR......Page 248
PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURE......Page 250
GLENOHUMERAL (GH) DISLOCATION/INSTABILITY......Page 251
Bibliography......Page 254
38 - CONCUSSION
......Page 255
Bibliography......Page 258
39 - OVERUSE APOPHYSEAL INJURIES
......Page 259
Bibliography......Page 263
40 - THE ACUTELY LIMPING CHILD
......Page 264
Bibliography......Page 268
ANATOMY......Page 269
LATERAL ANKLE SPRAIN......Page 271
HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN......Page 272
TREATMENT......Page 273
Bibliography......Page 275
Sinusitis......Page 276
nfectious Mononucleosis......Page 277
Pertussis......Page 278
Myocarditis......Page 279
Common Bacterial Skin Infections......Page 280
Viral Cutaneous Infections: Herpes Simplex......Page 281
Bibliography......Page 282
WOUND ASSESSMENT......Page 285
BURN MANAGEMENT......Page 287
BITES......Page 291
INSECTS......Page 292
Bibliography......Page 295
44 - LACERATION REPAIR
......Page 296
Bibliography......Page 304
45 - FRACTURE AND DISLOCATION REDUCTIONS
......Page 305
Bibliography......Page 310
46 - SPLINTING AND CASTING
......Page 311
Key Points......Page 314
Bibliography......Page 315
47 - ABSCESS INCISION AND DRAINAGE
......Page 316
Bibliography......Page 318
EAR AND NASAL FOREIGN BODIES......Page 319
FOREIGN-BODY INGESTION OR ASPIRATION......Page 320
FOREIGN BODIES IN THE SKIN......Page 321
Bibliography......Page 323
DENTAL INJURIES......Page 324
DENTAL INFECTIONS......Page 328
Bibliography......Page 332
CASE 1......Page 333
CASE 3......Page 339
Key Points......Page 341
Bibliography......Page 343
CHEST PAIN WITH DISTRESS......Page 344
TIA/STROKE......Page 346
SEIZURES......Page 347
ALTERED MENTAL STATUS......Page 348
SYNCOPE......Page 349
ALTERED MENTAL STATUS......Page 354
ANAPHYLAXIS......Page 356
Bronchiolitis......Page 357
SEIZURES......Page 358
SEPSIS......Page 360
Key Points......Page 362
Bibliography......Page 363
53 - OFFICE EMERGENCY AND DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS......Page 364
Key Points......Page 367
Bibliography......Page 368
FAST......Page 369
SOFT TISSUE/MUSCULOSKELETAL US......Page 370
PULMONARY......Page 371
PEDIATRIC ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND......Page 372
Bibliography......Page 373
55 - MENTAL HEALTH URGENCIES
......Page 374
Bibliography......Page 377
56 - TRAVEL MEDICINE
......Page 378
Bibliography......Page 383
57 - THE BUSINESS OF URGENT CARE
......Page 384
Key Points......Page 386
A......Page 387
B......Page 390
C......Page 391
D......Page 393
E......Page 394
F......Page 395
H......Page 396
I......Page 397
L......Page 398
M......Page 399
O......Page 400
P......Page 401
R......Page 403
S......Page 404
T......Page 406
U......Page 407
W......Page 408
Y......Page 409
