Table of Contents

GENERAL CARE OF THE AMBULATORY PATIENT: Approach to the Patient and Medical Decision Making / Preoperative Evaluation / Pain Management / Preventive Medicine OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OTOLARYNGOLOGY: Urgent Eye Complaints / Hearing Loss / Otitis Media / Otitis Externa / Cerumen (Earwax) Impaction / Sinusitis / The Common Cold / Pharyngitis CARDIOLOGY: Chest Pain / Syncope / Hypertension / Coronary Artery Disease / Congestive Heart Failure / Atrial Fibrillation / Heart Murmur / Endocarditis Prophylaxis / Lower Extremity Edema PULMONOLOGY: Chronic Cough / Dyspnea / Asthma / Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease / Pulmonary Function Tests / Acute Bronchitis / Community-Acquired Pneumonia / Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Sleep Apnea Syndrome GASTROENTEROLOGY: Abdominal Pain / Diarrhea / Constipation / Heartburn and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease / Dyspepsia / Involunatary Weight Loss / Abnormal Liver Chemistry Tests NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY: Renal Failure / Hematuria / Proteinuria and Nephrotic Syndrome / Dysuria / Scrotal Mass / Erectile Dysfunction / Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia GYNECOLOGY: Amenorrhea / Abnormal Uterine Bleeding / Pelvic Pain and Dysmenorrhea / Abnormal Vaginal Discharge / Urinary Incontinence / Contraception ORTHOPEDICS AND RHEUMATOLOGY: Approach to Joint Aspiration and Joint Injections / Acute Ankle Pain / Acute Knee Pain / Shoulder Pain / Elbow Pain / Wrist and Hand Pain / Osteoarthritis (Degenerative Joint Disease) / Gout / Monoarticular Arthritis / Oligoarticular and Polyarticular Arthritis / Low Back Pain NEUROLOGY: Headache / Vertigo / Transient Ischemic Attacks / Dementia / Polyneuropathy / Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Facial Nerve Palsy HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY: Anemia / Polycythemia / Thrombocytopenia and Thrombocytosis / Leukocytosis / Bleeding Disorders / Lymphadenopathy ENDOCRINOLOGY: Diabetes Mellitus / Hypothyroidism / Hyperthyroidism / Solitary Thyroid Nodule / Calcium Disorders / Osteoporosis INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) / Tuberculosis / Approach to Fever DERMATOLOGY: Approach to Skin Diseases / Pruritus / Palpable Purpura PSYCHIATRY: Depression / Alcohol Abuse and Dependence / Psychosis