A Comprehensive Review for the Certification and Recertification Examinations for Physician Assistants , Fourth Edition

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Contributors......Page 7
Reviewers......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Contents......Page 12
Pretest......Page 15
Pretest Explanations......Page 41
I. DISORDERS OF THE EYES......Page 77
II. DISORDERS OF THE EARS......Page 84
III. DISORDERS OF THE NOSE, SINUS, AND THROAT......Page 87
I. INFECTIOUS DISORDERS......Page 91
II. NEOPLASTIC DISEASE......Page 97
III. OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE......Page 99
IV. PLEURAL DISEASES......Page 103
V. PULMONARY CIRCULATION......Page 105
VI. RESTRICTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE......Page 106
VII. OTHER PULMONARY DISEASES......Page 107
II. SHOCK......Page 109
IV. HYPERTENSION......Page 110
V. CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE......Page 113
VII. ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE......Page 114
VIII. ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES......Page 115
IX. CONGENITAL HEART ANOMALIES......Page 118
X. VALVULAR DISORDERS......Page 120
XI. RATE AND RHYTHM DISORDERS......Page 122
XII. CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES......Page 125
XIII. CARDIOMYOPATHIES......Page 129
XIV. PERICARDIAL DISORDERS......Page 130
XV. INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS......Page 131
XVI. RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE......Page 132
XVII. PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISORDERS......Page 133
XVIII. GIANT CELL ARTERITIS......Page 135
XIX. AORTIC ANEURYSMS......Page 136
I. ANEMIAS......Page 137
II. POLYCYTHEMIA VERA......Page 144
III. MALIGNANCIES......Page 145
IV. BLEEDING DISORDERS......Page 149
V. THROMBOTIC DISORDERS AND HYPERCOAGULABLE CONDITIONS......Page 153
I. DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS......Page 155
II. DISEASES OF THE STOMACH......Page 157
III. DISEASES OF THE SMALL INTESTINE AND COLON......Page 160
IV. DISEASES OF THE RECTUM AND ANUS......Page 168
V. APPENDICITIS......Page 169
VI. DISEASES OF THE PANCREAS......Page 170
VII. DISEASES OF THE BILIARY TRACT......Page 171
VIII. DISEASES OF THE LIVER......Page 173
X. CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES......Page 176
XII. METABOLIC DISORDERS......Page 177
I. RENAL FAILURE......Page 179
II. GLOMERULAR DISORDERS......Page 182
IV. NEPHROLITHIASIS......Page 184
V. DISORDERS OF SALT AND WATER......Page 186
VI. ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS......Page 189
VII. ACID–BASE DISORDERS......Page 192
VIII. URINARY TRACT INFECTION......Page 195
IX. BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA......Page 197
X. INCONTINENCE......Page 198
XI. NEOPLASMS OF THE URINARY TRACT......Page 199
XII. MALE REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS......Page 202
I. MENSTRUAL DISORDERS......Page 206
II. UTERINE DISORDERS......Page 209
III. OVARIAN DISORDERS......Page 212
IV. CERVICAL DYSPLASIA AND NEOPLASIA......Page 213
V. VAGINAL AND VULVAR DISORDERS......Page 214
VI. BREAST DISORDERS......Page 216
VII. CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS......Page 217
IX. PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE......Page 219
I. ROUTINE PRENATAL CARE AND PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC TESTING......Page 221
II. COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY......Page 225
III. LABOR AND DELIVERY......Page 233
IV. PUERPERIUM......Page 237
I. ARTHRITIS/RHEUMATOLOGIC CONDITIONS......Page 238
II. BONE AND JOINT DISORDERS......Page 245
III. FRACTURES, DISLOCATIONS, SPRAINS, AND STRAINS......Page 249
IV. DISORDERS OF THE HEAD AND NECK......Page 251
V. DISORDERS OF THE SHOULDER AND UPPER EXTREMITY......Page 252
VI. DISORDERS OF THE BACK......Page 258
VII. DISORDERS OF THE HIP AND LOWER EXTREMITY......Page 261
I. THYROID DISORDERS......Page 265
II. PARATHYROID DISORDERS......Page 268
III. DIABETES MELLITUS......Page 270
IV. ADRENAL DISORDERS......Page 274
V. PITUITARY DISORDERS......Page 275
VI. OTHER ENDOCRINE DISORDERS......Page 277
I. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE......Page 280
II. SEIZURE DISORDERS......Page 282
III. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS)......Page 283
IV. DEMENTIA......Page 284
V. HEADACHE......Page 286
VI. MOVEMENT DISORDERS......Page 287
VII. DISEASES OF PERIPHERAL NERVES......Page 289
VIII. CNS INFECTION......Page 292
IX. CNS TRAUMA......Page 294
X. PRIMARY CNS NEOPLASMS......Page 296
XI. SLEEP DISORDERS......Page 297
II. SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS......Page 298
III. SOMATOFORM DISORDERS......Page 300
IV. MOOD DISORDERS......Page 303
V. PERSONALITY DISORDERS......Page 307
VI. ANXIETY DISORDERS......Page 311
VII. EATING DISORDERS......Page 315
VIII. SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS......Page 317
IX. CHILDHOOD DISORDERS......Page 318
X. ABUSE AND NEGLECT......Page 320
XII. UNCOMPLICATED BEREAVEMENT......Page 322
I. DIAGNOSIS......Page 323
II. MACULOPAPULAR AND PLAQUE DISORDERS......Page 324
III. VESICULOBULLOUS DISORDERS......Page 329
IV. PAPULOPUSTULAR INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS......Page 330
V. LOCALIZED SKIN INFECTIONS......Page 333
VI. DERMATOPHYTOSIS......Page 334
VII. PARASITIC INFESTATIONS......Page 335
VIII. WARTS (VERRUCAE)......Page 336
IX. TUMORS......Page 337
X. ULCERS, BURNS, AND WOUNDS......Page 338
XI. HAIR AND NAILS......Page 339
XIII. ANGIOEDEMA AND URTICARIA......Page 340
II. BACTERIAL INFECTIONS......Page 342
III. VIRAL INFECTIONS......Page 348
IV. FUNGAL INFECTIONS......Page 358
V. PARASITIC INFECTIONS......Page 360
VI. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES......Page 363
VII. SPIROCHETAL INFECTIONS......Page 366
II. PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION......Page 368
III. TRAUMA......Page 374
IV. BURNS......Page 377
VI. POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS......Page 380
II. PATIENT CARE......Page 384
III. SELECTED COMMON DISEASES AND DISORDERS WITH UNIQUE FEATURES IN THE ELDERLY......Page 393
IV. LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES......Page 396
I. EXAMINATION OF THE NEWBORN......Page 398
II. PROBLEMS COMMON TO THE TERM NEWBORN......Page 402
III. DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES AND DISORDERS......Page 404
IV. INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM, CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES, AND COMMON DYSMORPHIC SYNDROMES......Page 407
V. FAILURE TO THRIVE, GROWTH DELAY, AND SELECTED NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD......Page 410
VI. IMMUNIZATION OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN (FIG. 17-1)......Page 412
VII. COMMON PEDIATRIC POISONINGS......Page 415
VIII. COMMON PEDIATRIC DISORDERS......Page 417
Index......Page 419