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
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	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