This new Washington Manual is an ideal quick reference for house officers and practitioners involved in ambulatory care of adult patients. Prepared by house officers, it has the same front-lines practicality as the world-famous Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics. Chapters cover outpatient topics that receive little coverage in the original Washington Manual such as lipid disorders, complete specific therapeutics (e.g. cough), office management of cancer patients (including screening, hospice, and supportive care), musculoskeletal pain, evaluation of neurological symptoms, women's and men's health, dermatological problems, anxiety and mood disorders; and dementia . Emphasis is on what the clinician needs to know at the key decision points in a case

Table of Contents

Approach to the Ambulatory Patient; Care of the Surgical Patient; Nutrition; Hypertension; Lipid Disorders; Cardiovascular I: Ischemic Heart Disease; Cardiovascular II: Heart Failure, Cardio-myopathy and Valvular Heart Disease;Arrhythmia; Vascular Disease Pulmonary I: Common Symptoms and Complaints; Pulmonary II:; Allergy and Asthma; GI 1: Common Complaints and Symptoms; GI II: Esophageal Diseases; Hematology; Oncology and Palliative Care; Endocrine Diseases; Diabetes Mellitus; Infectious Disease; Approach to Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract; Musculoskeletal Complaints; Rheumatology; Neurology; Women's Health; Men's Health; Dermatology; Ophthalmology; Otolaryngology; Psychiatry; Geriatrics; Appendices; A. Pregnancy and Drugs; Drugs and Renal Failure; Simplified Screening Schedule; Communicable Diseases; Impairment and Disability Evaluation; Internet Medicine and Useful Websites; New Immigrant Health; Endocarditis