Physician Assistant Acute Care Protocols and Disease Management - FOURTH EDITION: For Family Practice, Urgent Care, and Emergency

This is the Fourth Edition of a compendium of acute care protocols and disease management guides created for the Physician Assistant. Over 150 concise, fast-reading protocols for Physician Assistants working in family practice, urgent care, and emergency medicine. Covers cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, toxicology, neurology, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, genitourinary disorders, electrolyte and acid/base disturbances, HEENT, trauma, pediatrics, geriatrics, gynecology, infectious disease, dermatology, hematology, psychiatric and social, environmental, medications, and disease management, among others. The book provides differential diagnosis, pertinent central clinical facts, and practice guidance in a bulleted outline format, for the purpose of furthering the relationship between the Physician Assistant and the Physician and for improving patient care and safety. The author Donald Correll, M.D. is a former Emergency Department Medical Director of Jackson-Madison County General Hospital (Tennessee), which treats over 90,000 acute care patients annually.