Urgent Care Medicine Secrets

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For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Urgent Care Secrets, a new volume in this bestselling series, features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, and an easy-to-read style - making reference and review quick, easy, and enjoyable. Key Features The proven Secrets® format gives you the most return for your time - concise, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective. Provides an evidence-based approach to medical and traumatic complaints presenting to urgent care centers, focusing on presenting signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis, office management, and when to refer for higher level of care. Covers the full range of essential topics for understanding today's practice of urgent care - essential information for physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Clear illustrations, figures, and flow diagrams expedite reference and review. Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams. Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime. Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices. Author Information By Robert Olympia, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital; Rory O'Neill, DO and Matthew Silvis, MD , Penn State Front Cover......Page 1 IFC ......Page 2 Urgent Care Medicine Secrets ......Page 3 Urgent Care Medicine Secrets ......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Dedication......Page 7 CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8 PREFACE......Page 15 CONTENTS......Page 16 TOP SECRETS IN URGENT CARE......Page 20 TENSION HEADACHE......Page 27 VERTIGO......Page 28 Bibliography......Page 29 2 - RED EYE, EYE PAIN, AND VISION LOSS......Page 30 Key Points......Page 32 Bibliography......Page 33 3 - EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT......Page 34 Bibliography......Page 40 4 - DENTAL AND MOUTH PAIN......Page 42 Bibliography......Page 44 5 - COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND CHEST PAIN......Page 46 Bibliography......Page 48 6 - ABDOMINAL PAIN, NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND DIARRHEA......Page 49 Bibliography......Page 54 7 - GENITOURINARY COMPLAINTS ......Page 55 Bibliography......Page 61 8 - GYNECOLOGIC COMPLAINTS......Page 63 Bibliography......Page 66 CONTACT DERMATITIS......Page 67 CUTANEOUS ABSCESSES......Page 68 CELLULITIS, ERYSIPELAS, IMPETIGO......Page 69 SHINGLES......Page 72 PITYRIASIS ROSEA......Page 73 TICK BITE/REMOVAL......Page 74 TINEA......Page 76 Bibliography......Page 77 CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME......Page 79 DE QUERVAIN’S TENOSYNOVITIS......Page 80 SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA/NAIL BED INJURIES......Page 81 Key Points......Page 82 Bibliography......Page 83 LYME DISEASE......Page 84 RABIES......Page 85 Key Points......Page 86 Bibliography......Page 87 12 - Fever ......Page 88 Bibliography......Page 93 13 - HEADACHE......Page 95 Bibliography......Page 97 14 - EYE COMPLAINTS......Page 98 Bibliography......Page 101 EAR PAIN......Page 103 NASAL SYMPTOMS......Page 105 SORE THROAT......Page 106 Bibliography......Page 109 16 - COUGH......Page 110 Key Points......Page 114 Bibliography......Page 115 17 - NECK PAIN AND MASSES......Page 116 Key Points......Page 118 Bibliography......Page 119 18 - CHEST PAIN......Page 120 Bibliography......Page 127 CONSTIPATION......Page 128 ACUTE ABDOMEN......Page 129 TESTICULAR......Page 130 GALLSTONES......Page 131 Bibliography......Page 133 20 - NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, AND DEHYDRATION......Page 134 Key Points......Page 137 Bibliography......Page 138 21 - URINARY AND UROLOGIC COMPLAINTS ......Page 139 Bibliography......Page 144 22 - VAGINAL COMPLAINTS......Page 145 Bibliography......Page 150 23 - SKIN RASHES AND INFECTIONS......Page 152 Key Points......Page 161 Bibliography......Page 162 NEWBORN RASHES......Page 163 HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA......Page 166 GUIDELINES FOR PHOTOTHERAPY......Page 167 BRUE (BRIEF RESOLVED UNEXPLAINED EVENTS)......Page 168 VOMITING......Page 169 Bibliography......Page 172 25 - LIMP ......Page 174 Key Points......Page 179 Bibliography......Page 180 HEAD INJURIES......Page 181 NECK INJURIES......Page 184 Key Points: Neck Injuries......Page 185 Bibliography......Page 186 27 - CHEST AND ABDOMINAL TRAUMA ......Page 187 Key Points......Page 191 Bibliography......Page 193 28 - EXTREMITY TRAUMA ......Page 194 Bibliography......Page 203 29 - ACUTE NECK PAIN ......Page 204 Bibliography......Page 206 ACHILLES TENDON DISORDERS......Page 208 QUADRICEPS STRAIN......Page 209 LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS (TENNIS ELBOW)......Page 210 PATELLAR TENDINOPATHY......Page 211 Bibliography......Page 212 INTRODUCTION......Page 213 Bibliography......Page 216 32 - THE ACUTELY SWOLLEN KNEE ......Page 217 Key Points......Page 222 Bibliography......Page 223 33 - ACUTE FINGER AND WRIST INJURIES ......Page 224 Bibliography......Page 229 34 - FOOSH (FALL ON OUTSTRETCHED HAND) INJURIES......Page 230 Bibliography......Page 235 35 - WHEN TO IMAGE FOR SPORTS-RELATED COMPLAINTS......Page 236 Bibliography......Page 238 COLD INJURIES......Page 240 HEAT INJURIES......Page 243 Key Points......Page 244 Bibliography......Page 246 AC SEPARATION......Page 247 ROTATOR CUFF TEAR......Page 248 PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURE......Page 250 GLENOHUMERAL (GH) DISLOCATION/INSTABILITY......Page 251 Bibliography......Page 254 38 - CONCUSSION ......Page 255 Bibliography......Page 258 39 - OVERUSE APOPHYSEAL INJURIES ......Page 259 Bibliography......Page 263 40 - THE ACUTELY LIMPING CHILD ......Page 264 Bibliography......Page 268 ANATOMY......Page 269 LATERAL ANKLE SPRAIN......Page 271 HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN......Page 272 TREATMENT......Page 273 Bibliography......Page 275 Sinusitis......Page 276 nfectious Mononucleosis......Page 277 Pertussis......Page 278 Myocarditis......Page 279 Common Bacterial Skin Infections......Page 280 Viral Cutaneous Infections: Herpes Simplex......Page 281 Bibliography......Page 282 WOUND ASSESSMENT......Page 285 BURN MANAGEMENT......Page 287 BITES......Page 291 INSECTS......Page 292 Bibliography......Page 295 44 - LACERATION REPAIR ......Page 296 Bibliography......Page 304 45 - FRACTURE AND DISLOCATION REDUCTIONS ......Page 305 Bibliography......Page 310 46 - SPLINTING AND CASTING ......Page 311 Key Points......Page 314 Bibliography......Page 315 47 - ABSCESS INCISION AND DRAINAGE ......Page 316 Bibliography......Page 318 EAR AND NASAL FOREIGN BODIES......Page 319 FOREIGN-BODY INGESTION OR ASPIRATION......Page 320 FOREIGN BODIES IN THE SKIN......Page 321 Bibliography......Page 323 DENTAL INJURIES......Page 324 DENTAL INFECTIONS......Page 328 Bibliography......Page 332 CASE 1......Page 333 CASE 3......Page 339 Key Points......Page 341 Bibliography......Page 343 CHEST PAIN WITH DISTRESS......Page 344 TIA/STROKE......Page 346 SEIZURES......Page 347 ALTERED MENTAL STATUS......Page 348 SYNCOPE......Page 349 ALTERED MENTAL STATUS......Page 354 ANAPHYLAXIS......Page 356 Bronchiolitis......Page 357 SEIZURES......Page 358 SEPSIS......Page 360 Key Points......Page 362 Bibliography......Page 363 53 - OFFICE EMERGENCY AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS......Page 364 Key Points......Page 367 Bibliography......Page 368 FAST......Page 369 SOFT TISSUE/MUSCULOSKELETAL US......Page 370 PULMONARY......Page 371 PEDIATRIC ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND......Page 372 Bibliography......Page 373 55 - MENTAL HEALTH URGENCIES ......Page 374 Bibliography......Page 377 56 - TRAVEL MEDICINE ......Page 378 Bibliography......Page 383 57 - THE BUSINESS OF URGENT CARE ......Page 384 Key Points......Page 386 A......Page 387 B......Page 390 C......Page 391 D......Page 393 E......Page 394 F......Page 395 H......Page 396 I......Page 397 L......Page 398 M......Page 399 O......Page 400 P......Page 401 R......Page 403 S......Page 404 T......Page 406 U......Page 407 W......Page 408 Y......Page 409