Practical Guide to the Care of the Ambulatory Patient

This practical guide is intended for doctors involved in the daily practice of care for the adult in the outpatient setting. The topics included have a specific reference to the adult outpatient and how they differ in the ambulatory setting. Features of this text include thorough coverage of common adult outpatient syndromes and organ system abnormalities, medical therapeutics specific to ambulatory care and procedures and laboratory tests specific to the adult outpatient including interpretation of results. It addresses socioeconomic and legal issues including women's health, preventive medicine, alcohol and substance abuse, and health care financing, as well as providing differential diagnosis of symptoms and a review of diseases specific to adult outpatient medicine.