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Author(s):Hardeep Bhupal
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Urgent and Out-of-Hours Primary Care provides practical guidance on diagnosing and managing the acute medical conditions seen most commonly in an out-of-hours setting.
KEY Features:
- Covers over 200 acute medical conditions commonly encountered when working in an urgent and primary care setting
- Color photographs provide the reader with further important information on assessing patients presenting with acute medical conditions
- Key ‘red flag’ features are highlighted in boxes
- The latest guidance and prescribing information is provided
- Uses a consistent approach: each condition features discussions of presentation, assessment, and management
- Offers practical guidance on how to use telephone triage, video consultations, and home visits effectively
- Assumes access to basic diagnostic aids only
- Provides differential diagnoses by symptom
- Indicates when to refer to the hospital and when to order an emergency ambulance
☛This book is aimed at GPs, GP trainees, doctors, medical students, nurses, paramedics, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals providing patients with urgent and out-of-hours primary care.
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