Featuring over 1,300 full-color illustrations, this atlas is a comprehensive, hands-on guide to more than 100 medical procedures most commonly performed in an office setting. The book presents step-by-step instructions and illustrations for each procedure and discusses strategies for avoiding common pitfalls. Each chapter includes ordering information for necessary equipment or supplies, CPT codes, ICD-9 codes, global periods, and average U.S. fees for each procedure. Some chapters also refer the practitioner to patient education handouts that will appear online. A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text, over 100 patient education handouts, and videos of ten common procedures.
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A comprehensive, easy-to-use reference guide to performing procedures in the emergency, urgent, and primary care settings, this text-reference presents 70 of the most commonly performed procedures and organizes them into system-specific ...
This series offers guidance to primary care practitioners who wish to expand their practice to minimally invasive cosmetic procedures.
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Organized by body systems, the procedures covered in this book include arterial line insertion, wound closure, and lumbar puncture.
Musculoskeletal Medicine in Primary Care: An Essential Guide for Examination, Diagnosis and Management
Pocket Primary Care is a handy summary of key clinical information designed to form the basis of an individual's pocket notebook or to be integrated into one's own notebook.
The book emphasises the importance of systematic assessment, interpretation of clinical signs of deterioration, and the need to escalate the patient in a timely manner.