Designed for portability and quick reference, Pocket Primary Care, Fourth Edition, provides rapid access to the essential information needed by practitioners and trainees on a daily basis, and is an excellent resource for clinical board and USMLE review. Edited by Dr. Curtis R. Chong, this bestselling book provides current evidence-based practices, accepted best practices, and real-world guidance on common problems encountered in the outpatient internal medicine clinic. This up-to-date, high-yield reference supports the problem solving primary care clinicians employ in day-to-day practice, all in an easy-to-use format that’s ideal for physicians, students, residents, nurses, NPs, and PAs—anyone who sees patients in today’s busy ambulatory settings.Follows the bestselling, Pocket Notebook format, featuring up-to-date bulleted lists, tables, diagrams, and algorithms that make essential facts easy to find and retainContains fully updated information throughout, including new content on weight loss drugs, AI in primary care, and moreCovers the most common diseases and conditions seen in the clinic or ambulatory setting, including topics such as routine screenings, health literacy, disease screening, psychiatry, women’s health, men’s health, and geriatricsOffers current information and evidence on prevention, cardiology, endocrinology, pulmonary medicine, hematology/oncology, dermatology, among many others Provides references to landmark papers that help residents and students confidently answer questions during rounds
