Selective Antibiotic Use in Respiratory Illness: a Family Practice Guide
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-015-1145-2 (ISBN)
An attempt has been made to justify every reeommendation or decision, and non-antibiotic management is diseussed where relevant.
1 Antibiotics and the Patient.- Allergy.- Antibiotic Diarrhoea.- The Contraceptive Pill.- Pregnancy.- Lactation.- Neonates.- Children.- The Elderly.- Hepatic and Renal Impairment.- Drug Interactions.- Absorption.- 2 Management Principles.- 3 Pyrexia.- Febrile Convulsions.- Delirium.- Rigors.- Symptomatic Management of Pyrexia.- Antibiotic Use.- 4 Sore Throat, Tonsillitis and Pharyngitis.- Definition.- The Non-inflamed Sore Throat.- The Inflamed Throat.- Referral for Tonsillectomy.- 5 Otitis Media.- Use of the Auroscope.- Clinical Features of Acute Otitis Media.- Bacteria in Acute Otitis Media.- Secretory Otitis Media.- Management and Antibiotic Use.- Chronic Otitis Media.- 6 Sinusitis.- Clinical Features.- Bacteriology.- Management and Antibiotic Use.- 7 Laryngitis.- Croup.- Hoarseness or Loss of Voice.- 8 Coughs and Colds.- The Acute Cough.- Cold in the Nose.- Persistent Cough in Children.- Persistent Cough in Adults.- The Absent Cough.- 9 Wheezy Bronchitis in Children.- The Nature of Wheezy Bronchitis.- Recognition of Asthma.- Management of the Acute Episode.- Longerterm Management.- Differential Diagnosis.- 10 Pneumonia.- Clinical Diagnosis.- Investigation.- Infective Causes.- Management and Antibiotic Use.- Differential Diagnosis.- 11 Bronchitis, Bronchiolitis and Bronchiectasis.- Acute Bronchitis.- Acute Bronchiolitis.- Chronic Bronchitis.- Bronchiectasis.- 12 Vomiting and Diarrhoea.- Non-specific Vomiting.- Gastro-enteritis.- Management.- 13 PUO in Children.- Definition.- Emergent Diagnoses.- Management and Antibiotic Use.- 14 Influenza and the ’Flu-like Illness.- The Influenzal Illness.- Viral Causes.- Differential Diagnosis.- Clinical Assessment of the Patient with ’Flu.- Management and Antibiotic Use.
Zusatzinfo | 7 Illustrations, black and white; VIII, 224 p. 7 illus. |
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Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen |
Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Pneumologie | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie | |
ISBN-10 | 94-015-1145-4 / 9401511454 |
ISBN-13 | 978-94-015-1145-2 / 9789401511452 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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