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• 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2014
• 5-Minute Consult Clinical Companion to Women's Health
• 5-Minute AHA Clinical Cardiac Consult
• Rosen and Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult
• 5-Minute Pediatric Consult
• Essential Guide to Primary Care Procedures
• A Practical Guide to Joint & Soft Tissue Injection & Aspiration
• Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests
• FamilyDoctor.org
• Fact & Comparisons Drug Guide

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Domino: The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2014, 22nd Edition (print, website, mobile), ISBN: 978-1-4511-8970-4

The 5-Minute Clinical Consult, 2014 provides rapid-access information on the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of over 900 medical conditions. This best-selling clinical content is accessible online with the regularly updated site or on your mobile device, to ensure instant point-of-care access to information in whichever format best suits your needs. The content has been updated to include over 90 new topics including Asherman Syndrome, Acute Diarrhea, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Gastric Polyp, Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease, IgA Nephropathy and more; 30 new algorithms including dizziness, migraine treatment rectal pain and vitamin D deficiency and more; more evidence-based medicine ratings, expanded clinical pearls and patient education sections, and updated ICD-9 and SNOMED codes highlighted within the text.

5minuteconsult.com - Rapid, Reliable Results. For the best patient care. provides access to:

  • Diseases & Conditions - Thousands of bulleted topics from across our 5-Minute Series to support your patient care decisions
  • Internet Point-of-Care CME - Earn CME credits as you treat your patients at no additional cost
  • Customizable Patient Handouts - Over 1,000 handouts in English/Spanish from AAFP to help educate your patients
  • Procedure Video - Build your skills with procedure videos and also have access to physical therapy videos
  • Drugs - A to Z drug monographs from Facts and Comparison with patient education and interactions
  • Algorithms - Diagnostic and Treatment algorithms linked to associated topic for quick reference
  • Images - Provide visual guidance in areas such as dermatology, radiology etc
  • Updates - Topics, videos, handouts, drugs and more updated on a regular basis
  • Mobile - Web-enabled mobile access to diseases/conditions, drugs, images, algorithms and lab tests as well as updates

You can access all your 5-Minute Consult content using any web enabled mobile device, including Windows Mobile, Android, Palm, and Windows PC. You can also download a mobile application for your iPhone or iPod touch.

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Editors:

Frank J. Domino, MD
Professor, Clerkship Director at the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Off-Labeled Usage Statement: Dr. Domino has disclosed that the topics from The 5-Minute Clinical Consult contain drug recommendations that have not been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the indicated clinical applications.

Robert Baldor, MD
Professor at the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
The University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Vice-Chairman at the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
UMass Memorial Health Care
Worcester, Massachusetts

Jeremy Golding, MD
Professor of Family Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology
The University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Quality Officer - Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
UMass Memorial Health Care - Hahnemann Family Health Center
Worcester, Massachusetts

Jill A. Grimes, MD
Clinical Instructor at the Department of Family Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Private Practice
West Lake Family Practice
Austin, Texas

McGarry: The 5-Minute Consult Clinical Companion to Women's Health, Second Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4511-1654-0

The 5-Minute Consult Clinical Companion to Women's Health is a quick-reference guide to the diagnosis and management of symptoms and disorders that commonly occur in women. Written by both primary care physicians and obstetrician-gynecologists, the book covers disorders that are unique to women, occur disproportionately in women, or have a different clinical presentation, course, and/or prognosis in women. The contributors present practical, up-to-date, evidence-based information in a format designed for rapid consultation. The book is organized by disease, with a symptom list for cross-reference. Essential take-home points are highlighted at the beginning of each chapter.

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Editors:

Kelly A. McGarry, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University Division of General Internal Medicine
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island

Iris L. Tong, MD
Assistant Professor (Clinical) at the Department of Internal Medicine
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

Nixon: The 5-Minute AHA Clinical Cardiac Consult, Third Edition, ISBN: 978-1-60831-622-9

Authored by members of the American Heart Association's Clinical Cardiology Council, The AHA Clinical Cardiac Consult, Third Edition, is the perfect source of fast, reliable guidance on diagnosis and management of both common and rare cardiovascular problems. It covers more than 170 problems, diseases, syndromes, and chief complaints in the popular, easy-to-read, two-page 5-Minute Consult format, which includes basic information, diagnosis, treatment, medication, follow-up, ICD-9 codes, and patient teaching information. This thoroughly updated edition includes additional hypertension topics and updated references.

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Editor:

J.V. (Ian) Nixon, MD
Professor of Medicine at the Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology)
Pauley Heart Center, VCU Health System
Richmond, Virginia

Disclosures: Dr. Nixon has disclosed that he is a consultant/adviser to Pfizer, and is a member of the speaker's bureau for Pfizer and AstraZenica.

Associate Editors:

Gerard P. Aurigemma, MD
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Ann F. Bolger, MD
William Watt Kerr Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Director, Echocardiography
Division of Cardiology
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, California

Michael H. Crawford, MD
Professor and Lucie Stern Chair in Cardiology
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Chief of Clinical Cardiology
Department of Medicine, UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, California

Gerald F. Fletcher, MD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Cardiovascular Disease
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Jacksonville, Florida

Gary S. Francis, MD
Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Division
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Disclosures: Dr. Francis has disclosed that he was/is a consultant for Sanofi-Aventis.

Thomas C. Gerber, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Radiology
College of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida

Weton M. Gersony, MD
Alexander S. Nadas Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian
New York, New York

Peter Ott, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director of Electrophysiology Laboratory and Arrhythmia Service
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology
Sarver Heart Center
Tucson, Arizona

Disclosure: Dr. Ott has disclosed that he was/is a recipient of grant/research funding from Medtronic and was/is part of the speaker's bureau for Medtronic. He is also a stock shareholder in Medtronic.

Linda A. Pape, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Nanette K. Wenger, MD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Clinics
Department of Cardiology
Grady Memorial Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia

Disclosure: Dr. Wenger has disclosed that she was/is a recipient of grant/research funding and is on the Trial Steering Committee, the Trial Adjudication Committee, and the Trial Data Safety Monitoring Board for Pfizer, Merck, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Gilead Sciences, Abbott, Sanofi-Aventis, and Eli Lilly.

Schaider: Rosen and Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult, Fourth Edition, ISBN: 978-1-6083-1630-4

This best-selling emergency department reference is now in its thoroughly updated Fourth Edition. The foremost authorities provide practical information on over 600 clinical problems in a fast-access two-page outline format that's perfect for on-the-spot consultation.

Coverage of each disorder includes clinical presentation, pre-hospital, diagnosis, treatment, disposition, and ICD-9 coding. Icons enable practitioners to quickly spot the information they need. This edition provides up-to-date information on topics such as emerging infections, new protocols, and new treatments.

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Editors:

Jeffrey J. Schaider, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Rush Medical College;
Chairman of Department of Emergency Medicine
Cook County Health and Hospital System
Chicago, Illinois

Roger M. Barkin, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Emergency Physician
CarePoint/Rose Medical Center
Denver, Colorado

Stephen R. Hayden, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Program Director, Residency Program
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Emergency Medicine Medical Center
San Diego, California

Richard E. Wolfe, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Emergency Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chief of Emergency Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Adam Z. Barkin, MD, MPH
Clinical Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado;
Attending Physician
Emergency Medicine
Rose Medical Center
Denver, Colorado

Philip Shayne, MD
Associate Professor
Vice Chair for Education and residency Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Peter Rosen, MD
Senior Lecturer Medicine
Harvard University
Attending Physician
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Visiting Professor
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Schwartz: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, Sixth Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4511-8338-2

The thoroughly updated Sixth Edition of this best-selling reference provides immediate, practical advice on problems seen in infants, children, and adolescents. More than 450 diseases and conditions are covered in the fast-access two-page outline format that makes The 5-Minute Consult Series titles so popular among busy clinicians. Other features include a Chief Complaints section addressing the workup and treatment of 50 signs and symptoms, plus a medication index, syndromes glossary, surgical glossary, laboratory values, and tables. In this sixth edition, the Premium 5 Minute Pediatric Consult also offers access to the 5 Minute Pediatric Consult website -- a clinical decision support tool -- that can be accessed by the health care provider to answer questions on-the-go via website or mobile.

One year access to the 5minuteconsult Pediatric Website includes access to -

  • More than 450 diseases and conditions to support your patient care decisions
  • Patient education handouts from AAFP to help educate your patients
  • Hundreds of Images from Chung's "Visual Diagnosis and Treatment in Pediatrics" and other reputable sources to provide you with quick visual guidance
  • Immunization schedules and charts at your fingertips to save you time from searching
  • Content is optimized for handheld devices so you have access to the content anytime, anywhere
  • Updates to content made on a regular basis to keep you abreast of the latest content

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Editor:

M. William Schwartz, MD
Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Formerly, Senior Physician
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mayeaux: The Essential Guide to Primary Care Procedures, 2nd edition, ISBN: 978-0-7817-7390-4

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. Appendices include illustrated sections on commonly used instruments and materials. Buy the book: http://www.lww.com/product/?978-0-7817-7390-4

Editor:

E.J. Mayeaux Jr., MD
Professor of Family Medicine / Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Louisiana State University Health Science Center
Shreveport, Louisiana

A Practical Guide to Joint & Soft Tissue Injection & Aspiration, 2/e., ISBN: 978-0-7817-9606-4

Expanded and updated for its Second Edition, this practical illustrated guide explains the rationale and step-by-step procedures for joint and soft tissue injections and aspirations. The book will enable primary care physicians to master these effective techniques for treating a variety of common skin and musculoskeletal conditions. Full-color illustrations help practitioners identify anatomic landmarks and demonstrate how to perform each technique. This edition covers many alternative techniques and several new procedures, including ultrasound-guided injections, eyelid injections for cysts, nerve blocks for headaches, procedures for the hip, scapula joint injections, and temporomandibular joint procedures. Buy the book: http://www.lww.com/product/?978-0-7817-9606-4

Editor:

James W. McNabb, MD
Private Practice-Family Medicine
Full Circle Family Medicine of Piedmont HealthCare
Mooresville, North Carolina

Wallach: Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, Ninth Edition, ISBN: 978-1-6054-7667-4

What tests do I order, and what do the results mean? Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, Ninth Edition provides the answers—quickly and clearly—for a vast range of adult and pediatric conditions. Arranged by organ system, the book summarizes the available tests for most diseases, explains what the results mean, and discusses differential diagnoses. Purchase Print Edition

Editors:

Mary A. Williamson, MT(ASCP), Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Department of Pathology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Director, Laboratory Operations at the Department of Hospital Laboratories
UMass Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, Massachusetts

WITH

L. Michael Snyder, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine & Pathology
University of Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts

Chair, Department of Hospital Laboratories, Department of Hospital Laboratories
UMass Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, Massachusetts

FamilyDoctor.org

Patient Handouts on 5MinuteConsult are provided courtesy of the AAFP and FamilyDoctor.org.

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FamilyDoctor.org is geared toward patients of all ages and features guides for healthy living, prescription and over-the counter drug information, and interactive health tools that allow users to search-by-symptom. The site also offers more than 400 consumer health videos.

Recommended to patients by AAFP member physicians and their health care teams, the site receives more than 3.5 million visits a month, with 100,000 unique visitors each day. More than 60 percent of Americans search for health information online. For reliable health information, they turn to FamilyDoctor.org.

Fact & Comparisons Drug Guide

For more than sixty years, Facts & Comparisons®, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, has been the pharmacists' source for drug information. Via print, CD-ROM, PDA or Internet, Facts & Comparisons® offers trusted, unbiased drug information.

For more information, visit FactsandComparisons.com or call 800.223.0554.