Primary care clinicians are performing more varied procedures than ever before, and physicians, residents, and students need a comprehensive, authoritative resource that provides trusted information in an easy-to-follow format. Through three outstanding editions, Pfenninger and Fowler’s Procedures for Primary Care has been the go-to reference for step-by-step strategies for nearly every medical procedure that can be performed in an office, hospital, or emergency care facility by primary care providers. This 4th Edition continues that tradition with new section editors, updated illustrations, new chapters, and much more. No other primary care procedure book compares with Pfenninger and Fowler’s breadth and depth of practical, step-by-step content!

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• • Provides comprehensive, real-world coverage of more than 230 procedures that arise in the primary care setting, including many that were previously performed only in subspecialty settings, such as joint injections and cosmetic procedures.

• • Includes new chapters: Esophageal Foreign Body Removal, Manual Testicular Detorsion, Symphysiotomy, Zipper Injury Management, and Blood Products.

• • Presents the “how-to” expertise of six new section editors, for a fresh, contemporary perspective throughout the book.

• • Additional focus on the evidence, with plentiful citations to key references, makes this the most evidence-based edition yet.

• • Features numerous updated illustrations, including many more in full color, and incorporates updated ICD-10-CM codes throughout.

• • Provides access to online resources including patient education handouts and consent forms, lists of device manufacturers, and more.

• Utilizes a concise outline format, detailed text and illustrations, and abundant boxes and tables for quick access to the information you need.

Contents

۱. Procedural Sedation and Analgesia
۲. Pediatric Sedation and Analgesia
۳. Nitrous Oxide Sedation
۴. Topical Anesthesia
۵. Local Anesthesia
۶. Local and Topical Anesthetic Complications
۷. Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Field Blocks
۸. Oral-Facial Anesthesia
۹. Bier Block
۱۰. Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia
۱۱. Procedures to Treat Headaches
۱۲. Acne Therapy : Surgical and Physical Approaches
۱۳. Approach to Various Skin Lesions
۱۴. Cryosurgery
۱۵. Dermoscopy
۱۶. Flaps and Plasties
۱۷. Fungal Studies (and Scabies) : Collection Procedures and Tests
۱۸. Incisions : Planning the Direction of the Incision
۱۹. Laceration and Incision Repair
۲۰. Laceration and Incision Repair : Needle Selection
۲۱. Laceration and Incision Repair : Suture Selection
۲۲. Laceration and Incision Repair : Suture Tying
۲۳. Nail Plate, Nail Bed, and Nail Matrix Biopsy
۲۴. Nail Bed Repair
۲۵. Radiofrequency Surgery (Modern Electrosurgery)
۲۶. Skin Biopsy
۲۷. Skin Grafting
۲۸. hypertrophic Scars and Keloids
۲۹. Unna Paste Boot : Treatment of Venous Stasis Ulcers and Other Disorders
۳۰. Wart (Verruca) Treatment

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۲۰۰. Corneal Abrasions and Removal of Corneal or Conjunctival Foreign Bodies
۲۰۱. Slit-Lamp Examination
۲۰۲. Auricular Hematoma Evacuation
۲۰۳. Reduction of Dislocated Temporomandibular Joint (with Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome Exercises)
۲۰۴. Removal of Foreign Bodies from the Ear and Nose
۲۰۵. Management of Epistaxis
۲۰۶. Peritonsillar Abscess Drainage
۲۰۷. Management of Dental Injuries and Reimplantation of an Avulsed Tooth
۲۰۸. Management of Fecal Impaction
۲۰۹. Gastrointestinal Decontamination
۲۱۰. Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage
۲۱۱. Tube Thoracostomy and Emergency Needle Decompression of Tension Pneumothorax
۲۱۲. Anaphylaxis
۲۱۳. Prevention and treatment of Wound Infections
۲۱۴. Emergency Department, Hospitalist, and Office Ultrasound (POCUS)
۲۱۵. Heimlich Maneuver
۲۱۶. Zipper Injury Management
۲۱۷. Nasogastric and Nasoenteric Tube Insertion and Removal
۲۱۸. Thoracentesis
۲۱۹. Abdominal Paracentesis
۲۲۰. Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy
۲۲۱. Lumbar Puncture
۲۲۲. Tracheal Intubation
۲۲۳. Cricothyroid Catheter Insertion, Cricothyroidotomy, and Tracheostomy
۲۲۴. Mechanical Ventilation
۲۲۵. Arterial Puncture and Percutaneous Arterial Line Placement
۲۲۶. Intraosseous Vascular Access
۲۲۷. Venous Cutdown
۲۲۸. Central Venous Catheter Insertion
۲۲۹. Swan-Ganz (Pulmonary Artery) Catheterization
۲۳۰. Pericardiocentesis
۲۳۱. Electrical Cardioversion
۲۳۲. Temporary Pacing
۲۳۳. Drawing Blood Cultures
۲۳۴. Blood Products and Blood Banking
۲۳۵. Principles of X-Ray Interpretation