Physician Assistant Faculty & Staff Books and Book Chapters

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  Pharmacotherapy for Musculoskeletal and Rheumatologic Conditions

  Rahnea Sunseri and Erica Barr

  Musculoskeletal (MSK) and rheumatologic disorders were second only to maintenance healthcare needs as the primary reason for ambulatory care visits in the United States in 2015. The diagnosis of the majority of MSK and rheumatologic disorders is usually apparent, permitting empirical therapy. These disorders affect all ages, sexes, and races so patient characteristics and comorbidities should also be considered when choosing treatments. This chapter provides an overview of musculoskeletal and rheumatologic conditions, including epidemiological impact. It discusses the pathophysiology of musculoskeletal and rheumatologic disease states. The chapter presents an overview of medications used to treat musculoskeletal and rheumatologic conditions. It compares and contrasts the pharmacotherapy for these conditions to provide an understanding of the benefits and limitations of each drug. The chapter presents guidelines to select the most appropriate pharmacotherapeutic regimen to treat patients with musculoskeletal and rheumatologic conditions who may or may not have preexisting comorbidities and contraindications.

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  Case 28: Dizziness and Difficulty Hearing, Adult Male

  Mark P. Christiansen

  Real-life primary care case studies* from more than 50 primary care providers, including physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and physicians!

  101 Primary Care Case Studies offers real-life patient scenarios and critical thinking exercises to help you work through a patient’s chief complaint. Through narrative case studies, you will determine how best to diagnose, treat, and manage your patient based on the history of present illness, review of systems, relevant history, and physical examination findings. This workbook will ask probing questions to help you determine differential and most likely diagnoses, diagnostic tests to order, and appropriate patient management strategies using relevant and timely references to support your decisions. The organization of each case study simulates the patient care journey from chief complaint to outcome.

  Serving as a virtual clinical preceptor, this workbook can be used independently or in a classroom setting. It is accompanied by a robust online student supplement that provides answers to all questions, real outcomes of the cases, and valuable personal insights from the authors on how the patient was successfully managed. Not only will this workbook help you work through patient cases clinically, it will also share important, but often overlooked, bedside manner skills needed to successfully communicate with and care for your patients.

  Covering conditions across all organ systems and across the lifespan, this workbook is organized by chief complaint, providing an authentic perspective on what to expect in the patient care environment. It even includes information on pathophysiology and how to use ICD-10 and CPT (E/M) codes in your documentation. The book uniquely weaves together both the science and art of medicine by including personal insights into quality and compassionate care.

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  Case 32: Frequent Diarrhea, Adolescent Female

  Mark P. Christiansen

  Real-life primary care case studies* from more than 50 primary care providers, including physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and physicians!

  101 Primary Care Case Studies offers real-life patient scenarios and critical thinking exercises to help you work through a patient’s chief complaint. Through narrative case studies, you will determine how best to diagnose, treat, and manage your patient based on the history of present illness, review of systems, relevant history, and physical examination findings. This workbook will ask probing questions to help you determine differential and most likely diagnoses, diagnostic tests to order, and appropriate patient management strategies using relevant and timely references to support your decisions. The organization of each case study simulates the patient care journey from chief complaint to outcome.

  Serving as a virtual clinical preceptor, this workbook can be used independently or in a classroom setting. It is accompanied by a robust online student supplement that provides answers to all questions, real outcomes of the cases, and valuable personal insights from the authors on how the patient was successfully managed. Not only will this workbook help you work through patient cases clinically, it will also share important, but often overlooked, bedside manner skills needed to successfully communicate with and care for your patients.

  Covering conditions across all organ systems and across the lifespan, this workbook is organized by chief complaint, providing an authentic perspective on what to expect in the patient care environment. It even includes information on pathophysiology and how to use ICD-10 and CPT (E/M) codes in your documentation. The book uniquely weaves together both the science and art of medicine by including personal insights into quality and compassionate care.

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  Primary Care

  Nancy Hamler

  Real-life primary care case studies* from more than 50 primary care providers, including physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and physicians!

  101 Primary Care Case Studies offers real-life patient scenarios and critical thinking exercises to help you work through a patient’s chief complaint. Through narrative case studies, you will determine how best to diagnose, treat, and manage your patient based on the history of present illness, review of systems, relevant history, and physical examination findings. This workbook will ask probing questions to help you determine differential and most likely diagnoses, diagnostic tests to order, and appropriate patient management strategies using relevant and timely references to support your decisions. The organization of each case study simulates the patient care journey from chief complaint to outcome.

  Serving as a virtual clinical preceptor, this workbook can be used independently or in a classroom setting. It is accompanied by a robust online student supplement that provides answers to all questions, real outcomes of the cases, and valuable personal insights from the authors on how the patient was successfully managed. Not only will this workbook help you work through patient cases clinically, it will also share important, but often overlooked, bedside manner skills needed to successfully communicate with and care for your patients.

  Covering conditions across all organ systems and across the lifespan, this workbook is organized by chief complaint, providing an authentic perspective on what to expect in the patient care environment. It even includes information on pathophysiology and how to use ICD-10 and CPT (E/M) codes in your documentation. The book uniquely weaves together both the science and art of medicine by including personal insights into quality and compassionate care.