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| Fracture Management for Primary Care: 2nd Edition | 
 enlarge | Authors: M. Patrice Eiff, Walter L. Calmbach, Robert L. Hatch
Publisher: Saunders
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 46280
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 408
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 072169344X
Dewey Decimal Number: 617.15
EAN: 9780721693446
ASIN: 072169344X
Publication Date: October 31, 2002
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Here's the guidance needed to evaluate and treat common fractures and to identify uncommon fractures that should be referred to a specialist. A consistent format provides detailed coverage of each fracture's anatomic considerations, clinical symptoms and signs, radiographic findings, indications for orthopedic referral, strategies for management, and more.
- Includes one-page management tables that summarize pertinent aspects of diagnosis and treatment.
- Detailed, step-by-step descriptions present selected closed reduction techniques for some displaced fractures.
- Uses schematic illustrations to portray important anatomic relationships of bones and joints.
- Includes two new chapters, Facial and Skull Fractures (Ch. 18) and Rib Fractures (Ch. 17).
- New Pediatric Considerations sections for each fracture cover special considerations for pediatric fractures.
- New Return to Work or Sports sections for each fracture give practical advice for getting patients back to full activity after an injury.
- Expands coverage of joint dislocations, including reduction techniques.
- Increased material on stress fractures of the pelvis, rib, ulna and calcaneous.
- Provides many new radiographs and line drawings.
Spanish version of 1st edition also available, ISBN: 84-8174-431-X
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Solid, conservative help August 17, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I am a family doctor with a number of years in a semi-rural practice and more than my share of ER time. Fracture Management is a good, solid, conservative reference for it's intended audience. It will certainly keep you out of trouble. Due to it's brevity, there are a number of conditions that are missing, mostly less common problems, but sometimes the book does not cover the particular variant of the fracture you are seeing. Dislocations are largely not included. The photographs of x-rays are helpful when they are present, and I often show the patient the picture in the book as it often illustrates their fracture better than our sometimes crummy x-ray. Unfortunately, not all the photos clearly demonstrate what they aim to.
For a more comprehensive, and much larger, text on fractures, with some additional attention to mechanisms of injury and very helpful sketches, I recommend Connolly's Fractures and Dislocations: Closed Management. Though it is getting pretty old in its current edition, the basics of how people get hurt and how to manage them non-operatively, haven't changed all that much.
For a more broad based text on orthopedic care, with only brief attention to fractures, it's hard to go wrong with Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care.
excellent organization, concise yet complete May 28, 1999
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I bought it at a sports medicine conference where all the major publishers had similar titles, and this was was the best. This one has a great "break"down of what you need to know, to refer, to treat, to watch for. Best bang for your buck especially if you have another text to complement it.
Awesome Book! October 20, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Again, this is an essential book, especially for the Family Practitioner just starting out. I have just graduated residency and am working alone at an Urgent Care Center, and I use this book almost every shift! Gives good, clear advice for managing the most common fractures encountered, and when (and more importantly, how quickly) to refer to ortho! Love It, worth every penny!
The BEST Ortho Reference Out There May 15, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm a family doctor, and I do alot of work in injury clinics and rural areas. This book is without doubt the most essential for my practice. It is concise, tells you what to look for, what to do in the acute setting, how to manage long term, and when to refer. I cannot praise this book enough. Dr. Eiff - Thanks so much for this jewel.
Fracture Management for Primary Care: 2nd Edition May 1, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As a fairly new Nurse Practitioner, I have found this book to be one of my most frequently used resources. It reviews terminology that is needed for communicating with the orthopedic specialists, as well as reviewing the anatomy and physiology of the most common fractures. The radiology pictures/x-rays are excellent for comparison and learning. I would like to see the authors incorporate highlighting or marking the x-ray examples so the novice knows exactly what they are looking at. Not all the samples are clear to the untrained eye. I highly recommend this book!
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