"The Family Practice Desk Reference, Fourth Edition is the perfect resource for time-pressed physicians. Fully updated chapters cover a full spectrum of conditions, helping you provide the best possible care for your patients from infancy through end of life. Improved organizational features make "The Family Practice Desk Reference more user-friendly. A standardized layout and a tightened, detailed index gives you quick access to the information you need. Organized by conditions, each chapter presents symptoms using differential diagnosis tables, lab values, and diagnostics. Drs. Driscoll an i Bope's new edition contains expanded information on ambulatory surgery and obstetrics, as well as STD treatment protocols, more detail on sleep disorders, an expanded section on primary care of the HIV-infected patient, and new guidelines for treatment of middle ear effusion. Written by two distinguished family physicians who understand the realities of day-to-day practice, this compact guide provides the latest, most thorough medical guidelines and references.