CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2024

The authoritative guidelines primary care clinicians need to diagnose and treat the most common outpatient conditions―compiled, distilled, and updated for easy referencing

Striking the perfect balance between brevity and clinical necessity, this acclaimed annual resource presents all the latest evidence-based guidelines clinicians need to treat the most common outpatient conditions. The most thorough print compendium of guidelines for primary care practice, the book features content drawn from government agencies, expert panels, medical specialty organizations, and other professional and scientific authorities.

CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2024 converts lengthy and cumbersome text into a practical, relevant collection of available options for busy clinicians. This go-to guide converts the tremendous amount of information on the web into a practical, relevant collection of usable data for busy clinicians. Each topic is carefully selected for relevance to the office practice of ambulatory medicine and the text is presented in a convenient, easy-to-navigate outline and tabular format. 

•  Content is drawn from a wide array of recommendations from government agencies, expert panels, medical specialty organizations, and other professional and scientific authorities

•  NEW: Updates reflecting the review of more than 150 guidelines

•  NEW: Updates to guidelines for screening/prevention of ASCVD; anxiety disorders in children, pediatric obesity, chronic pain, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia; and osteoarthritis

•  NEW: Numerous topics have been added, including screening and prevention of eating disorders, COVID vaccination in pregnancy, prevention of pelvic floor dysfunction, management of chest pain, left ventricular thrombus, delirium

•  Guideline Discordance tables highlight when major guidelines do not mirror each other

•  Topics are carefully selected for relevance to the office practice of ambulatory medicine, and the text is enhanced by a convenient outline and tabular format

•  Screening and prevention of conditions have been combined to enhance clinician use 

Jacob David, MD, FAAFP, is associate program director of the Family Medicine Residency Program at Ventura County Medical Center, and a clinical instructor at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.