This text represents a collaboration among primary care and specialist physicians in the Department of Medicine at New York University School of Medicine and the Bellevue Hospital Primary Care Clinic. It is intended for use by teachers, students and practitioners of primary care and in the hospital outpatient department. The guide presents data about prevalence of disease, accuracy and diagnosis from congestive heart failure to domestic violence. Advice about patient management is interwoven with annotated references in a two column format providing the actual data upon which recommendations are based. Readers of the guide are encouraged to use this data to tailor clinical decisions to meet the needs of their individual patients.

Contents:
Alcoholism; anaemia; anticoagulation; arterial disease of the lower extremities; asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; breast disease; cancer screening; cerebrovascular disease; coronary artery disease; cough, bronchitis & pneumonia; depression, anxiety, panic disorder & somatization; dermatologic disease; diabetes mellitus; dizziness; domestic violence; dyspepsia, peptic ulcer disease & gastroesophageal reflux disease; fatigue; headache; heart failure; hepatitis A, B & C; HIV disease; hyperlipidemia; hypertension; irritable bowel syndrome; liver & biliary disease; low back pain; menopause and hormone replacement; musculoskeletal pain; obesity; osteoporosis; palpitations; renal insufficiency; seizure disorders; sexually transmitted diseases; smoking cessation; thyroid disease; tuberculosis & PPD testing; upper respiratory infection & allergic rhinitis; valvular heart disease; venous thromboembolism.