Conn's Current Therapy 2022 > Family Medicine

rusted by clinicians for nearly 75 years, Conn’s Current Therapy presents today’s evidence-based information along with the personal experience and discernment of expert physicians. The 2022 edition is an excellent resource for a wide range of healthcare providers, including primary care, subspecialists, and allied health, providing current treatment information in a concise yet in-depth format. More than 300 topics have been carefully reviewed and updated to bring you state-of-the-art content in even the most rapidly changing areas of medicine.

Key Features

Offers personal approaches from recognized leaders in the field, covering common complaints, acute diseases, and chronic illnesses along with the most current evidence-based clinical management options. 

Follows a consistent, easy-to-use format throughout, with diagnosis, therapy, drug protocols, and treatment pearls presented in quick-reference boxes and tables for point-of-care answers to common clinical questions. 

Includes new and significantly revised chapters on COVID-19 and post-COVID syndrome, pyoderma gangrenosum, mitochondrial disease, gender affirming care, and stem cell therapy.

Incorporates more electronic links throughout the text that connect the reader to apps and clinical prediction tools that can easily be accessed in practice.  

Features thoroughly reviewed and updated information from many new authors who offer a fresh perspective and their unique personal experience and judgment. 

Provides current drug information thoroughly reviewed by PharmDs. 

Features nearly 300 images, including algorithms, anatomical illustrations, and photographs, that provide useful information for diagnosis.

Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Author Information

By Rick D. Kellerman, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita, Wichita, Kansas ; David Rakel, MD, Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, The University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico and KUSM-W Medical Practice Association

1 Chest Pain
2 Constipation
3 Cough
4 Dizziness and Vertigo
5 Fatigue
6 Fever
7 Gaseousness, Indigestion, Nausea and Vomiting
8 Hematuria
9 Hiccups
10 Hoarseness and Laryngitis
11 Pain
12 Palliative and End-of-Life Care
13 Palpitations
14 Pharyngitis
15 Pruritus
16 Rhinitis
17 Spine Pain
18 Tinnitus
19 Allergic Reactions to Insect Stings
20 Anaphylaxis
21 Drug Hypersensitivity Reactions
22 Serum Sickness
23 Acute Myocardial Infarction
24 Angina Pectoris
25 Aortic Disease: Aneurysm and Dissection
26 Atrial Fibrillation
27 Congenital Heart Disease
28 Congestive Heart Failure
29 Heart Block
30 Hypertension
31 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
32 Infective Endocarditis
33 Mitral Valve Prolapse
34 Pericarditis
35 Peripheral Arterial Disease
36 Premature Beats
37 Tachycardias
38 Valvular Heart Disease
39 Venous Thrombosis
40 Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis
41 Acute Diarrhea
42 Bleeding Esophageal Varices
43 Calculous Biliary Disease
44 Chronic Diarrhea
45 Cirrhosis
46 Diverticula of the Alimentary Tract
47 Dysphagia and Esophageal Obstruction
48 Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease
49 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
50 Hemorrhoids, Anal Fissure, and Anorectal Abscess and Fistula
51 Hepatitis A, B, D, and E
52 Hepatitis C
53 Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
54 Intestinal Parasites
55 Irritable Bowel Syndrome
56 Malabsorption
57 Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
58 Pancreatic Cancer
59 Tumors of the Colon and Rectum
60 Tumors of the Stomach
61 Acromegaly
62 Adrenocortical Insufficiency
63 Cushing's Syndrome
64 Diabetes Insipidus
65 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults
66 Diabetic Ketoacidosis
67 Gender Affirming Care
68 Gout and Hyperuricemia
69 Hyperaldosteronism
70 Hyperlipidemia
71 Hyperparathyroidism and Hypoparathyroidism
72 Hyperprolactinemia
73 Hyperthyroidism
74 Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia
75 Hyponatremia
76 Hypopituitarism
77 Hypothyroidism
78 Obesity in Adults
79 Parenteral Nutrition in Adults
80 Pheochromocytoma
81 Thyroid Cancer
82 Thyroiditis
83 Acute Leukemia in Adults
84 Blood Component Therapy and Transfusion Reactions
85 Chronic Leukemias
86 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
87 Hemochromatosis
88 Hemolytic Anemia
89 Hemophilia and Related Conditions
90 Hodgkin Lymphoma
91 Iron Deficiency Anemia
92 Multiple Myeloma
93 Myelodysplastic Syndromes
94 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
95 Pernicious Anemia and Other Megaloblastic Anemias
96 Platelet-Mediated Bleeding Disorders
97 Polycythemia Vera
98 Porphyrias
99 Sickle Cell Anemia
100 Thalassemia
101 Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
102 Dry Eye Syndrome
103 Glaucoma
104 Ménière’s Disease
105 Otitis Externa
106 Otitis Media
106 Red Eye
107 Red Eye
108 Rhinosinusitis
109 Temporomandibular Disorders
110 Uveitis
111 Vision Rehabilitation
112 Amebiasis
113 Anthrax
114 Babesiosis
115 Bacterial Meningitis
116 Brucellosis
117 C. difficile Colitis
117 Campylobacter
118 Cat Scratch Disease
119 Chikungunya
120 Cholera
121 COVID-19
122 Ebola Virus Disease
123 Foodborne Illnesses
124 Giardiasis
125 HIV Infection: Treatment and Prevention
126 Infectious Mononucleosis
127 Influenza
128 Leishmaniasis
129 Leprosy
130 Lyme Disease and Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome
131 Malaria
132 Measles (Rubeola)
133 Methicillin-Resistent Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
134 Mumps
135 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
136 Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
137 Osteomyelitis
138 Plague
139 Post-COVID Syndrome
140 Psittacosis
141 Q-Fever
142 Rabies
143 Rat-Bite Fever
144 Relapsing Fever
145 Rubella and Congenital Rubella
146 Salmonellosis
147 Severe Sepsis
148 Smallpox
149 Tetanus
150 Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and other Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses, Ehrlichioses, and Anaplasmosis)
151 Toxic Shock Syndrome
152 Toxoplasmosis
153 Typhoid Fever
154 Varicella (Chicken Pox)
155 Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
156 Yellow Fever
157 Zika Virus
158 Acute Facial Paralysis
159 Alzheimer's Disease
160 Brain Tumors
161 Gilles De La Tourette Syndrome
162 Intracerebral Hemorrhage
163 Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease
164 Migraine Headache
165 Multiple Sclerosis
166 Myasthenia Gravis
166 Neurofibromatosis (Type 1)
167 Neurofibromatosis (Type 1)
168 Non-Migraine Headache
169 Optic Neuritis
170 Parkinson Disease
171 Rehabilitation of the Stroke Patient
172 Seizures and Epilepsy in Adolescents and Adults
173 Sleep Disorders
174 Sports-Related Head Injuries
175 Targeted Temperature Management
176 Trigeminal Neuralgia
177 Viral Meningitis
178 Alcohol Use Disorder
179 Autism
180 Delirium
181 Depressive, Bipolar and Related Mood Disorders
182 Drug Use Disorders
183 Eating Disorders
184 Generalized Anxiety Disorders
185 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
186 Panic Disorder
187 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
188 Schizophrenia
189 Acute Bronchitis and Other Viral Respiratory Illness
190 Acute Respiratory Failure
191 Asthma in Adolescents and Adults
192 Atelectasis
193 Bacterial Pneumonia
194 Blastomycosis
195 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
196 Coccidioidomycosis
197 Cystic Fibrosis
198 Histoplasmosis
199 Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
200 Legionellosis (Legionnaires Disease and Pontiac Fever)
201 Lung Abscess
202 Lung Cancer
203 Obstructive Sleep Apnea
204 Pleural Effusion and Empyema
205 Pneumoconiosis: Asbestosis and Silicosis
206 Pulmonary Hypertension
207 Sarcoidosis
208 Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
209 Venous Thromboembolism
210 Viral and Mycoplasmal Pneumonias
210 Viral Respiratory Infections
211 Viral Respiratory Infections
212 Axial Spondyloarthritis
213 Bursitis and Tendinopathy
214 Connective Tissue Disorders
214 Common Sports Injuries
215 Connective Tissue Disorders
216 Fibromyalgia
217 Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
218 Osteoarthritis
219 Osteoporosis
220 Paget's Disease of Bone
221 Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
222 Psoriatic Arthritis
223 Rheumatoid Arthritis
224 Chlamydia Trachomatis
225 Condyloma Accuminata
226 Genital Ulcer Disease: Chancroid, Granuloma Inguinale, and Lymphogranuloma
227 Gonorrhea
228 Nongonococcal Urethritis
229 Syphilis
230 Acne Vulgaris
231 Atopic Dermatitis
232 Bacterial Diseases of the Skin
233 Autoimmune Bullous Diseases
234 Contact Dermatitis
235 Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma, Including Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary Syndrome
236 Cutaneous Vasculitis
237 Diseases of the Hair
238 Diseases of the Mouth
239 Diseases of the Nails
240 Erythema Multiforme
241 Fungal Infections of the Skin
242 Keloids
243 Melanoma
244 Nevi
245 Nonmelanoma Cancer of the Skin
246 Papulosquamous Eruptions
247 Parasitic Diseases of the Skin
248 Pigmentary Disorders
249 Premalignant Skin Lesions
250 Pressure Injury
251 Pruritus Ani and Vulvae
252 Pyoderma Gangrenosum
253 Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
253 Rosacea
254 Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
255 Sunburn
256 Urticaria and Angioedema
257 Venous Ulcers
258 Viral Diseases of the Skin
259 Warts (Verrucae)
260 Acute Kidney Injury
261 Chronic Kidney Disease
262 Malignant Tumors of the Urogenital Tract
263 Nephrolithiasis
264 Primary Glomerular Diseases
265 Pyelonephritis
266 Trauma to the Genitourinary Tract
267 Urethral Stricture Disease
268 Urinary Incontinence
269 Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
270 Epididymitis and Orchitis
271 Erectile Dysfunction
272 Prostate Cancer
273 Prostatitis
274 Urinary Tract Infections in the Male
275 Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
276 Amenorrhea
277 Bacterial Infections of the Urinary Tract in Women
278 Benign Breast Disease
279 Breast Cancer
280 Cancer of the Endometrium
281 Cancer of the Uterine Cervix
282 Contraception
283 Dysmenorrhea
284 Endometriosis
285 Female Sexual Dysfunction
286 Infertility
287 Menopause
288 Ovarian Cancer
289 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
290 Premenstrual Syndrome
291 Uterine Leiomyoma
292 Vulvar Neoplasia
293 Vulvovaginitis
294 Antepartum Care
295 Ectopic Pregnancy
296 Hypertension in Pregnancy
297 Postpartum Care
298 Postpartum Depression
299 Vaginal Bleeding in Pregnancy
300 Acute Leukemia in Children
301 Adolescent Health
302 Asthma in Children
303 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
304 Bronchiolitis
305 Diabetes Mellitus in Children
306 Encopresis
307 Epilepsy in Infants and Children
308 Infant Hyperbilirubinemia
309 Mitochondrial Disease
310 Nocturnal Enuresis
311 Normal Infant Feeding
312 Obesity in Children
313 Parenteral Fluid Therapy for Infants and Children
314 Pediatric Failure to Thrive
315 Pediatric Sleep Disorders
316 Resuscitation of the Newborn
317 Urinary Tract Infections in Infants and Children
318 Burns
319 Disturbances due to Cold
320 Heat-Related Illness
321 High Altitude Illness
322 Marine Poisonings, Envenomations, and Trauma
323 Medical Toxicology
324 Spider Bites and Scorpion Stings
325 Venomous Snakebite
326 Immunization Practices
327 Travel Medicine
328 Stem Cell Therapy
328 Artificial Intelligence
329 Biologic Agents Reference Chart
330 Popular Herbs and Nutritional Supplements
331 Toxic Chemical Agents Reference Chart: Symptoms and Treatment