{"product_id":"orthopedics-diagnosis-treatment-handbook-harry-c-harvey-9798197079954","title":"Orthopedics Diagnosis \u0026 Treatment Handbook: A Clinical Textbook Covering Fracture Management, Musculoskeletal Imaging, and Evidence-Based Care for Nur","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 78-year-old woman arrives in your clinic with hip pain after a low-energy fall, takes nine medications, and you have eighteen minutes to decide whether this is a fragility fracture, a missed Charcot foot, or referred pain from a hip lesion her last provider attributed to \"just getting older.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen mechanical thinking gets applied to systemic disease, the wrist fracture goes home without osteoporosis treatment, the cervical myelopathy is called carpal tunnel for another six months, and the displaced talar neck loses its blood supply waiting for routine triage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis handbook rewires how you evaluate, image, refer, and counsel - turning every musculoskeletal complaint into a structured decision pathway grounded in current AAOS, NASS, ACR, IDSA, and ASBMR evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside this book: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Red flag discipline\u003c\/b\u003e - distinguish mechanical back pain from cauda equina, vertebral metastasis, and epidural abscess before the imaging cascade begins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e- SCFE recognition\u003c\/b\u003e - catch the adolescent knee pain that is actually a hip emergency, and order the frog-leg lateral that the AP view misses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eFragility fracture conversion\u003c\/b\u003e - turn every distal radius, vertebral, and hip fracture into a sentinel event that triggers DXA, pharmacotherapy, and fall prevention\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eSeptic versus crystal joint\u003c\/b\u003e - apply Kocher in the limping child and synovial fluid analysis in the adult, never assuming the gout flare is just gout\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Perioperative DMARD coordination\u003c\/b\u003e - apply the 2022 ACR\/AAHKS guideline to time biologic therapy around joint replacement without rebound flare or wound complication\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eSarcoma referral protection\u003c\/b\u003e - recognize the deep, large, or growing mass and refer before the unplanned excisional biopsy compromises definitive care\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Tendinopathy reframed\u003c\/b\u003e - prescribe Alfredson eccentric loading instead of repeated corticosteroid injections that worsen long-term outcomes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nurse practitioners, physician assistants, primary care clinicians, orthopedic trainees, hospitalists, and rehabilitation providers caring for adults across the musculoskeletal spectrum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdd this handbook to your clinical toolkit today and bring evidence-based orthopedic decision-making to every patient who walks through your door.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry C. Harvey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798197079954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.89d","brand":"Harry C. Harvey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801538769151,"sku":"9798197079954","price":150.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/orthopedics-diagnosis-treatment-handbook-harry-c-harvey-9798197079954","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}