Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Sixth Edition 6th – Digital Instant Dowload.

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1579478883
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1579478889
• Author: Robert D. Rondinelli, Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach, American Medical Association

The AMA Guides 6th book was last reprinted in March 2021 to incorporate the Clarifications and Corrections document in its entirety, but does not include the 2021 version that is most current as of July 1, 2021.

The AMA Guides® emphasizes the fundamental skills physicians need to evaluate and communicate patient impairments. Standardized methodology is applied to each chapter to enhance the relevancy of impairment ratings, improve internal consistency and promote ease of application to the rating process. This ordered method enables busy physicians to become proficient with the ratings for multiple organ systems and anticipate how each chapter is organized and assimilates information.

The Guides Sixth applies both terminology from, and an analytical framework based on, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), to generate five impairment classes which  calculates a patient impairment rating from no impairment to most severe.

Table contents:

1. Conceptual foundations and philosophy
2. Practical application of the guides
3. Pain-related impairment
4. The cardiovascular system
5. The pulmonary system
6. The digestive system
7. The urinary and reproductive systems
8. The skin
9. The hematopoietic system
10. The endocrine system
11. Ear, nose, throat, and related structures
12. The visual system
13. The central and peripheral nervous system
14. Mental and behavioral disorders
15. The upper extremities
16. The lower extremities
17. The spine and pelvis