An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine: Guide for Practitioners in the Emergency DepartmentCambridge University Press, 2005 M05 26 - 798 pages Now with updated ACLS algorithms An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine is a much-needed resource for individuals practicing in this challenging field. It takes a novel approach, describing in detail the best and most current methods including initial patient evaluation, generation of differential diagnoses, problem-solving and management of challenging conditions based on presenting symptoms. Unlike other textbooks, in which the diagnosis is known, this textbook approaches clinical problems as clinicians approach patients - without full knowledge of the final diagnosis. It provides an understanding of how to approach patients with undifferentiated conditions, ask the right questions, gather historical data, utilize physical examination skills and order and interpret laboratory and radiographic tests. It provides current management and disposition strategies with controversies presented, including pearls and summary points for each topic covered. The book is multi-author, each contributor chosen because of a track record in teaching as well as being internationally recognised experts in the specialty. |
Contents
Approach to the emergency patient | 3 |
Contents | 14 |
Airway management | 19 |
Shock | 85 |
Chest pain | 193 |
Crying and irritability | 217 |
Diabetesrelated emergencies | 225 |
Diarrhea | 233 |
Child abuse elder abuse intimate partner violence | 607 |
Environmental emergencies | 619 |
Legal aspects of emergency care | 661 |
Occupational exposures in the emergency department | 669 |
Appendix A Common emergency procedures | 681 |
Appendix B Wound preparation | 707 |
Laceration repair | 713 |
Procedural sedation and analgesia | 725 |
Ear pain nosebleed and throat pain ENT | 253 |
Hypertensive urgencies and emergencies | 393 |
Shortness of breath in children | 503 |
Toxicologic emergencies | 531 |
Vaginal bleeding | 555 |
Vomiting | 569 |
Appendix E Focused assessment with sonography in trauma | 733 |
Appendix F Interpretation of emergency laboratories | 739 |
Btype natriuretic peptide | 745 |
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